Showing posts with label Shirley Ballas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shirley Ballas. Show all posts

Monday, December 13, 2010

Breast implants and ballroom dancers: yes or no?

I was watching So you think you can dance auditions and I couldn't help but notice that Giselle Peacock (ex-wife of Artem Chigvintsev) was sporting really large breast implants.

However the routine was so incredibly hot, I thought they suited her. Here's her and Henry Byalikov dancing their samba.




She's not the only one with breast implants in Latin Ballroom today.
Another I suspect that have them are Shirley Ballas.



Shirley looks amazing for 50!
Photo credit: Shirley Ballas

Former Strictly Come Dancing Professional and Amateur World Champion (with her ex-husband Mathew Cutler) Nicole Cutler also has them.



Nicole Cutler in black and white
Photo credit: Nicole Cutler

I guess the generally trend appears to be that dancers get them in after their competitive careers. Time will tell.

Personally I think ballroom dancers have such a hot bodies that breast implants aren't necessary. For example, Anya Garnis of Season 3 SYTYCD is very sexy and very natural.                                                                               



Sunday, December 12, 2010

Officially the best: Yulia and Riccardo are now the 2010 World Champions!

Been late with reporting this, but needed to say it anyways.



Yulia Zagorouitchenko and Riccardo Cocchi beat Joanna Leunis and Michal Malitowski at the WDC World Championships last month!

My opinion: Yulia and Riccardo are the deserving winners. I am watched them grow and progress to become one of the most mesmerizing couples of all time. For me, the diamond in the partnership is Yulia. I mean Riccardo is great, but Yulia is just perfection. She is strong, fierce, yet is very soft in her movement at the same time. They are a great pair.  In addition, every year, they come up with new routines at competitions, while Michal and Joanna have been dancing the same ones for years. I like couples that can take risks in their dancing.


The catch is...this year Yulia and Riccardo switched teachers. Riccardo had a romantic relationship with Shirley Ballas, but that ended this year. Yulia also broke with her ex-partner and long-time fiancé, Maxim Kozhevnikov. The rumour is that Riccardo and Yulia are dating.

Their new coach is Donnie Burns, who is also the head of the WDC (World Dance Council). Like I said, I think they deserve it, but politics is rampant in dancesport. I wonder if they wouldn't have won the title earlier if they had had Donnie as a coach earlier.

It will be interesting to see if they continue their winning strike to really overtake Michal and Joanna in the future. It does make dancesport less predictable and more exciting!