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Title: Larissa Riquelme is incredibly popular for some reason
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URL Source: http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wo ... pular-for-some-?urn=sow,252629
Published: Jul 2, 2010
Author: Brooks Peck
Post Date: 2010-07-02 16:27:52 by James Deffenbach
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Views: 295
Comments: 26

Sometimes television cameras at sporting events turn their powerful focus from the field of play to the giddy and/or inconsolable masses in the stands. And sometimes that focus sticks for more than just the few seconds until a beer ad can be readied or the athlete with a torn meniscus can be dragged off. In the case of Larissa Riquelme, that focus is sticking and has quickly heaved her to international popularity with at least half the population that has seen her. Described as Paraguay's No. 1 fan, Riquelme is a model like so many others you've never ever heard of but seen pictured in popular alleys of the Internet. Yet because of her emphatic support of her national team and the hypnosis she holds over cameras far and wide, she now overflows from the pages of leading sports sites like Spain's AS.com, Italy's Corriere dello Sport and Brazil's Globo, and has become one of the most popular names in search engines and on Twitter. On Tuesday, Larissa Riquelme searches on Yahoo rocketed 241 percent.
See more of Larissa Riquelme, Paraguay's biggest fan
First rising to global popularity as she cheered on Paraguay in the opening-match draw that shocked their Italian opponents, Riquelme intrigued viewers with the curious yet prominent way she carries her mobile phone. As Paraguay continued their improbable run, finishing atop their group and advancing to the knockout stage, the cameras continued to seek her out, even as she watched a continent away, back home in Asuncion. Sitting front and center (even if she really wasn't) at a public viewing party for Paraguay's round of 16 match against Japan on Tuesday, the cameras just kept snapping as she urged her team to victory. Paraguay won on penalties, putting them in the quarterfinals for the first time ever, yet it was Larissa Riquelme's name near the top of Twitter's worldwide trending topics list and surging up as one of the top 2,000 Yahoo search terms. Of course, her assertion that she will run through the streets in nothing but red and blue bodypaint should Paraguay somehow win the World Cup isn't hurting her quicksilver rise, which will probably outlast many people's memories of Paraguay's impressive run. But that's how these things go.
UPDATE: According to a new story from Globo (which accuses Larissa of overshadowing Paraguay's performance), her strategic mobile phone placement is just that. She was hired to publicly cheer Paraguay with the phone held firmly on display within her tank top. I don't think her new fans will feel at all betrayed by this sly marketing ploy.
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
ghostdogtxn posted on 2010-07-02 16:53:29 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#2. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
She seems to be proud of those things.
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Esso posted on 2010-07-02 16:56:08 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#3. To: ghostdogtxn (#1)
I can think of two.

Of course I have no idea what you mean. >(;^{]
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 16:58:04 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#4. To: Esso (#2)
She seems to be proud of those things.

Somebody else talking in riddles. ahaha.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 16:58:45 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#5. To: James Deffenbach, Larissa fans, 4 (#4)

Lod posted on 2010-07-02 17:04:11 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#6. To: Esso (#2)
Does she have two iphones tucked away there?
Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle
purpleman posted on 2010-07-02 17:04:39 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#7. To: Lod (#5)
Good video.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 17:13:30 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#8. To: James Deffenbach, 4 (#7)
Now, I'm not so sure that she's had any surgery.
(I'll be glad when tats pass out of fashion. Damn you, Dennis Rodman. Freak.)

Lod posted on 2010-07-02 17:20:46 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
James...
In first photo, the cannibal on the right seems to know something we dont know?????

Cynicom posted on 2010-07-02 17:52:25 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#10. To: Lod (#8)
(I'll be glad when tats pass out of fashion. Damn you, Dennis Rodman. Freak.)

LOL!
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 20:00:44 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#11. To: Cynicom (#9)
In first photo, the cannibal on the right seems to know something we dont know?????

For all I know he could be her husband (but I doubt it).
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 20:01:22 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#12. To: purpleman (#6)
Does she have two iphones tucked away there?

Iphones? Is that what they call 'em now?
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Esso posted on 2010-07-02 20:09:38 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#13. To: Lod (#5)
Well, I thought she was pretty hot until I saw the birth mark on her butt.
I think I can do better.

