Allison Stokke
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:28 pm
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Newport Harbor High's Allison Stokke is one of 25 girls in California who has qualified for the CIF State Track and Field Championships in the pole vault.
As one of the favorites going into Friday night's prelims, Stokke will be a closely watched competitor at Hughes Stadium at Sacramento City College.
But in recent weeks, Stokke has attracted a different kind of attention, an unwanted and sometimes lewd type of attention from cyberspace.
Stokke has become an Internet sensation based not on her impressive clearances in the pole vault but because of her looks.
Several sports blogs have posted photographs of her at competitions. A Google search of her name generates 197,000 results. An Allison Stokke Fans MySpace page lists more than 1,000 friends.
Some of the attention has even spread to the online version of Maxim magazine. Maximonline.com had hopes of producing an exclusive photo gallery of Stokke.
"We wanted to do a sports feature on her," said Kelly Stuart, photo editor of Maximonline.com.
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Newport Harbor High's Allison Stokke is one of 25 girls in California who has qualified for the CIF State Track and Field Championships in the pole vault.
As one of the favorites going into Friday night's prelims, Stokke will be a closely watched competitor at Hughes Stadium at Sacramento City College.
But in recent weeks, Stokke has attracted a different kind of attention, an unwanted and sometimes lewd type of attention from cyberspace.
Stokke has become an Internet sensation based not on her impressive clearances in the pole vault but because of her looks.
Several sports blogs have posted photographs of her at competitions. A Google search of her name generates 197,000 results. An Allison Stokke Fans MySpace page lists more than 1,000 friends.
Some of the attention has even spread to the online version of Maxim magazine. Maximonline.com had hopes of producing an exclusive photo gallery of Stokke.
"We wanted to do a sports feature on her," said Kelly Stuart, photo editor of Maximonline.com.