What… the… H. I thought this was a joke when I first saw comments flying about it on Facebook. Not only is Gabby Douglas the first person of color to win an Olympic all-around gold medal in gymnastics, she is also the first US gymnast in history to win both a team gold and Olympic all-around gold medal. What are people talking about? Her hair.
I don’t know where this is coming from. What’s wrong with my hair? I’m like ‘I just made history and people are focused on my hair?’ It can be bald or short, it doesn’t matter about my hair. Nothing is going to change. I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well just stop talking about it.
-Gabby Douglas
Seriously? Good for her for standing up in a society so image obsessed that we can’t be excited to see history in the making, and telling them to get over themselves. I hope that as future Olympians look for someone to aspire to be, they look at Gabby and see her poise, determination, and incredible talent. And for the record, there is absolutely nothing wrong with her hair.
Look at this picture and tell me how anyone can fixate on her hair.
-Eliabeth
Ermilia 
Makes you wonder…Gabby is a superior human being. I am in awe.
Totally agree. Thanks for commenting.
Maybe people are jealous of her ability, so they fixate on something they feel they are better at — hair styles 😀
Perhaps. I’ll admit that after watching every episode of Make it or Break it several times, I was expecting better hairstyles on our athletes, but after about 3 seconds I was over it as I remembered that reality does not mimic television.
people can be so d___ stupid!!! LOL get with the story, she won!!!!! lol
Exactly! Thanks Terry.
Maybe if she did a warm-up dance, no one would notice her hair.
No, if she had blonde hair then people wouldn’t complain…it’s sad, as a country we always talk about how we celebrate our diversity. In reality, when the people doing great things don’t look like Ken & Barbie people start to find fault. I think what she accomplished was amazing. I am probably a little biased though, since I choose to go to my prom bald (from chemo) instead of wearing a wig. Thank you for posting this 🙂
I think that’s amazing and we need more people like you to demonstrate that 1. beauty is not just skin deep and 2. there really is no set standard for beauty. A confident young woman is more beautiful to me than a toddler pageant contestant.
Thank you for commenting.
The other young women on her team had the same hairstyle, but no one made comments about their hair. It’s a huge disappointment but hopefully it will be an agent for change in the future
Who cares what her hair looks like? In the long run, we’ll all be remembering her fantastic run in the 2012 Olympics.
We already know Gabby is a superior gymnast; now we know she’s a superior role model as well.