‘Maiden’ Star Tracy Edwards Kept Her Story ‘Messy’ to Serve the Next Generation of Women Athletes (Video)

The sailor and documentary subject avoids airbrushing the details in a “warts-and-all” tale of her historic race around the world

When sailor Tracy Edwards contacted her old crew to make the documentary “Maiden” about competing in their race around the world, she told them to be honest about just how much of a “pain in the ass” she was as skipper.

She knew this film and their story could be inspiring for a future generation of female athletes and leaders, and it would be doing a disservice to those women to airbrush her own personality.

“Young girls have so much pressure on them these days. They have to be Photoshopped for their Instagram photos. They have to be better than men to get the jobs they want.

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