Gabrielle Douglas of the U.S. Olympic Team may have publicly SAID she didn’t give a hoot what y’all thought about her hair, but apparently she has folded under all the pressure.

Gabby caused a stir not only for her Olympic medal wins in London but for her hair, while she dismissed it with the maturity of someone twice her 16 years of age,?her team swooped into action and enlisted Hollywood hairstylist Ted Gibson to tame her mane prior to a few public appearances.

“I couldn’t believe it and still can’t,” says Gibson, who has worked on the tresses of Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Kate Gosselin and Ashley Greene, told The Daily Beast on Wednesday about the criticism Douglas received over her slicked-back ponytail.

“You have this young girl doing amazing things, and the conversation becomes about her hair? It was ridiculous and shameful.” (source)

Check out Gabby’s new look…

?Cute… but she was cute with her ponytail IMO.

Gabby with Sharon Osbourne…

What do you think of Gabby’s new doo? Is it an improvement…

For Discussion: Did Gabby REALLY need this hair makeover?

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