There are several mentions of Michelle in the June 1999 issue of Blades on Ice. The cover is a cute picture from her Disney special of the number with Elvis. Here are the other mentions and pictures from the magazine:

• Cover
• Sitting on seashell from Disney special...pg 4
• "Skating's Hottest TV Stars," an article about skaters on TV that mentions Michelle's Disney special. Includes a picture from her special...pg 8-9
• Article about Worlds...pg 18-31
• Full page color picture from Ariane...pg 35
• Centerfold of poster for COI, contains pic from Ariane...pg 40-41

• Name
• Sector (politics, arts and culture, science, business, ports, academia)
• A line or two about WHY you chose this person

• Article about Kristi Yamaguchi, where she explains why she decided to compete in the Hershey's FS Challenge: "I'll be on the same team with Michelle Kwan so I said all right."...pg 14
• Article about Sarah Kawahara with picture of Sarah and Michelle (in mermaid costume, with the harness on) before a flying sequence...pg 37
• Article on skaters in the marketplace (includes quote on Michelle working with Disney), with this picture of Michelle from "Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's Mulan"...pg 40-41
• Picture of Michelle, Karen, and Michael Chack at Nationals party...pg 43
• Article about Tiffany Chin, where she says that she feels stronger about women's issues, and sees "a loosening of social pressures to conform, and we are creating our own paths. An example is Michelle Kwan's decision to retain her eligible status. "It's great that she has identified what motivates her, and she has made her own decisions about her goals."...pg 50
• Article about Naomi Nari Nam, where she talks about looking up to Michelle...pg 54
• Article about Nationals, with a picture like this one from Ariane...pg 56
• Article titled, "Tara and Michelle. A Tale of Two Specials." Executive producer and director of her special said that "our goal is to showcase Michelle." Another executive at Disney said about her next special, "Our focus is really going to be on what we do with Michelle. We have the greatest hook." Also, the special was number 1 in it's time slot in the under 18 demographic. Includes color picture from her special....pg 62-63
• Article about Katarina Witt, where she says that she is at the stage in her career where she, "cannot beat somebody like Michelle Kwan, but it's wonderful to share the same ice as her."...pg 64

Michelle Kwan and Nicole Bobek are touring through June. For more info see, http://www.championsonice.com.

I was e-mailed that there is another picture of Michelle in the calendar in the magazine.:

There's a pic on the July page, for July 7th, with a pic of her (a pose) in a black costume (Carmen probably) and it says, "Michelle Kwan celebrates her 19th birthday".

Michelle's card is first! It's a picture of her doing a layback during Ariane...only with rollerblades on! I definitely did a double take! On the back of the card, it says.

Michelle has made up her own X Games Event! She calls her event aggressive in-line figure skating. Michelle performs a figure-skating trick called a triple toe loop. Then she hops on the boards and does a phat grind in front of the judges. "In-line skating on ice is sick," says Michelle. "I just wish I could show off my cool halfpipe moves."

Check out the front of the card!

Michelle is mentioned/showed a couple of times in the May 1999 issue of Teen People. First of all, I want to know if any of you remebered that in an earlier issue of Teen People, Michelle was nominated as one of the hottest stars under 21. Did you remember that? Anyway, on pg. 57, there is an ad for the show. It says, "It's all about the celebrities you can't get enough of and the kind of intimate interviews you can get only from Teen People. We'll take you where you've never been before: inside the heads, hearst and homes of your favorite stars! Read Teen People's 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 issue, available on newsstands May 7, then vote for your favorite star at our exclusive AOL site (keyword: Teen People) or at www.abc.com. The Teen's Choice Choice Award winner will be announced during the May 21st special! Check local listings for times! On pg. 114 there is a picture of the cover of the spring issue of Sports Illustrated for Women, which Michelle is mentioned in. On pg 136, Michelle (and Tara) are part of the crossword puzzle. 46 Across says, "With 35 Down, a Michelle Kwan activity". 35 down says, "With 46 Across, a Tara Lipinski activity". 46 Across (the one with Michelle) is "ice". 35 Down (the one with Tara) is "skating".

