5/6/2002: Miss Jumbo Queen contestant

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I don't know. It seems odd, but I know some women are intimidated by the perfect instructors. Maybe it puts some women more at ease.

Maybe so... but there has to be some middle ground between "perfect" and 240 lb.

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

What I wonder is if she's been doing this for quite some time. If she has, why isn't she smaller? Could be genetic I guess, and without the workouts she would qualify for Jumbo Queen.

Yeah I've wondred about that too. You'd think somebody who spends a lot of time swimming would be in good shape. And indeed, when the Dallas kids were taking lots of swimming lessons a few years back, all the instructors (maybe 3/4 of whom also doubled as life guards) had roughly the build you'd expect.

Except one. She was portly, no getting around it. It did seem odd. But she was a good swimmer, and a good swimming teacher, with a good rapport with the students (including grownups--I signed up for an adult swimming class one summer and she turned out to be the instructor).