Post by John Davidson on Mar 28, 2008 11:58:32 GMT -5
Joe DiMaggio had Marilyn Monroe and Tom Brady has Gisele Bundchen. Athletes have always been known to get the finest women. Hockey players tend to be the least publicized athletes in the public eye, but that surely doesn’t take away from their ability to pick up amazing women.
Even the most mundane of players (Cale Hulse) have had amazingly beautiful women, and those who have certainly made a name for themselves (Mike Modano) don’t do too badly for themselves either.
The following is The Wicked Wrister’s list of the top 10 hottest hockey wives & girlfriends.
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10. Candace Cameron-Bure - If you’re anything like myself (handsome and intelligent), then you most likely grew up watching Full House as a kid. While you were running away from girls on the playground in utter terror of contracting cooties, you always made it home in time to see D.J. Tanner deal with whatever life was going to throw her way next.
D.J. was always the rebel. Whether it was breaking curfew or having a party, she was not going to let her ambiguously gay father’s strict rules keep her down. Oh no, she was going to stay out past 10:00. Maybe even 10:30.
D.J. grew up to be quite the woman. After landing herself former NHL redheaded step-child Valeri Bure, she all but gave up the acting business to become a lazy, stay-at-home mom. Candace still does acting from time to time, making guest appearances on made for television movies ranging from the Lifetime Network to the Hallmark Channel.
No matter how many teen oriented date rape movies she appears in on Lifetime (that’s all they show, right?), she’ll always be D.J. Tanner.
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09. Carol Alt- Whilst looking somewhat haggard in her advancing years, Carol Alt was once one of the more successful models in her industry. Appearing on the cover of the 1982 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Alt certainly made her mark in modeling.Currently involved in a relationship with former(?) NHL wannabe Alexei Yashin, Alt is 13 years Yashin’s senior. While Yashin was busy picking out turtlenecks for his pee-wee hockey tournaments, Alt was busy making seductive poses for numerous magazines from around the world.Alt married former NHL player Rod Greschner in 1983, and the two divorced in 1996.Since her modeling career began to wind down over the years, Alt has played lead roles in numerous Italian and Canadian films.
Alt has also become an established author, writing or co-authoring two books thus far about healthy eating, and adding a romance novel to her credit.
I highly encourage you to check out the cover of the romance novel. It’s certainly up there with the likes of the other $0.95 gas station novels.There’s no word on whether or not Alt ever makes the trip to Russia to see Alexei play in the Russian Super League, but we can be sure that Alexei is chasing cougars somewhere in eastern Europe.
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08. Anna Kournikova- Anna Kournikova is #8 on our list not because of any awful physical flaws, but because of her sheer lack of commitment to making it any higher on our list.Anna delved into the world of hockey at the tender age of 16, apparently engaged to NHL superstar Pavel Bure for a time.
After leaving the old and haggard Bure, Anna went on to date Sergei Fedorov for a time, and the two were later rumored to be married.Unfortunately for Anna, she could not juggle the pressures of beauty and talent.
Once regarded as a tennis player with nearly unlimited potential, after becoming famous for her beauty and athletic ability, her attention turned away from the court and on to the world of modeling. Kournikova all but retired from the world of tennis by 2004, but still plays occasional singles and doubles matches for charity events. Quite possibly the highlights of Kournikova’s career have been her rankings by various ESPN polls:
- 2003 Hottest Female Athlete
- 18th in “25 Greatest Sports Flops in 25 Years”
- 1st in ESPN Classic’s “Most Overrated Athletes”
While Anna Kournikova has all be disappeared from the spotlight since her relationship with metro-dude Enrique Iglesias fell apart, Anna did display a wish to once again play professional tennis in 2005 to a reporter from ELLE magazine. Kournikova claims that if completely healthy, she would like to make a return to the professional circuit. We’re all hoping to see Anna on television once again.