The World Championships

Competition concludes with the women's short programs and pairs final this afternoon, and women's and dance finals this evening.
Michelle Kwan is the overwhelming women's favorite says commentator Terry Gannon. "If she's going to lose, she's going to have some help," he says. "Artistically, there's no one even close." Kwan has performed flawlessly lately, and has not lost an event since the Nagano Olympics. "With no one to push her, I think her major opponent may be her own motivation," says Gannon. Among those attempting to pull the upset are European champ Maria Butyrskaya and Tatyana Malinina."

Also, on page 67 is an ad for the ladies long program like this one, but it only has the picture of Michelle and Maria. Also, it says "The best skaters in the world all have one thing in common. They all want to beat Michelle." Finally, on page 179 is an ad for the exhibitions, with only the picture of Michelle.

• Ariane
• In kiss and cry at the Olympics

KWAN'S SCISSOR KICK

Olympic silver medalist Michelle Kwan has always made waves with her skating, but now the 18-year-old from Torrance, California, is attracting attention for a recent makeover. Kwan, who is maintaining her Olympic eligibility to go for the gold in Salt Lake City in 2002, turned to L.A. stylist Laurent D, who sheared Kwan's locks for a look that is Sharon Stone chic and collegiate practical (Kwan has applied to Stanford and Harvard). "It took me two years to get into [the stylist's] chair," she admits. "Now I say to myself, 'Why didn't I do this sooner?'"

Next up for Kwan is the world championships in Helsinki Finland (ABC, March 25 and 27), where she is the heavy favorite. "She has grown from a 14-year-old zinger into a young lady of grace and elegance," marvels ABC analyst Dick Button. Kwan isn't taking the field lightly. "I don't go out there and think I'm untouchable. I've always been a competitor"

The article on pages 37-38, titled "Protein Power," is in the "your food" section. It's about what top athletes eat. On page 37 is a chart with the training-day meal plans that four athletes (Rebecca Lobo, Michelle, Hazel Clark, and Eric Lindros), submitted, with a picture of the athlete. The picture of Michelle is a closeup of her waving at the end of Carmen. Here's her meal plan:

Breakfast	Lunch	Snack	Dinner
Two hard-boiled eggs or Oatmeal with fruit	Sushi or Turkey sandwhich on whole-wheat bread with tomato and lettuce (no mayonnaise) Fruit Cup	Chocolate Power Bar	Sushi White Rice

Also, in the article, it says, "Olympic silver medalist Michelle Kwan is also a protein junkie. When she's training, she often eats sushi twice a day for its low-calorie protein punch."

Then, in the letter from the editor section, the editor thanked people for letting them know what they wanted in the magazine. One sentence says:

In the last 18 months, we've asked you everything from what our name should be (you told us you like Sports Illustrated for Women better than Women/Sport) to whether you want advice from real athletes (yes, you do, and we've got it: Lindsay Davenport's favorite sunscreen for hair, Dot Richardson's question-and-answer column, even Michelle Kwan's preferences on power snacks).

Also, on page 102, is an article about Naomi Nari Nam. There is a picture of Naomi doing a layback during her long program at Nationals. It is along the same lines as the She's Got Next article in the Feb. 22 issue of Sports Illustrated, but not exactly. Something I thought was interesting from the article is that Michelle's father, Danny, helped Naomi learn the double axel. Michelle is mentioned several times in the article.

The magazine is the Spring Issue. It will be on the stands until May 26.

• World Pro article, with 2 Michelle pictures...pg 28-31
• Group picture from World Pros...pg 28
• Picture of Michelle skating to East of Eden...pg 31
• Brief article on Nationals with results...pg 70-71

You can see all the questions and answers at Michelle Kwan answers Kids' Questions. With the article are 5 pictures. 3 are from last year's Skate America, one is of East of Eden at World Pros, and her official pic for the USFSA.

I forgot to mention yesterday that on Access Hollywood Monday, they talked about one of the articles in the Women's Sport & Fitness magazine. So, they showed the cover, with Michelle. It was on the screen a long time!

