Cheerleaders Boots #9

"Standing a petite 4 foot 10, it seems cheerleading may be a sport that comes naturally to Ryle High School graduate Jenni Jensen. But long hours of hard work, including drives to Lexington for practice multiple times a week for the past four years, is what Jensen can attribute her most recent success to."

"Nineteen women will vie for the title of Miss Velma-Alma 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the V-A High School auditorium."

"Kelli McGonagill Finglass is a former cheerleader and, in Dallas, a celebrity in her own right. Smartly coiffed and mother of two, she lives and breathes the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and will go to any length to preserve the integrity of the organization. The girls look up to her as an ideal. McGonagill Finglass personifies Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' professionalism and etiquette and has razor-sharp opinions on who should make the team. Ultimately, she has the final decision and fights her own emotional investment when making a cut."

"The Texas state legislature set aside small matters like the implementation of the death penalty last month to consider a far more arcane ritual: cheerleading. The state's cheerleaders, it seems, have become indistinguishable from exotic dancers—or so says a bill submitted by Al Edwards, a representative from Houston. Edwards' legislation would divert money from high schools that allow cheerleaders to perform overly suggestive lunges and inside-hitch pyramids. "It's just too hexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down," Edwards explained."

Title photo from Steve Webb.

Key phrases: Cheerleader meme.