Nastia has been name USOC SportsWoman of the Year alongside swimmer Natalie Coughlin. Michael Phelp was named SportsMan of the Year. The USOC SportsMan and SportsWoman of the Year awards have been presented annually since 1974 to the top overall male and female athlete from within the USOC member organizations. The team award was added in 1996 and the Paralympian of the Year was awarded for the first time in 2004. Winners are selected from the individual female and male athlete of the year and team of the year nominations of the USOC and National Governing Bodies for the Olympic, Pan American, Affiliated and Disabled Sports Organizations within the U.S. Olympic Movement. Former gymnastics winners of USOC annual awards are: SportsWoman – Kim Zmeskal (1991) and Carly Patterson (2004); and Team – U.S. Women’s World Championships Teams (2003 and 2007).
GK Elite Sportswear has launched a New Gymnastics Leotards Collection designed in association with Nastia. This highly anticipated new Signatiure Series features 6 striking new leotards. Nastia’s first signature Leotard line is available from GK Elite and authorized gymnastics retailers. “Each garment has been inspired by something near and dear to me. Some represent my achievements in Beijing. Others represent my desire to inspire every gymnast who wears them to always give their sport their very best efforts. With 100% effort, you can always be proud of your accomplishments. I hope you enjoy this first collection in the new Nastia Liukin Signature Series.”
You can see Nastia’s new leotards at GK’s Website http://www.gkelite.com/Nastia.html
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DENVER (AP) — The star treatment is great, and anyone who wins an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics should revel in her fair share of that.
What Nastia Liukin really wants, though, is to get back in the gym.
She’s thinking about London — world championships this year and, yes, maybe even the Olympics in 2012. “I mean, you know, why not?” Liukin said of the possibility of defending her all-around gold medal four years from now.
Though it hasn’t happened in a while, it’s not unheard of for an Olympic champion to try for a repeat. Most notably, Nadia Comaneci came back after her history-making, perfect-10 performance in Montreal. She finished second in Moscow. Liukin is 19 — not a great age for most woman gymnasts to be thinking about a four-year extension. But she’s also tall (5-foot-3 is considered tall for gymnasts) and lithe, probably not as susceptible to changes in her physique that might derail her skills. Her mother, Anna, is a former rhythmic gymnastics champion who looks like she could still compete today. “The most important part is my health,” said Liukin, slowed by an ankle injury in 2007 that affected her preparation for Beijing. “Besides that, I’ve been thinking about it and gymnastics is, like, my life. All the time I’ve had off from it, I’m ready to get home and get in the gym.” Back home in Dallas, she will enroll at SMU, where she plans to take a limited course load so she can free up time to resume her training. The next U.S. team training camp is set for Jan. 25 and Liukin plans on being there. READ MORE
Nastia’s partnership with BCBGMAXAZRIA was featured on Style Watch on People.com on 8 January. Be sure to visit their website to see even more pictures from the upcoming campaign.
After winning a gold medal in the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics, Nastia Liukin has become a fixture on the fashion scene. From front row seats at New York Fashion Week to collaborating with Vanilla Star Jeans for a junior girls’ clothing line to guest starring on Gossip Girl, the teen gymnast is leaving her mark on the fashion world– and now, there are the pictures o prove it! Debuting in her first high-fashion campaign, Nastia poses for dance-inspired photos for Max Azria, the runway line under the BCBGMAXAZRIA brand. “For the Max Azria campaign, we wanted someone iconic –- someone timeless. We met Nastia at our runway show, and she was everything we were looking for. The Spring collection was inspired by movement and Modern Dance; she was perfect. It was meant to be, and the magic just sort of happened,” says Lubov Azria, Creative Director BCBGMAXAZRIA. Nastia’s pictures will be used for a image book, in-store imagery and online us. We will be watching for Nastia to reclaim her front row status this Fashion Week begining February 13. Tell us: What do you think of Nastia modeling for Max Azria? Source: People.com
Nastia is taking her gymnastic moves from the floor exercise into Max Azria’s spring campaign, which will debut online later this month. This is Nastia’s first high fashion campaign and also represents the first time the brand has shot a well-known personality; model Tasha Tilberg appeared in the fall campaign. “For the Max Azria campaign, we wanted someone iconic — someone timeless. We met Nastia at our last runway show, and she was everything we were looking for,” said Lubov Azria, creative director of Max Azria. “The spring collection was inspired by movement and modern dance so she was perfect. It was meant to be, and the magic just sort of happened.”
BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is taking the world by storm. With critically acclaimed collections, a loyal following of Hollywood’s top celebrities and a strong worldwide presence, this fashion powerhouse has evolved into one of the hottest names in the industry today. Continuously expanding while defining trends, Max Azria has let the industry know that he is indeed building a global empire.
Founded in 1989, BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is the lifetime vision of one man: Founder, Designer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Max Azria. In 1981, after eleven years of designing a line of women’s wear in his native Paris, Azria moved to the United States and launched Jess, a series of new-concept retail boutiques offering hip French fashion to American women. After years of success, Azria decided to pursue his dream of launching a design house that spoke to the modern woman - thus BCBGMAXAZRIA was born. Named for the French phrase bon chic, bon genre, a Parisian slang meaning good style, good attitude, the brand embodies a true combination of European sophistication and American spirit.
