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Is there a cultural reason why there are so many traditionally attractive athletes in women's curling?

Asked by andrew (16543points) February 19th, 2010

(Inspired by the previous curling question today).

I’m curious why, by and large, each women’s curling team has several very attractive women on it (of many ages)—why curling? Why not luge?

Is it that curling, as a sport, is more condusive to a body type that’s more traditionally attractive? Is it more socially acceptable for “pretty” girls to curl?

Of course, there are beautiful athletes in many of the sports—women’s and men’s downhill, figure skating, etc.—but women’s curling seems to have some strange concentration of telegenic women.

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