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Claudene Christian (October 18, 1970 – October 29, 2012)〔(Claudene Christian Obituary ) Anchorage Daily News〕 was an entrepreneur, sailor, gymnast, singer and beauty queen.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 Christian claimed to be a lineal descendant of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the mutiny on the ''Bounty'', and one of founders of the occupation of Pitcairn Island.〔 〕 In August 2012 Christian was interviewed by the ''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', after she joined the volunteer crew of a replica of the original HMS ''Bounty'', built by MGM for a film about the mutiny. The vessel sailed into Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.〔 〕〔 〕 Fourteen members of the ship's complement were able to board a life raft and were saved. The ''Virginian-Pilot'' quoted United States Coast Guard Captain Joe Kelly, who described how Christian and the ship's captain Robin Walbridge were about to join the rest of the ship's complement in the life raft, when the ''Bounty'' rolled, plunging them into the ocean.〔 〕 However, according to later accounts from the survivors, they were all thrown into the water, and had desperately swum for one of the life rafts.〔〔 Search and rescue crews from Coast Guard helicopters rescued the crew members from the life raft. When Christian was found, ten hours later, she was "unresponsive". Resuscitation was attempted, but she was pronounced dead in a shore-based hospital. Patrik Jonsson, writing in ''The Christian Science Monitor'', citing the connection between Christian and her supposed great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, called her death ''"an almost inexplicable twist on that family legacy."''〔 〕 ==Academic career== Christian was born and raised in Alaska, where she was a high school gymnast, and winner of the 1987 Miss Alaska National Teen-ager pageant.〔〔〔〔 During her teenage years the ''Anchorage Daily News'' repeatedly mentioned Christian's theatrical and athletic performances.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 Christian was one of the opening acts when Marie Osmond had a gig in Anchorage in 1988.〔 〕 She competed as a gymnast, on the horse and as an athlete in a pole-vaulting team. She was also a member of her high school's cheerleading squad. She graduated from the University of Southern California, in 1992.〔〔 〕 She studied Sports Information there, and was also a ''"USC Song Girl"''—what the University of Southern California calls cheerleaders.〔〔〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 She also joined the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.〔 〕 It was while serving as a cheerleader that she founded ''Cheerleader Doll'', a company authorized to produce dolls the size of Barbie dolls, wearing the uniforms of college cheerleading squads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claudene Christian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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