This story broke my heart for the little girl in the background. I can’t imagine what that did to her self-esteem & not being able to take credit for her efforts must’ve been just as painful. 
BEIJING — A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synced “Ode to the Motherland,” a ceremony official said — the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
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4 Comments
August 13, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I heard about this yesterday and I can’t believe it. Poor little girl, it’s so sad.
August 15, 2008 at 2:34 pm
That is so so sad.
What were they honestly thinking?! It’s quite cruel really.
August 21, 2008 at 8:37 am
It is China. They are a communist country. Am I the only person not surprised that something like this happened? Come on…its China!
August 22, 2008 at 12:34 am
The girl is quite pretty, are they blind?
Every child is pretty with his/her pureness.
But it really is China .. I’m pretty sure they didn’t give even a chance for her or her family to quit the singing.
At least we’ll remember her face, that’s something.