Ilona Maher, America’s rugby-playing social media sweetheart, walked onto the terrace of Team USA House carrying a sandwich, the United States' first ever rugby sevens Olympic medal hanging around her neck.
PublishedPARIS — Ilona Maher, America’s rugby-playing social media sweetheart, walked onto the terrace of Team USA House carrying a sandwich, the United States' first ever rugby sevens Olympic medal hanging around her neck.
Maher's tear-filled interview after the match was enough to make any American want to run through a wall for the 27-year-old Vermont native who has both a nursing degree and a masters in business but really just wants to play rugby and promote the sport to girls across the world. Maher, who uses the hashtag #beastbeautybrains on social media, became the most-followed rugby player on Instagram during these Games with 2 million followers. She has 1.9 million followers on TikTok.
She revealed she weighs 200 pounds and is 5-foot-10 : the two measurements used to calculate BMI. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered in the overweight range, and a BMI of 30 and above is considered obese. She said she was surprised that “body-positive posts posted months, a couple of years ago, weeks ago" have resurfaced, but that its an important message for her to deliver.
“She’s not following anyone. She is leading the way,” Horrox told The Associated Press."That profile in the States and her global profile growing, that will do wonders for rugby and for women’s sport. She speaks so powerfully about what rugby has done for her in terms of body self-confidence, body image, opportunity and she wants that for girls, in particular, and if it happens to be rugby, great.
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