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Danica Patrick prefers to be called “pretty” rather than “sexy”

February 16, 2012 NASCAR 5 Comments

Former Indy driver Danica Patrick — who will race full time in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series and who will make her Sprint Cup debut in the upcoming Daytona 500 — is looking for a little image makeover and she wants the media to help her.

She told reporters that she would rather be called “pretty” than “sexy.”

“Maybe you guys can answer this question in some way,” Patrick said. “If there is a pretty girl, (reporters) don’t know how to describe her other than being sexy. It has such a negative connotation to it.”

“You don’t say those kinds of things to frame it like that for a guy or even sometimes talk about it,” Patrick added. “But it seems like with female athletes, if they are pretty, (reporters) only know how to describe them in a sexual way. I don’t care, but I just wonder why we can’t talk about it in a different way. Why can’t there be other words for it? Why does it have to be somewhat negatively twisted?”

So, Danica, how should reporters refer to a good-looking female athlete?

“Just something without the word ‘sex’ in it,” Patrick said.

Ok, note taken. But getting the media to change the way they refer to you is going to be a little difficult. You see, when you search for Danica Patrick on YouTube, this is the very first video that pops up.

Enough said.

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Currently there are "5 comments" on this Article:

  1. Liz says:

    When you agree to have GoDaddy as a sponsor, what the hell do you expect. When you pose for SI swimsuit edition, what do you expect? Duh. What a hypocrite.

  2. 2-17 DANICA…you’ll always be, the PRETTIEST race car driver in my book !! 8>) maj

  3. LaWanda says:

    Yo Lady, then stop taking your clothes off for Go Daddy…you dumb b***h!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Money hungry hipocrite…strip for go daddy then complain about your image…you ain’t so
    good lookin anyway….you ain’t sexy, hell you ain’t even pretty…..Ho, ho, ho.

  4. PhilCap says:

    Noter to Danica.. want to stop being called “sexy” and start to be taken seriously? Keep your clothes on like the guys do.

  5. ratdaddyy says:

    Why doesn’t she prefer to be called “thankful”, because that’s what she should be to Dave Blaney for earning the points that are getting her the points to race this year……..she hasn’t even had enough time in her busy schedule to meet him yet………………………



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