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19-Year-Old Millionaire Skier Eileen Gu Stuns at Met Gala 2023 in a Statement Gown

Published 05/02/2023, 7:15 AM EDT

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The 19-year-old freestyle skier, Eileen Gu, does a lot more than clinch accolades and flaunt her skiing prompts on the snowy slopes. She manages her sporting vocation with modeling and college studies. When she is not busy skiing through sloppy mountains, she can be seen endorsing established brands or donning outfits for various fashion houses. 

On 1st May 2023, a multitude of celebrities and elite names from the sporting universe graced their presence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for Met Gala. Among many renowned faces, the athlete who took all the social media brownie points was the Chinese skier Eileen Gu. 

Eileen Gu took the spotlight with her stunning attire

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Recently, the 19-year-old took to her Instagram to share her Met Gala look with her fans. She shared a series of pictures of herself from the Red Carpet. Gu wore a wine-stained modified A-line dress with customized gloves styled by Vogue. Interestingly, the Chinese skier donned IWC Schaffhausen’s rose gold watch on her left hand and posed gracefully for the camera in the first picture.

A glimpse of the red carpet scene followed as the Olympian stood on stairs flaunting her outfit ahead of several photographers flashing cameras in her direction. Tagging American Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, and the official Instagram handle of Vogue magazine, the Chinese skier penned, “met monday. Thank you @themetgalaofficial @voguemagazine @wintourworld for the most spectacular evening of the year”.

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Now, this is not the first time the Stanford University student astounded her fans with her top-notch fashion sense. On 16th April 2023, the model graced her presence at the honorable Breakthrough Prize Money ceremony in Los Angeles and stupefied everyone with her dazzling look.

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Gu dazzled in style

The Olympian attended the Breakthrough Prize Money ceremony in an A-lime green gown dress and complimented her attire with a silver bracelet and neckpiece. Sharing a series of stills and videos from the event, the skier wrote on her social media, “Celebrating science in style this evening with Breakthrough Prize”.

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From sports to fashion to academics, Gu is making waves in every field she sets her foot in. She won two gold medals and one silver at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and presently, she is pursuing one of the most demanding courses in Quantum Physics at Stanford University. Above all, she manages to take time out of her busy schedule to pursue her interest in modeling. Nonetheless, her met gala look is enough to convey Gu’s fascination with staunch style and the fashion world, don’t you agree?

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Purva Jain

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Purva Jain is a senior sports writer for Essentially Sports. With her expertise in surfing, Purva has a deep passion for the ocean and a love for the thrill of big waves. Author of ‘Gold and Brown’, ‘Chasing the North Star’ and ‘Light Beneath the Shadows’, Purva idolizes Kelly Slater, taking to heart his famous quote, "There's always a wave you want to surf.
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