BUT it hasn’t been that easy for her, either!

She’s had some severe issues in her life over the years. She had an extremely low self-esteem despite all the success, and she’s somewhat a perfectionist. Nothing was ever good enough, and she was more and less anorexic and bulimic for almost two decades. She was also taken over by an American manager and lost 500,000€ or so altogether (legal fees etc).

Few years ago she sought professional help and wrote about her personal struggles in her autobiography published in Finland in 2003. She was finally able to appreciate herself more and all the things she had achieved. In 2006, she met a man, they got married and had a daughter together. Nowadays, she seems to be very much balanced.

And she’s one of the JUDGES of Finland’s “X Factor”! The filming has just started with auditions around the country.

@ gnome de plume:
I dunno, flashing the ladyparts for the amusements of teh mens is pretty much the opposite of empowering, no matter what Christine Heffner says. No one’s ever seen her bits and pieces spread out in the centerfold, but she’s making a lot of money getting other women to do it.

@ madmommy:
What’s happening to ‘Bama?
They’re winning! It ain’t pretty, but I’ll take an ugly win over a close loss any day.

@ madmommy:
What’s happening to ‘Bama?

I think you mean served up on a violin, but I thought the exact same thing. If you’re that incredibly talented, why would you want to be objectified like that?

Although…I’ve always said that if I had a body like that, I would walk around naked all the time.