Olympic Girls

The Olympics capture the world's attention every four years, and the most successful and beautiful Olympic girls gain instant fame. But the recognition is fleeting at best and has little value in marketing. It's nice that some Olympic girls can cash-in on all their hard work, but don't expect miracles for your advertising.

What follows is our profile of a few Olympic girls with a chance to become the darlings of the 2006 games. We've selected them for beauty and probability of success in the competition. Others are likely to step forward too, but here are our picks for hot Olympic girls.

Sasha Cohen competes in the glamour event of the winter Olympics - women's figure skating. The girls are alone on the ice for long periods with cameras capturing every move. Their outfits are sexy and the athletes tend to be pretty with great legs. The event is tailor-made to create stars.

Ms. Cohen is America's leading contender for the gold medal. The cute 21 year old has a pretty face and a diminutive figure. If she wins, Sasha will be everywhere as the girl-next-door celebrity for a month or two. Her new autobiography is "Sasha Cohen: Fire on Ice".

Anni Friesinger is already well-known in her home country Germany. The speed skater also competed in the 1998 (bronze medal) and 2002 (gold medal) Olympics. Her skin-tight uniform does wonders for showing off her body's sleek curves. Her face looks quite German; the large nose keeps her from being a traditional beauty.

Ms. Friesinger is a 29 year old who does some modeling when she isn't skating. She posed for semi-nude photos back in 2001, which enhanced her popularity. "Anni Friesinger nackt" is a frequent search on German search engines. The media calls her "Sexy Anni" and she's appeared in underwear ads. Her provocative autobiography -- "My Life, My Sport, My Best Fitness Tips" -- was published in 2004.

Allison Baver is a 25 year old US speed skater. She also competed in the 2002 winter Olympics. Allison doesn't have Friesinger's body, but like the German skater her skin-tight uniform shows off what she's got to best advantage.

Ms. Baver seems to have a talent for finding the spotlight. She is among 12 American athletes in the running for a spot on the sixth season of the Donald Trump show "The Apprentice." And Baver has been dating star short-track speed skater Apolo Ono for two years.

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Enjoy all the girls in the Winter Olympics, but don't expect their fame to last. It's a very rare female athlete that can sustain celebrity over an extended period of time.