JRiggs posted on 2010-07-02 20:25:27 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#14. To: JRiggs (#13)
Saying that she is "pretty hot" is like saying it is pretty warm inside an active volcano.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 20:31:26 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#15. To: James Deffenbach (#14)
Saying that she is "pretty hot" is like saying it is pretty warm inside an active volcano.

I have high standards. Once I finish putting my first $100 million together I'll be able to apply them.

JRiggs posted on 2010-07-02 21:27:15 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#16. To: JRiggs (#15)
Even with that kind of money sitting around within your personal checkbook, you just could be the next tabloid star, akin to Tiger Woods.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
buckeroo posted on 2010-07-02 21:44:50 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#17. To: JRiggs (#15)
I have high standards. Once I finish putting my first $100 million together I'll be able to apply them.

As the old saying goes "You can't buy love or happiness with money" but as Fred Sanford told Lamont, "You can't buy poverty with it either" and as for the love he said you could "rent it for a while."
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-02 21:53:25 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#18. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
Too dark, fake tits.
Imagine her in 20 years. Ugh.
St. Ausgustine on the State: "It was a criminal band that achieved legitimacy not by renouncing aggression, but rather by attaining impunity."
Turtle posted on 2010-07-03 12:12:55 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#19. To: Turtle (#18)
I don't think she is too dark and as for her breasts, they look just fine, fake or not.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-03 13:13:00 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#20. To: James Deffenbach (#19)
I don't think she is too dark and as for her breasts, they look just fine, fake or not.

Turtle is not attracted to dark women. Red, blonde, brown hair, light skin...yep.
St. Ausgustine on the State: "It was a criminal band that achieved legitimacy not by renouncing aggression, but rather by attaining impunity."
Turtle posted on 2010-07-04 11:46:08 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#21. To: Turtle (#20)
Everyone has personal preferences. I doubt many (or any) straight, single men would throw rocks at her or rebuff her advances.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-04 11:52:10 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#22. To: James Deffenbach (#21)
Did Paraguay win?

Lod posted on 2010-07-04 11:54:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#23. To: Lod (#22)
No. $#it, $#it, $#it!!!

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-04 12:01:37 ET (3 images) Reply Trace Private Reply
#24. To: James Deffenbach (#23)
Dammit all.

Lod posted on 2010-07-04 12:08:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#25. To: Lod (#24)
Yeah.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-04 12:28:17 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#26. To: Lod (#24)
World Cup Semifinals: Pick Your Winners… (posted by someone named Daryl on http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/world-cup-semifinals-pick-your-winners.html)
We have our World Cup semi-finalists. We do. And they are: Uruguay, Netherlands, Spain and Germany. If you’ve read your World Cup 101 then you’ll know that two of those teams will progress to the World Cup final on July 11th, while two will not.
The World Cup semifinal schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, July 6th: Uruguay vs Netherlands, Cape Town, 8:30pm local time (2:30pm US eastern)
Wednesday, July 7th: Germany vs Spain, Durban, 8:30pm (2:30pm US eastern)
I’ve done some primitive calculations in my head, and have determined that there’s no bad final can come out of this. But some finals will be better than others. Here’s my thinking:
Any final involving Uruguay will be fascinating, because la celeste are the surprise semi-finalist. So a Uruguay vs Germany or Uruguay vs Spain final is fine by me. However… the neutral in me is hoping to see Netherlands make it to the final. Netherlands vs Spain would be magnificent because guarantees a new World Cup winner. Both nations have won the Euros, but neither is yet to join the big boys club. So history will be made either way. The final possibility is Netherlands vs Germany. If I’m honest, that’s the one I want to see. It’s not just a rematch of the famous 1974 final, it’s also one of the more interesting footballing rivalries in world football.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves though. There are two superb semifinals still to be played. So which two teams do you see progressing to the World Cup final?

All I could think of, after the US, Brazil and then Paraguay lost, was "who gives a $#it?" I don't, doubt I will even watch any of the rest of it. But there are your final four.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
James Deffenbach posted on 2010-07-04 17:40:58 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
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