By Ed Diokno
Views From The Edge
Chloe Kim is not about to forget the year 2018, during which she won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, turned 18, and got accepted to Princeton. And just last night, she was named Best Female Athlete at the ESPYS.
The Korean American California teenager earned the honor Wednesday evening during ESPN’s annual award show in Los Angeles honoring the year’s best athletes and sports moments, according to Bleacher Report.
Besides winning the top award for women, Kim was also picked as the Best Female Olympian and Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
“This year has been filled with so many incredible memories that I will hold onto for the rest of my life,” Kim said as she held the silver trophy. “I really want to thank my family. They’ve sacrificed so much for me.”
She traded in her teenage attire for a new grown-up glamorous look at the ESPYS wearing an 18k gold diamond Cuban choker, with 24 carats in diamonds and weighing 300 grams in gold; it’s supposedly worth $40,000, reports TMZ. The gold matched her blond hair and contrasted with her black, off the shoulder dress.
At the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Kim dominated the women’s snowboard halfpipe finals, taking home a gold medal for Team USA. Her exuberant personality shone through her use of social media, making her accessible to a wider audience beyond the sports world and winning the internet’s heart with her relatable tweets about breakfast sandwiches, ice cream, and her love for her parents.
Besides winning the top award for women, Kim was also picked as the Best Female Olympian and Best Female Action Sports Athlete.
“This year has been filled with so many incredible memories that I will hold onto for the rest of my life,” Kim said as she held the silver trophy. “I really want to thank my family. They’ve sacrificed so much for me.”
She traded in her teenage attire for a new grown-up glamorous look at the ESPYS wearing an 18k gold diamond Cuban choker, with 24 carats in diamonds and weighing 300 grams in gold; it’s supposedly worth $40,000, reports TMZ. The gold matched her blond hair and contrasted with her black, off the shoulder dress.
At the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Kim dominated the women’s snowboard halfpipe finals, taking home a gold medal for Team USA. Her exuberant personality shone through her use of social media, making her accessible to a wider audience beyond the sports world and winning the internet’s heart with her relatable tweets about breakfast sandwiches, ice cream, and her love for her parents.
Besides earning the spotlight at the Olympics, she also took gold in the Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe event at the X Games held in Aspen in January.
Watch her acceptance speech at the ESPYS:
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