Nancy Hogshead, a three-time Olympian in swimming, joined Gaines in attacking the model ambassador selection. Hogshead claimed that the deal stole alternatives from organic ladies.
“They’re promoting their merchandise by erasing ladies. They’re taking the place of girls,” Hogshead informed the outlet. “There are many ladies — phenomenal athletes, nice spokespeople, actually good, hardworking — so many individuals that they may have had. It is a male takeover.”
The previous Olympian accused Nike of invading “ladies’s areas,” claiming the model tried to “outline what a lady is with out speaking to ladies, with out speaking to females.”