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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: 1016
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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#18. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
Too dark, fake tits. Imagine her in 20 years. Ugh.
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.
Everyone has personal preferences. I doubt many (or any) straight, single men would throw rocks at her or rebuff her advances.
Did Paraguay win?
Dammit all.
#25. To: Lod (#24)
Yeah.
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.
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#19. To: Turtle (#18)
#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.
#21. To: Turtle (#20)
#22. To: James Deffenbach (#21)
#23. To: Lod (#22)
#24. To: James Deffenbach (#23)
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#26. To: Lod (#24)
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