Quote Originally Posted by caltuna View Post
waaaay overboard.

To be honest, for the longest time I didn't even know of Melissa, I went just "who?" when people kept mentioning her.
And I never was impressed with her swimming videos either, because in my eyes, she lacks the magical, true mermaid feel that Hannah possesses.
For me, Hannah = real mermaid, Melissa = human girl swimmer wearing a tail costume.

I don't want to spark a "who is better"-debate here, because I know this is totally subjective, I just wanted to mention not everyone is equally impressed by the gals just because they have media coverage.

(I bet I'm not alone with my opinion though, because on Hannah's greatest videos, there are always the same people commenting stuff like "can you even swim without moving your knees?? because Melissa can!!", and that speaks volumes really.
You can virtually see the venom of envy drip of those lines. )

Not really overboard. We can call them whatever we want... I idolize people who are creative, push their bodies to the limits for swimming, and actually do something in the marine environment. Is it limited to people who get media coverage? Nope, they were just the easiest examples to pick out. I think that PearlieMae and Jessica are amazingly talented after seeing their tail sculpting and just the ideas they put into it. People who actually create things impress me. Same with people who take an active interest in doing good. Not just talk about it on the internet, but go out and volunteer like Ayesha. Those are people I think I'll definitely perceive as mer goddesses one day.