Radina Filipova in the role of The Golden Girl mascot

The former gymnast Radina Filipova is playing the role of The Golden Girl for 2018 WCh in Sofia this September. She was born in the seaside Varna, the third largest Bulgarian city, 21 years ago. Radina was part of BG national RG team till 2015, when gave up because of a waist trauma. In the video below, you can see her performing a ball routine.

Beauty in Sport has given quite interesting details about how The Golden Girl character is being built: "... the official symbol of the tournament will be present in the person of ex-gymnast and participant of the 33rd Worlds in Izmir, Turkey, Radina Filipova. Radina, currently juggling between modeling and judging at RG tournaments, was approached about the project personally by Raeva in a phone call. “I’m very excited to be in this new role, when Mrs. Raeva called me, I felt like flying. I hope I can bring good luck to our girls”. Designer Aleksandar Mihailov continued “This symbol, this mascot is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. It will be a collective image of the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics and its “golden girls”. We’ll complete the character with the symbol of the city – Saint Sofia [and her daughters] – Faith, Hope and Love. Her look will feature elements [of the clothing and image] of Bulgarian queens (czarinas). This way, Radina’s character will become a goddess of the grace.” Radi will also participate in an 8-minute film, which will be shown at the opening ceremony of the competition, in the video ad, which will be out very soon and in the music video to the official song of the competition." (https://www.beautyinsport.com/…/former-gymnast-radina-filip…)

As we have also been informed by the management team, it would be the first human mascot of flash and bones instead of some stylized cute animal. It all sounds quite intriguing, doesn't it?

Radina Filipova BUL ball Miss Valentine 2014