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07. Rachel Hunter- In a perfect world, Rachel Hunter would surely be in the top five of our countdown. Unfortunately for Rachel, she decided to marry Rod Stewart in 1990. It’s standard policy here that if any woman has had sexual relations with Rod Stewart, she cannot be ranked in the top five. Our apologies to Ms. Hunter.
While Hunter has gone through her share of famous relationships with celebrities such as Bruce Willis and homeless men such as Kevin Costner, she seems to have finally found her niche in the world of hockey.Rumored to have been engaged to Sean Avery (we’ll see his current squeeze in a couple of entries), Hunter is now dating Jarret Stoll of the Edmonton Oilers.
While his personal life seems to be on the rise, Stoll has seen a dramatic decline in his on-ice performance over the past two seasons. His encounter with Rod Stewart’s old laundry (Hunter) looks to be the cause of his 2006-2007 and now 2007-2008 campaigns suffering such huge drops in production.Scoring 68 points during the 2005-2006 season for Edmonton, Stoll has dropped off to 39 in the 2006-2007 campaign and is on pace for 36 this season.
With that said, there are things more important than points in the world of hockey, and one of those looks to be proving that you’re better than Rod Stewart and Kevin Costner.
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06. Hilary Duff- Checking in at #6 on our list is Hilary Duff. Attempting to shed her Disney Channel persona, Duff has gone from dating Aaron Carter (which created a cat fighting feud with Lindsay Lohan) to dating Joel Madden, famous for having an awful band.Shooting to fame with 12 year old girls and perverted old men in 2002 with her hit Disney Channel show, Lizzie McGuire, Duff recorded several songs for the Disney Channel.
Her first album, Santa Claus Lane (2002) reached gold status. Duff’s second album, coming in 2003 and entitled Metamorphosis left little room for the illiterate (Get that awesome pun?), but reached #1 on the U.S. and Canadian charts.
Duff has also become a serious actor, classified with the likes of Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.Duff has various highly acclaimed, award winning masterpieces such as In Search of Santa and the upcoming motion picture war film entitled Foodfight!Hilary Duff and Joel Madden broke up in 2006, and Duff later began dating NHL player Mike Comrie of the New York Islanders.The two have not been very public about their relationship, likely to Comrie’s embarrassing numbers on the score-sheet.
Hoping to keep his rock star(?) girlfriend for a bit longer, Comrie purchased a $100,000 Mercedes for Duff’s 20th birthday. We all hope that Comrie can still continue playing hockey at his standard mediocre level long enough to pay for her 21st birthday gift as well.
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05. Willa Ford- If you’re Mike Modano, being considered the greatest U.S. born hockey player in NHL history is something to tell people at parties. Being married to one of the hottest wannabe pop stars is something to be proud of.Willa Ford shot to mediocrity in 2001 as the self-proclaimed “bad girl of pop”.Ford released her first studio album, entitled Willa Was Here, which sold only 200,000 copies in the United States. While her first single, I Wanna Be Bad was a modest hit, she quickly faded to nothing more than an answer in Trivial Pursuit.
Willa never released another album after Willa Was Here, and instead chose to pursue a career in television and film acting. Hosting and being featured in several television shows over the years, Ford has remained a name somewhat familiar to North America.
Ford’s biggest break came when she was chosen to star as Anna Nicole Smith in Anna Nicole. For Mike Modano’s sake, we hope that she doesn’t attempt to portray Anna Nicole’s later years au natural. A fat suit would certainly be preferred.However, the great news for the rest of us is that according to Wikipedia, Ford will appear nude in the film.Ford and Modano were married in August of 2007. According to Ford, Modano proposed to her in bed. Mike Modano is a true American Hero.
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04. Elisha Cuthbert- After kicking Rachel Hunter to the curb, Sean Avery found himself a younger, hotter (?) bombshell to show off to his hockey buddies.Cuthbert really ranks so highly on our list because as a Canadian, she is a huge fan of hockey. Cuthbert is a current Los Angeles Kings season ticket holder and makes it to many of the Kings regular season games.
