Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What does a princess do after happily-ever-after? Oksana Baiul of Ukraine was Cinderella. The poor little orphan who slept at a run-down rink, practicing on uneven ice to qualify for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. There she defeated the sport's two dueling ice queens and was suddenly royalty herself. Baiul, at 16, was embraced by a worldwide audience hungry for miracles and was beloved by Americans who were willing to pay handsomely to see success stories. Baiul went to America to become perhaps the most highly paid newcomer in professional figure skating (with...
...people--some of them unaccompanied adults--waiting to meet Snow White, procure autographs and have her pose for photos. She left abruptly, touching off a wave of parent protests and shrieking tantrums by young girls. Luckily, the prospect of a very un-Disney riot was averted when a fresh Cinderella, greeted with wild applause, was whisked in to satiate the growing crowd's appetite. If it's this swamped on one of the most important days of the Christian calendar and consequently a day when most Americans are at home celebrating with their families, I thought, it's a good...
Millar was a Cinderella story. After seeing limited time in the first half of the season, injuries to Konik, Kirk Nielsen and Tommy Holmes allowed Millar to see the ice and he full took advantage of the opportunity. In his first weekend of varsity play, Millar scored four goals, including a hat trick, and was named ECAC Rookie of the Week...
Kayleen Kulaszewicz, a tall, sandy-haired eight-year-old described her plans to go trick-or-treating last night, dressed as "Cinderella with Rapunzel hair...
...looked for Cinderella hair, but couldn't find it," she says...