Serena Williams Scores Wheaties Cereal Field Cowl
Speak about a breakfast of champions!
Wheaties unveiled the newest version of its traditional cereal field on Tuesday and introduced that Serena Williams is its new cowl star.
“I’m so excited to be on the quilt of the following Wheaties field,” Williams mentioned by way of a press launch. “I’ve dreamt of this since I used to be a younger lady and it is an honor to hitch the ranks of a few of America’s most adorned athletes. I hope my picture on this iconic orange field will encourage the following era of ladies and athletes to dream massive.”
It is no shock the Basic Mills model picked the tennis professional. In any case, she has 23 Grand Slam singles titles, 14 Grand Slam doubles titles and 4 Olympic gold medals. She’s additionally an entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a mom to 1-year-old Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
“Serena exemplifies all the private attributes that Wheaties appears for when selecting who its subsequent champion will likely be,” mentioned Tiffani Daniels, advertising supervisor for Wheaties. “On the court docket she has been named the ladies’s most beneficial participant seven occasions, whereas off the court docket she makes use of her voice to encourage and spark change to make the world a greater place.”
As well as, Williams’ Wheaties cowl marks a serious second in historical past.
“In 2001, Wheaties paid homage to a real champion and an icon by placing her on the quilt of a Wheaties Field,” Williams wrote on Instagram. “Althea Gibson was the FIRST Black Lady tennis participant to be on the field. At present, I’m honored to be the second.”
The tennis champ, who was the one lady to seem on Forbes’ latest highest-paid athlete checklist, joins an elite class of Wheaties cowl stars. Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, Stephen Curry, Lindsey Vonn and Michael Jordan have all appeared on the long-lasting field.
Congratulations, Serena!