The Much Awaited Event

When everything seems to be doomed, that is the moment you need to have the ultimate courage and Allison did prove it right with her patience. And her patience was awarded in the shape of the Olympics. It was the year 2012 when she landed herself the opportunity of a lifetime. Everyone was expecting her to give an outstanding performance as usual but this time in the U.S trail for London Olympics she failed to clear the opening height of 13 ft 11 1/4 in (4.25 m). Would this setback and bullying tear her apart?

Unforeseen Event

After the failure, her family expected her to be quite low but keeping aside their apprehensions this young athlete set on to entirely new ventures and surprised everyone. The photo had left a lasting impact on her mind but she wasn’t ready to surrender herself and let it overpower her will. Rather she made a new way out of it. That’s what sportsmanship is, isn’t?

New Ventures

Previously she had rejected offers to a big magazine like Maxim and others avoiding any spotlight or pictures. But this time she wanted to take it in her advantage and went ahead to accept their offers and thought of clearing her image from the scandal once and for all. Soon she became a sportswear model appearing in various campaigns such as Athleta, Nike, and Uniqlo.

Tying-Up

She even made a video series for GoPro and this time attaching a camera to the pole to represent a new side of pole vault. After that she didn’t look behind, the fame she used to move aside now she was facing the camera with an extra-large smile. She changed drastically as her college came to an end. And the best part was she was now a master in Sociology as well as a leading sports model. Wondering what happened to her passion for pole vault?

Another Setback

Though she failed terribly in the opening of the trail in the U.S, this didn’t affect her passion for pole vault at all. All this time she practiced pole vault religiously and never left it for a single day. In 2016, she got another opportunity in the Olympics but unfortunately, she again failed. But then now she had an altogether new venture on which she was moving in her life.

Broken

“I feel like me and that picture are two different people,” said Allison regarding the viral photo that distraught her peace for years. “I feel it has taken on a life of its own. It’s like that picture is my alter-ego and sometimes I feel like I use it for a positive force, and sometimes I just choose to leave it out there and not engage with it.”