Growing up in Calgary, Alberta, Elisha starred in several Canadians television shows and films. Moving to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen, she was soon cast as the daughter of Special Agent Jack Bauer in the FOX television show, 24.
Cuthbert’s largest movie role to date has been the role of Danielle in The Girl Next Door. Cuthbert plays the role of an ex-pornstar attempting to leave the business behind in hopes of becoming a regular girl.Cuthbert has been on the cusp of a breakout movie role for some time, having been screen tested for Lois Lane in Superman Returns, and having auditioned for a spot in the Fantastic Four. Cuthbert will star as Kim Bauer in the upcoming movie, 24
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03. Gena Lee Nolin- Growing up on a farm in Duluth, Minnesota, Gena Lee Nolin loved ice fishing and basketball as a child. The stereotypical gorgeous farmer’s daughter, Nolin later moved to Las Vegas to pursue higher aspirations.
After arriving in Las Vegas, Nolin became a waitress to pay the bills, but soon entered the Miss Las Vegas competition. Nolin of course won the competition and soon caught the eye of modeling agencies nationwide. Nolin soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and to study interior design at Santa Monica College.Gena’s first “real” gig came as one of Barker’s Beauties on The Price is Right.Nolin married David Alan Feiler (who?) in 1991 and the love affair lasted for a month and a day. Feiler would later go on to stalk Nolin, forcing her to take out a restraining order against her ex husband.Nolin later married Greg Fahlman in 1993. The two remained married throughout Nolin’s success on Baywatch, and later divorced in 2004. Soon after her divorce from Fahlman, Nolin met and began dating former NHL player Cale Hulse.Hulse hasn’t played in the NHL for two seasons, having been cut from the Carolina Hurricanes’ training camp in 2006. Much like Bure and Yashin, most likely due to spending far too much time at home.
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02. Angelica Bridges- This fiery redhead is currently married to NHL defenseman Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers. At the time of this writing, I am only now discovering that Angelica Bridges has also at one time been involved in a relationship with Rod Stewart. My apologies to Rachel Hunter, as this bit of breaking news has completely thrown my top ten list into confusion.
Bridges is yet another hockey wife picked off of the beaches of Baywatch. Appearing as Lt. Taylor Walsh on Baywatch and Baywatch: Hawaii, Bridges appeared in six episodes from 1997 to 1998.Bridges’ television acting resume reads like the television lineup of the WB. Angelica went from Baywatch to Conan, and then on to Mortal Kombat: Conquest.Bridges and Souray seem to have some kind of odd fixation with porn names, as their children are named Valentina Raine and Scarlett Skye, respectively. The couple briefly separated in 2006, but have since reconciled.
Souray’s career has been solid over the years, spending the past six seasons with the Montreal Canadiens before being signed by the Edmonton Oilers prior to the 2007-2008 season.
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01. Veronika Varekova- You’ve seen Veronika Varekova. She’s been in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She’s been a Victoria’s Secret model.
Varekova was married to fellow Czech, Petr Nedved. During the 2006 season while playing for Phoenix, Nedved requested a trade to New York to be closer to his wife who worked primarily out of New York City. Unfortunately for Petr, the couple separated later in 2006. Neved has since returned to the Czech Republic.
Varekova moved to the United States at 19 to pursue a career in design, but quickly found out that a career in modeling would be much more lucrative after being signed to a contract.
Varekova is fluent in three languages and has degrees in Psychology and Education.Varekova has graced the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition a total of eight times, and appeared on the cover in 2004. Veronika has been featured in and on the cover of every magazine imaginable, including Maxim, Victoria’s Secret and Cosmopolitan.
