There is no doubt that the Internet has changed the lifestyle of many people today. As athletes, they no longer rely entirely on competitions to support themselves.
Many semi-professional athletes, or retired athletes, now transform into internet celebrities on social networks, and even professional players are no exception.
The person I am talking about today is definitely one of the most successful athletes in the transformation. She is Kardashian Page René Spiranak of the American golf industry.
1. Who is Page?
is obviously not the Peppa Pig that everyone often sees in cartoons.
She is a professional golf player, social network celebrity, Page Rene Spiranak.
was born in Colorado in 1993. She was a gymnast. At the age of 12, she gave up on her gymnastics major because of kneecap .
Peppa's family is Croatian , his father is rugby athlete, and his mother is ballet actor. My sister is a member of the Stanford Track and Field Team.
can be said to be a sports family. By an unexpected opportunity, she discovered the charm of golf.
As we all know, for golf, communication is more important than football skills.
Especially in North America, in addition to celebrities and wealthy families, politicians also like this sport.
2, Transformation Career
In 2015, Page began to participate in various golf competitions, such as the Cactus Tour.
Early in her career, she won seven five-win results in the Colorado Youth Golf Tour. This includes the 2010 CWGA Youth Championship, which is known as the highest youth golf tournament in North America. Page is only 17 years old this year!
Obviously she has lost the tenderness and elegance of a gymnast, and her figure and facial features are very mature and upright.
3, Player of the Year
Page was also nominated twice as the Western Region Player of the Year and participated in the "College Student World Tour", which put her on the front line of the National League, which gave her a scholarship to the University of Arizona .
As a freshman, Page rarely participates in school leagues, but participates in many off-campus social activities.
4, more awards
Then, Page participated in the competition on behalf of San Diego State University , and won the first Western Mountain Championship, and won the state competition hosted by the Colorado Golf Association in 2015.
5. Transformation into an internet celebrity
Photos and videos of the 2015 Page competition have been widely circulated on social networks. With her Kardashian-style figure and delicate facial features, she quickly gathered hundreds of thousands of fans on social networks.
6. Popularity is greater than strength
In 2015, Peppa was eliminated in the promotion match. However, she lost the game and became the player with the most sponsors and advertisers in the game. Page has also appeared in various sports magazines, although many have made negative comments about it, believing that she is just showing off her figure.
7, become a sports supermodel
With its super popularity, Page appeared in "Sports Illustrated" and "Golf Digest", which are the two best-selling magazines in the fields of sports and golf respectively. Page on the cover shows his style without any effort.
Since December 2018, she has also written monthly for Golf Magazine, and using it, she has also hit back at those who question herself.
Peppa said this is a kind of bullying and women have the right to dress freely.
She also exposed the insults and harassment she received on social networks, but she did not back down and said she would fight against these online violence .
8, endorsement transaction
In 2017, Page became a contracted athlete of the well-known high-end club PXG, and created various commercial advertisements for the company on TV and social media.She also became the ambassador for 18 Birdies Golf, which gave her strong background support.
18Birdies Golf is the number one golf application in North America. In addition to event information, it also includes GPS functions and a database of more than 30,000 golf courses in North America. In addition, Page has also received many endorsements from clothing and sports brands.
9. Super psychological endurance
As we all know, being an internet celebrity is naturally controversial. In fact, Page has been mentally prepared for a long time. She also participated in an event called "Online Smile" to show off her selfies of laughter. The more you scold, the happier I will be.
is like Hollywood infamous Kardashian family. No matter how everyone evaluates them, they are still a topic-making machine.
It is also for this reason that Page currently has the largest social media fan base, surpassing professional players such as Rich Fowler , McIlroy and Jordan Spies, becoming the most popular female golfer in the industry.
10, name not matching
"Golf Digest" has existed for more than 70 years. There are only 23 women on the cover of this magazine, including only 11 professional golfers.
Most negative comments say why Page appeared in the magazine. Page's lack of golf experience appeared on the cover of the magazine. What she coveted is not the honor, but what everyone knows.
11, accused
ESPN sports commentator Sarah Spain claimed that Page could appear on the cover of Golf Digest because of her appearance and preference for specific styles of clothing.
There are also many industry insiders accusing her of "making women's golf X desire", which is the so-called "golf sock".
12. For the overwhelming controversy of clothing, Page said that it is very important for women to feel comfortable with their skin.
Obviously this reason failed to convince the public.
13, triggering new industry regulations
In this case, many leagues introduced stricter dress codes because Page has formulated new rules in the 2017 LPGA Tour. Tourers are prohibited from playing in the following outfits, including leggings, low necklines and short skirts. The ban on
also quickly attracted criticism. For example, Fox Sports argues that the Tour's new dress code makes LPGA players ridiculous.
There are other similar comments about dress codes.
Peppa also responded to the new regulations, after LPGA released its dressing guide. Page wrote an article in Fortune magazine, where she opposed dress codes. Page's article is the theme: "The development of women's golf is far more than our sneakers."
This is also a common method used by celebrities like Kardashian, which draws the topic to gender-opposite views.
14, innovative
In 2020, Page opened a blog and set up a column to imitate "Walking with Kardashian", she opened "Playing with Peppa"...
In the picture, Page still showed her toned figure unscrupulously, holding a golf club and posing in a graceful position.
15, life
As early as December 2016, Page got engaged to former minor league baseball player Stephen Tinoko.
Also as an athlete, her boyfriend Stephen rarely appears in public with Page. He does not support it, but does not oppose Page's professional views.
In recent years, women's rights in Europe and the United States have been very fierce, which has also made Page gain more supporters, but it is obvious that she is gradually drifting away on the road of golf.
16. Summary
Of course, it is not just Page's professional view, but the sport of golf is controversial all over the world.
Golf is one of the highest threshold sports events. It is an outdoor 9-hole golf course with a high-end course, with a cost of more than 20 million yuan and covers an area of about 30,000 square meters!
In North America, this is a small circle of elites. Since 2019, my country has banned a total of 131 golf courses.
In most golf halls, internet celebrities posing for photos can be seen everywhere.
Because of the different audiences, "golf women" has become a popular trend, because everyone here comes to high-consumption people.
As for the future of golf, we don’t know, but Page’s purpose is not just to love golf.
Peppa also launched a lottery event on social networks, attracting fans to sign up for the competition under their club among millions of fans, and randomly selected lucky fans among the registered fans to compete with him. The above screens of
are all selected by Xiaozhu for everyone and can be seen.
What is the original intention of everyone Peppa?
This article is originally edited by Yitu Sports
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