Overlooking the talent
As the weeks turned into months, there was no indication that Allison’s popularity was abating. The pole vaulter stated how disappointed she was that people only cared about her appearance rather than her ability.
She felt as if she’d squandered her years of training because no one seemed to care about her athletic abilities. Her name has now generated over a million hits on the internet, but the overwhelming majority of those sites were focused on her appearance. It appeared there was nothing she could do to stop people from talking about it.