In 2006, Varekova claimed that Maxim unrightfully purchased and used a photo shot for a Victoria’s Secret shoot on their cover. The magazine had purchased the photo from from the owning agency, Corbis, but Varekova felt that the photo would be vulgar on the cover of a magazine such as Maxim. We at the Wicked Wrister happily support Maxim in its decision.
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Even the most mundane of players (Cale Hulse) have had amazingly beautiful women, and those who have certainly made a name for themselves (Mike Modano) don’t do too badly for themselves either.
The following is The Wicked Wrister’s list of the top 10 hottest hockey wives & girlfriends.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Candace Cameron-Bure - If you’re anything like myself (handsome and intelligent), then you most likely grew up watching Full House as a kid. While you were running away from girls on the playground in utter terror of contracting cooties, you always made it home in time to see D.J. Tanner deal with whatever life was going to throw her way next.
D.J. was always the rebel. Whether it was breaking curfew or having a party, she was not going to let her ambiguously gay father’s strict rules keep her down. Oh no, she was going to stay out past 10:00. Maybe even 10:30.
D.J. grew up to be quite the woman. After landing herself former NHL redheaded step-child Valeri Bure, she all but gave up the acting business to become a lazy, stay-at-home mom. Candace still does acting from time to time, making guest appearances on made for television movies ranging from the Lifetime Network to the Hallmark Channel.
No matter how many teen oriented date rape movies she appears in on Lifetime (that’s all they show, right?), she’ll always be D.J. Tanner.
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09. Carol Alt- Whilst looking somewhat haggard in her advancing years, Carol Alt was once one of the more successful models in her industry. Appearing on the cover of the 1982 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Alt certainly made her mark in modeling.Currently involved in a relationship with former(?) NHL wannabe Alexei Yashin, Alt is 13 years Yashin’s senior. While Yashin was busy picking out turtlenecks for his pee-wee hockey tournaments, Alt was busy making seductive poses for numerous magazines from around the world.Alt married former NHL player Rod Greschner in 1983, and the two divorced in 1996.Since her modeling career began to wind down over the years, Alt has played lead roles in numerous Italian and Canadian films.
Alt has also become an established author, writing or co-authoring two books thus far about healthy eating, and adding a romance novel to her credit.
I highly encourage you to check out the cover of the romance novel. It’s certainly up there with the likes of the other $0.95 gas station novels.There’s no word on whether or not Alt ever makes the trip to Russia to see Alexei play in the Russian Super League, but we can be sure that Alexei is chasing cougars somewhere in eastern Europe.
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08. Anna Kournikova- Anna Kournikova is #8 on our list not because of any awful physical flaws, but because of her sheer lack of commitment to making it any higher on our list.Anna delved into the world of hockey at the tender age of 16, apparently engaged to NHL superstar Pavel Bure for a time.
After leaving the old and haggard Bure, Anna went on to date Sergei Fedorov for a time, and the two were later rumored to be married.Unfortunately for Anna, she could not juggle the pressures of beauty and talent.
Once regarded as a tennis player with nearly unlimited potential, after becoming famous for her beauty and athletic ability, her attention turned away from the court and on to the world of modeling. Kournikova all but retired from the world of tennis by 2004, but still plays occasional singles and doubles matches for charity events. Quite possibly the highlights of Kournikova’s career have been her rankings by various ESPN polls:
- 2003 Hottest Female Athlete
- 18th in “25 Greatest Sports Flops in 25 Years”
- 1st in ESPN Classic’s “Most Overrated Athletes”
While Anna Kournikova has all be disappeared from the spotlight since her relationship with metro-dude Enrique Iglesias fell apart, Anna did display a wish to once again play professional tennis in 2005 to a reporter from ELLE magazine. Kournikova claims that if completely healthy, she would like to make a return to the professional circuit. We’re all hoping to see Anna on television once again.
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07. Rachel Hunter- In a perfect world, Rachel Hunter would surely be in the top five of our countdown. Unfortunately for Rachel, she decided to marry Rod Stewart in 1990. It’s standard policy here that if any woman has had sexual relations with Rod Stewart, she cannot be ranked in the top five. Our apologies to Ms. Hunter.
