Every once in a while, and by that I mean on a daily basis, America gets a crush on someone new. The thing is that Yuliya Gerasymova is not really new. She’s just America’s latest in a long line of crushes.
Playing No. 11 for CS Rapid Bucuresti is middle blocker Yuliya Gerasymova. Born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1989, she’s had a long and distinguished career in volleyball beginning with making the VK Khimik Yuzhny team in 2006 at the age of 17. She stayed on that team until 2015 when her star began to rise. She now has five national championships and three European Championships under her belt.
But it was in 2022 when she caught the attention of a TikToker who saw her cheering her teammates on in the fourth round of the Champions League against a Polish team. That’s when she went viral.
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She still plays volleyball but she could easily parlay her fame into modeling any day. In fact, it’s already kind of started in a way. She is definitely an internet sensation. That’s for sure.
But one photographer in particular seems to follow her around everywhere she goes. I’m imagining it’s a guy because this level of stalking belongs to the men. Of course, paparazzi photography is a very lucrative industry. I just hope she’s getting some of that money. After all, these are pictures of her and she should benefit the most.
Note: There are female athletes who have spoken out about the attention they receive because of their looks instead of their achievements. I personally am against the cringeworthy salivating of the freakshows who make everyone’s skin crawl because of their objectification. These women have worked hard to get where they are and their achievements should be put first as well as what they achieve in life after they retire.
But don’t mistake the trolls for people like me who appreciate beauty. It is, after all, human nature for us to say, “Wow, she is a great athlete, and on top of that she’s gorgeous!” It is possible for some of us to have balance in how we honor achievement as well as observe beauty without objectifying it.
