August 17, 2020
Hall of Shame
The Flip Side (The Surya Bonaly Story)
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Rachna’s lacing up those childhood skates. In the early 1990’s French figure skater Surya Bonaly didn’t fit the “ice princess” mold. From a young age she was surrounded by a strange cast of characters, from her hovering mother, to her coach who pushed to “exotify” her background. Fed up with society’s criticisms of who she should be, Surya decided to be herself, and made history along the way.