While Hunter has gone through her share of famous relationships with celebrities such as Bruce Willis and homeless men such as Kevin Costner, she seems to have finally found her niche in the world of hockey.Rumored to have been engaged to Sean Avery (we’ll see his current squeeze in a couple of entries), Hunter is now dating Jarret Stoll of the Edmonton Oilers.
While his personal life seems to be on the rise, Stoll has seen a dramatic decline in his on-ice performance over the past two seasons. His encounter with Rod Stewart’s old laundry (Hunter) looks to be the cause of his 2006-2007 and now 2007-2008 campaigns suffering such huge drops in production.Scoring 68 points during the 2005-2006 season for Edmonton, Stoll has dropped off to 39 in the 2006-2007 campaign and is on pace for 36 this season.
With that said, there are things more important than points in the world of hockey, and one of those looks to be proving that you’re better than Rod Stewart and Kevin Costner.
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06. Hilary Duff- Checking in at #6 on our list is Hilary Duff. Attempting to shed her Disney Channel persona, Duff has gone from dating Aaron Carter (which created a cat fighting feud with Lindsay Lohan) to dating Joel Madden, famous for having an awful band.Shooting to fame with 12 year old girls and perverted old men in 2002 with her hit Disney Channel show, Lizzie McGuire, Duff recorded several songs for the Disney Channel.
Her first album, Santa Claus Lane (2002) reached gold status. Duff’s second album, coming in 2003 and entitled Metamorphosis left little room for the illiterate (Get that awesome pun?), but reached #1 on the U.S. and Canadian charts.
Duff has also become a serious actor, classified with the likes of Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.Duff has various highly acclaimed, award winning masterpieces such as In Search of Santa and the upcoming motion picture war film entitled Foodfight!Hilary Duff and Joel Madden broke up in 2006, and Duff later began dating NHL player Mike Comrie of the New York Islanders.The two have not been very public about their relationship, likely to Comrie’s embarrassing numbers on the score-sheet.
Hoping to keep his rock star(?) girlfriend for a bit longer, Comrie purchased a $100,000 Mercedes for Duff’s 20th birthday. We all hope that Comrie can still continue playing hockey at his standard mediocre level long enough to pay for her 21st birthday gift as well.
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05. Willa Ford- If you’re Mike Modano, being considered the greatest U.S. born hockey player in NHL history is something to tell people at parties. Being married to one of the hottest wannabe pop stars is something to be proud of.Willa Ford shot to mediocrity in 2001 as the self-proclaimed “bad girl of pop”.Ford released her first studio album, entitled Willa Was Here, which sold only 200,000 copies in the United States. While her first single, I Wanna Be Bad was a modest hit, she quickly faded to nothing more than an answer in Trivial Pursuit.
Willa never released another album after Willa Was Here, and instead chose to pursue a career in television and film acting. Hosting and being featured in several television shows over the years, Ford has remained a name somewhat familiar to North America.
Ford’s biggest break came when she was chosen to star as Anna Nicole Smith in Anna Nicole. For Mike Modano’s sake, we hope that she doesn’t attempt to portray Anna Nicole’s later years au natural. A fat suit would certainly be preferred.However, the great news for the rest of us is that according to Wikipedia, Ford will appear nude in the film.Ford and Modano were married in August of 2007. According to Ford, Modano proposed to her in bed. Mike Modano is a true American Hero.
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04. Elisha Cuthbert- After kicking Rachel Hunter to the curb, Sean Avery found himself a younger, hotter (?) bombshell to show off to his hockey buddies.Cuthbert really ranks so highly on our list because as a Canadian, she is a huge fan of hockey. Cuthbert is a current Los Angeles Kings season ticket holder and makes it to many of the Kings regular season games.
