Media Circus
In just a few weeks, that photo of Allison Stokke turned her into an internet phenomenon. One that caught the attention of numerous news companies, like The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. Everyone was talking about the pole vaulter, Allison Stokke.
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Worldwide Talk
Don’t think for one second that the tale of Allison Stokke was reported in the United States alone. She actually made international news. News agencies like the British broadcast site the BBC, the Australian site The Sydney Morning Herald, and the German site Der Spiegel, were all talking about Allison Stokke. Search engines were doing double time as her name had been searched for more than a million times.