Female Olympians Hit the Fashion Runway in Paris to Celebrate Hard-won Gender Parity

Jocelyn Noveck READ TIME: 11 MIN.

U.S. former swimmer Janet Evans, left, wears a creation by Veronique Leroy and her daughter Sydney Wilson wears a creation by Marine Serre and Sneex footwear, during the first gender equal Olympic Games fashion show, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,
Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler

Natalie Cook, an Australian beach volleyball player who competed in five Olympics, had a lot of fun, making a supermodel hair-flicking gesture as she neared photographers.

"I'm a first-timer," she said of her catwalk experience. "And I don't think I'll give up my athletic career."

Former U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff wears a creation by July Bet and Sneex Footwear r, during the first gender equal Olympic Games fashion show, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Sunday, July 28, 2024
Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler
Qatari swimmer Nada Mohamed Wafa wears a creation by 4TheWalk and CALLA Paris, during the first gender equal Olympic Games fashion show, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2024
Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler
Venezuelan fencing athlete Alejandra Benítez Romero wears a creation by Highlight Studio, handbag by Marianna Laurent and Sneex footwear, during the first gender equal Olympic Games fashion show, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Sunday,
Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler
Former U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin Johnson wears a creation by 4THEWalk and Sneex footwear , during the first gender equal Olympic Games fashion show, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Sunday, July 28, 2024
Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler

by Jocelyn Noveck

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