Growing up in Calgary, Alberta, Elisha starred in several Canadians television shows and films. Moving to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen, she was soon cast as the daughter of Special Agent Jack Bauer in the FOX television show, 24.
Cuthbert’s largest movie role to date has been the role of Danielle in The Girl Next Door. Cuthbert plays the role of an ex-pornstar attempting to leave the business behind in hopes of becoming a regular girl.Cuthbert has been on the cusp of a breakout movie role for some time, having been screen tested for Lois Lane in Superman Returns, and having auditioned for a spot in the Fantastic Four. Cuthbert will star as Kim Bauer in the upcoming movie, 24
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03. Gena Lee Nolin- Growing up on a farm in Duluth, Minnesota, Gena Lee Nolin loved ice fishing and basketball as a child. The stereotypical gorgeous farmer’s daughter, Nolin later moved to Las Vegas to pursue higher aspirations.
After arriving in Las Vegas, Nolin became a waitress to pay the bills, but soon entered the Miss Las Vegas competition. Nolin of course won the competition and soon caught the eye of modeling agencies nationwide. Nolin soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and to study interior design at Santa Monica College.Gena’s first “real” gig came as one of Barker’s Beauties on The Price is Right.Nolin married David Alan Feiler (who?) in 1991 and the love affair lasted for a month and a day. Feiler would later go on to stalk Nolin, forcing her to take out a restraining order against her ex husband.Nolin later married Greg Fahlman in 1993. The two remained married throughout Nolin’s success on Baywatch, and later divorced in 2004. Soon after her divorce from Fahlman, Nolin met and began dating former NHL player Cale Hulse.Hulse hasn’t played in the NHL for two seasons, having been cut from the Carolina Hurricanes’ training camp in 2006. Much like Bure and Yashin, most likely due to spending far too much time at home.
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02. Angelica Bridges- This fiery redhead is currently married to NHL defenseman Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers. At the time of this writing, I am only now discovering that Angelica Bridges has also at one time been involved in a relationship with Rod Stewart. My apologies to Rachel Hunter, as this bit of breaking news has completely thrown my top ten list into confusion.
Bridges is yet another hockey wife picked off of the beaches of Baywatch. Appearing as Lt. Taylor Walsh on Baywatch and Baywatch: Hawaii, Bridges appeared in six episodes from 1997 to 1998.Bridges’ television acting resume reads like the television lineup of the WB. Angelica went from Baywatch to Conan, and then on to Mortal Kombat: Conquest.Bridges and Souray seem to have some kind of odd fixation with porn names, as their children are named Valentina Raine and Scarlett Skye, respectively. The couple briefly separated in 2006, but have since reconciled.
Souray’s career has been solid over the years, spending the past six seasons with the Montreal Canadiens before being signed by the Edmonton Oilers prior to the 2007-2008 season.
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01. Veronika Varekova- You’ve seen Veronika Varekova. She’s been in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She’s been a Victoria’s Secret model.
Varekova was married to fellow Czech, Petr Nedved. During the 2006 season while playing for Phoenix, Nedved requested a trade to New York to be closer to his wife who worked primarily out of New York City. Unfortunately for Petr, the couple separated later in 2006. Neved has since returned to the Czech Republic.
Varekova moved to the United States at 19 to pursue a career in design, but quickly found out that a career in modeling would be much more lucrative after being signed to a contract.
Varekova is fluent in three languages and has degrees in Psychology and Education.Varekova has graced the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition a total of eight times, and appeared on the cover in 2004. Veronika has been featured in and on the cover of every magazine imaginable, including Maxim, Victoria’s Secret and Cosmopolitan.
In 2006, Varekova claimed that Maxim unrightfully purchased and used a photo shot for a Victoria’s Secret shoot on their cover. The magazine had purchased the photo from from the owning agency, Corbis, but Varekova felt that the photo would be vulgar on the cover of a magazine such as Maxim. We at the Wicked Wrister happily support Maxim in its decision.
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