Wednesday Hottie

The title of these hopefully weekly posts is a work in progress. Yes, I am kind of borrowing the idea from a fellow blogger, Dorothy Snarker of Dorothy Surrenders, but I hope she does not mind.

Our first hottie is: ALICIA SACRAMONE. Alicia is our first hottie mainly because I have a huge crush on this girl.

Almost everyone knows who Alicia Sacramone is. If you don't, where the hell have you been? Living under a rock? Anyways, Alicia is a member of the US Olympic gymnastics team. Yes, she's the one that fell during her floor routine and off the beam, but you know what? She nailed the rest of her beam routine. I don't think Shawn Johnson or Nastia Luikin would have been able to do a near perfect routine after a devastating fall like that at the very beginning. And then the poor girl loses bronze in vault to a person who couldn't even land her second vault (and the girl who got gold LANDED out of bounds both times? WTF?). I wanted to cry when the camera panned over her and the lights reflected off the tears forming in her eyes. But enough of that. Wanna know why this girl is hot?

Does this answer your question?

Alicia Sacramone was born on December 3, 1987 in Boston, MA. As a child, she enrolled in dance classes, but found them boring and switched to gymnastics when she was nearly 9. She reached the elite level at age 12.

Alicia has been on the national team for four years. Not only is Alicia a world class gymnast, her freshman year of college, at Brown University (beauty and brains), she combined a full-time student schedule, NCAA gymnastics, and elite gymnastics. Talk about determination.

What's it like straddling two worlds: the freedom of college versus the structure of training camps?
It drives me a little bit crazy. I'm used to being able to do whatever I want whenever I want. At camp it's like lights out at 10 o'clock ... I'm not usually even close to my dorm at 10 o'clock.

Now, on to some of the reasons why I am totally crushing, other than looks. Her favorite athlete? Tedy Bruschi, linebacker of the New England Patriots, who is my favorite athlete ... other than Alicia. Her favorite television show? Grey's Anatomy, which if you look at earlier posts, you will see I am obsessed with that show. She also like Dancing with the Stars and would like to be a competitor one day.

Alicia has had her ups and downs like everyone, but she was still seen as the team leader.

I never saw myself as the team leader. I remember being the youngest on national team and out of nowhere, I'm now an older sister figure ... It's weird to be in that position, but I don't mind it at all.

Alicia seems like a normal person, not like a gold medal winning athlete. She seems easy going.

People don't see that we're normal people too. We like to gossip and talk about boys. We got some heat for being a little outspoken this year. People have come to me and said, 'You don't act like a gymnast.' I'm like, 'Well how is a gymnast supposed to act?'

You all might still be asking, why exactly is Alicia the first Wednesday Hottie? Well, I'm not sure how else to explain it. She beautiful, smart, talented, determined, seems friendly and easy going, open, doesn't give up, and many other things that I just cannot think of right now. If you're still asking that question, well, maybe you should just get over it.

You can find more information about Alicia Sacramone at NBC Olympics: Alicia Sacramone and Alicia Sacramone's Fan Site

****EDIT: As Kaye pointed out in her comment, Alicia, along with Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, are all Covergirl models. I believe the three of them are the first athletes to be signed as Covergirl models.