How does someone who doesn’t drink and has strong religious beliefs celebrate winning a gold medal? Very quietly, as you would expect.
After a blur of media engagements following her Winter Olympics victory in the halfpipe, Torah Bright went home and didn’t even get to have dinner.
“By the time I got home I realised at about 2.30 in the morning I hadn’t eaten dinner and I was hungry,” she said.
“I looked in the fridge and it was like `ahhhh, I couldn’t be bothered’.
Bright took centre stage as Australia’s first winner in Vancouver and was presented her gold medal a ceremony on Friday night.
“It was incredible, I was kind of shaking in awe,” she said.
“I didn’t know what to do watching that Aussie flag being raised higher than any other.”
Bright nearly didn’t make the ceremony, getting caught in a traffic jam on the way in, squeezing in to the arena with 15 minutes to go.
In contrast to the solemn-faced Dale Begg-Smith who collected his silver medal, Bright was abuzz and earned a warm round of applause in the medal arena.
Her win was well accepted in the international media, most suggesting she was the dominant woman in the sport.
Bright was labelled the Winter Olympics’ “Stud of the Day” by Entertainment Weekly.com
“Torah had to just stand there in her adorable teal cap with her loosely plaited Eloise hair and be charming,” it said.
Currently only receiving major sponsorship from snow related companies, Bright is expected to be in high demand from other companies with estimates floating about that she could now be worth $1 million a year.
She was keen to explore further opportunities – as long as they were vetted by her management team.
“I’m just interested in taking every opportunity and enjoying it all,” she said.
“I am on a need to know basis.”
Crazy Dave
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I object strongly and vociferously to your opening paragraphs.... I realise you didn't write this article, as I have seen it on many news websites, and in yesterdays Sunday Mail here in Brisbane. I do not drink Alcohol. I have very strong religious beliefs. When I party (which is quite often), I AM the life of the party! Articles like this one, being printed and read all over the world, are a representation of Modern Society's sorry way of thinking.... Most people believe you need to have alcohol to have a good time, and that people who don't drink alcohol have something wrong with them... And yet, you will never see these people (non-drinkers of alcohol) in drunken fights at 3am or being pulled over for drink-driving. I submitted a Readers article to this website late last night... It has not been published. I commented on Perthnow.com.au on their copy of the article... my comment has not been published. I commented on another websites copy of the article... they have pulled the article from their website. I sent a Letter to the Editor at The Courier Mail... probably too late for Monday's paper... waiting to see if it will be printed in Tuesday's paper. I am not suggesting that people stop drinking alcohol... rather I am asking for people to change their perceptions of people who do not drink alcohol.