Mexican football star Diana Flores’ Super Bowl ad broke barriers. Can she empower women?
LA TimesHer fans know that Diana Flores is a slippery, moving target who leaves rivals gasping and grasping at air. But it took a Super Bowl halftime ad for millions more to see why the Mexico City native is not only flag football’s biggest star, but also an emerging emblem of female empowerment. Keep practicing and don’t listen to the detractors.” “My father used to tell me, ‘You’re powerful,’ and that’s something I grew up with,” Flores said. Flores said two of her favorite parts of the bilingual ad were when King “accidentally” opens her car door smack in the path of one of Flores’ pursuers, and the part where Flores speaks in Spanish to the actor portraying her mother. “It’s going to be in Los Angeles, where we have a huge Latino community,” Flores said.
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