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| "Many have prior acting experience and TV credits under their slim waistlines." |
One can't help noticing that a very visible result of Tanaka's rather aggressive interaction with her fans is that many stereotypical views of cheerleader personality traits are immediately and convincingly dispelled, though Tanaka denies any motive to do so. For starters she speaks in complete sentences, as any university graduate would be expected to do. Though there is no denying her hypnotizing beauty and obvious confidence in her generous physical attributes, it becomes clear almost immediately that she did not succeed because of her looks alone.
She takes great pride in her association with the Raiderettes, a tight bunch that busily promotes self-sufficiency and talent development both on and off the field -- not at all surprising when one remembers that the Raiderettes entertain the home crowd at the L.A. Coliseum only a scant eight times in the course of each regular football season.
Among her Raiderette colleagues are a surprising number of university graduates who have studied everything from marketing to medical sciences. Many have prior acting experience and TV credits under their slim waistlines. Befitting a city that prides itself on its multi-ethnic atmosphere, a large proportion of Raiderettes are fluent in more than one language or culture. The women who make up the Raiderettes don't lend themselves to typecasting.
Becoming a raiderette was no easy task, recalls Tanaka. Up to a thousand hopefuls audition for the squad each year; less than 50 eventually make the final cut. Competition is understandably fierce. "Any time you have a thousand women in one place, it can get pretty tense," Tanaka points out. And how about competition inside the small group that eventually prevails and is selected? "Any time you have 40 women in one place, it can get pretty tense," jokes Tanaka. "Seriously, we all get along quite well." PAGE 3
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