Speaking of the magazine, I finally got it! I found some other places Michelle, and skating, is in the magazine. Along with the cover, here are all the skating mentions:

• A smaller picture of the cover, with who took the photo, who did the makeup, etc...page 10
• In the Editor's letter, they mention Michelle in the "Champions" section. Also, there is a small picture taken at the photo shoot for the cover...page 18
• A little about Katarina Witt in Playboy...page 39
• An article on adult skating, which mentions Michelle and Tara briefly...page 47
• The article/photo layout about champions starts...page 89
• The section about Michelle, "The Perfectionist"...page 98
• Full page picture...page 99

In the articles section, their e-mail address is given. Why don't we e-mail them, and thank them for having Michelle on the cover! Maybe they will have her in their magazine more. :-)

Michelle Kwan When this skater lost the gold medal to Tara Lipinski in the '98 Winter Olympics, she dealt with it like a true champ. She didn't feel sorry for herself. Instead, she said: "I didn't lose the gold--I won the silver." (Soon after, she won the gold in the World Championships.)

Brian scanned in the picture from the magazine. Check it out! (Thanks Brian!)

Also, in the February 12 issue of Entertainment Weekly, there is an ad for the Winter COI tour on TBS (Check my TV Schedule for more info.) It is a full page ad on page 56. In the center of the page is this picture of Michelle with Philippe Candeloro. Other skaters in the ad are Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, and Katarina Witt. There is also this note in the ad, "Watch and you could win a VIP weekend getaway as special guests of Philippe Candeloro." It said that you could find entry forms at your local FTD store.

I was flying to Ft Lauderdale for the weekend last week, and I picked up those Delta magazines (Sky it's called) and wow-there was a cool section on female athletes and their marketability. Michelle Kwan was the only skater included. So I tore out the pages and thought I'd email the story and photos to you, so more people could enjoy it.

Michelle Kwan-The judge gives Kwan a mark of 5.9 in marketability. Her decision not to turn pro after the Winter Games in Nagano was a smart move. Now she can become The Story of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as she battles back from her heartbreaking finish as runner-up to Tara Lipinski to go for the elusive gold. Kwan offers marketers a very attractive package: She's classy, charismatic, articulate and wholesome; she was recently named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation; and she made Life Magazine's list of the "100 Best Things About America Now." Campbell's put her on its soup cans (with teammates Lipinski and Nicole Bobek), Disney signed her to star in four television skating specials, and Unilever chose her to endorse its Fresh Deoderant Caress soap. Expect to see plenty of advertisers with Olympic dreams skating Kwan's way as 2002 draws near.

There were 2 photos of michelle-one right next to the part on her and one that I cropped out of a photo collage on all of the athletes.

Check out the pictures with the article!

• Picture next to the article
• Picture cropped from the collage

In today's LA Times (01/14/99), in "The Kids' Reading Room", "Sports Illustrated for Kids Weekly", it said:

What do figure skaters do with all the flowers that fans throw onto the ice? Molly C., 12, Montclair, N.J.

Figure skaters often give away the flowers. Elvis Stojko of Canada donates his bouquets to hospitals and to homes for senior citizens. Fans of Michelle Kwan throw stuffed animals. At Christmas, Michelle takes the stuffed animals to patients at Children's Hospital, in Los Angeles.

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There's a nice color picture of Michelle, which attracted my attention first as I turned the page, Michelle was holding up a bouquet after she skated, still long hair in the back.

There is a SMALL pic of Michelle in this months issue of Jane Magazine (is has Gillian Anderson on the cover). I don't have the magazine in front of me, but the pic of her is on bottom right hand side in the magazine (Reader's Choice awards or something). (Thanks Melissa!)
Then, William wrote me about it:

It's on Page 91 of the January/February issue in an article entitled "The 10 Gutsiest Women of the Year (and a Few You Weren't Too Thrilled With)." In a small section of the article called "You Be the Judge," it says:

"GUTSIEST ATHLETE: Lisa Leslie and the WNBA turned out to be the biggest stories on your sports page, but you were also pretty verbal about your disgust for plus-que-perky Tara Lipinski's win over Michelle Kwan. Someone even voted for Tonya Harding, saying she was 'classy.' Er, yeah."

The picture with the article is this one from US Pros.

(Thanks William)