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When Hope Solo posed nude for ESPN, she received both positive and negative feedback. Since her outspoken personality and excellent career had gained her lots of attention, she had a large social media following. She was accused of ‘demonizing the female image in society’ after she made the ESPN cover. But Hope was ready for that criticism.
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Her simple reply was, “I’m an athlete, that’s all I am. If a sex symbol is now a top female athlete, I think that’s pretty amazing and it shows how far our country has come from the stick-thin models, from what you see in most magazines.” Hope was confident in herself.
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