"Eileen Gu is a brilliant college student who moonlights as a cover model and can also pull off a right double cork 1620 before landing safely on the side of an Alp. She speaks fluent English, fluent Mandarin, scored a 1560 on her SAT and made it through rush at Kappa Kappa Gamma. She's passionate about quantum physics, yet is an international studies major at Stanford,"
"She is a sensation in China (where her mother was born) and a sensation -- but also a cultural touchstone -- in the United States (where she was born). She has made tens of millions off corporations in both countries desperate to be linked to her. She's 22 years old. Not among those lucrative marketing deals is a certain beer company that might label her the most interesting woman in the world, which is a title even her fiercest critics might concede to her."
Eileen Gu is a 22-year-old Stanford student and elite freeski athlete who took time off college for the Winter Olympics. She speaks fluent English and Mandarin, scored 1560 on the SAT, rushed Kappa Kappa Gamma, models on magazine covers, and performs advanced tricks like a right double cork 1620. She won a silver in freeski big air, her fifth career Olympic medal, and will compete in freeski halfpipe finals. She represents China internationally, earning tens of millions from corporate deals in both China and the United States, while drawing fierce criticism and debate over her national allegiance.
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