Happy Birthday Maria!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Maria!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Maria!
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Happy Birthday Masha! Still one of my all-time favourites.
Happy Birthday to DickButtonFan, as well!
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Happy 38th!
38 ... and she is gorgeous. There's hope for any of us !
Happy b-day Masha !
Happy Birthday Maria!
I miss the subtle drama and maturity she brought to the ice.
С Днем Рождения, Маша! Вы и Ваша семья так прекрасны!![]()
happy bday to this beautiful bombshell! the only Russian lady skater I truly loved to watch...how i miss her dearly![]()
I had a dream about her yesterday!!![]()
Happy 30s to this Russian zaznoba.
Happy 50th Maria! You look great!
Is she really 38??time flies
Happy birthday! I had to double take when I saw she was 38.
Is she still with her boy toy hockey playing hubby? I love that Maria is a cougar.![]()
Happy belated birthday to my favorite skater ever! I first watched her while randomly watching 97 Worlds and was intrigued by the pissed off redheaded Russian with the cracked out green costume. It was love at first sight.
And I don't care what anyone says, this is the best ladies short program since Baiul's 1994 SP.
I SURVIVED 36 EURO LADIES AND ALL I GOT WERE 3 LOUSY SCREENCAPS OF ANITA MADSEN'SCOACHES
Masha was always judged unfairly. From the '98 Olympic bronze she lost to Chen Lu, to the '01 World bronze she lost to Sarah Hughes, and to being placed below Hughes in the SLC Olympic SP. She certainly wasn't a judges' pet. The only time I thought she got help from the judges was at the 1998 Worlds SP.
Ladies skating has never been the same since she quit.
She was the real "lady," so feminine and elegant. Such amazing personality on the ice. A real diva.
There isn't really anyone quite like her.![]()
So at the age of 28, I find myself a groupie, stalking the "Champions on Ice" skaters at Madison Square Garden.
When I asked Maria for her autograph, right after she won Worlds, she looked shocked that anyone in the States knew who she was.
Me: "I'm so happy you won!"
Maria: "I am too!"
Then later she mentions somewhere (FS International? Blades?) about getting asked for an autograph in NYC and how surprised she was to be famous.
LOVE her! Happy Birthday, girl!![]()