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"Superstar gymnast Gabby Douglas is on top of the world now as the bearer of two Olympic gold medals, but she continues to reveal painful memories from her days as a younger athlete at Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach.\r\nNow 16, Douglas has already shared a memory of being called a &amp;quot;slave&amp;quot; by a laughing fellow teammate -- a charge denied by reps for Excalibur. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Douglas says that back in 2010, fellow gymnasts cruelly stole her shirt from the locker room -- and laughed at her when she couldn&amp;apos;t find the item. &amp;quot;You don&amp;apos;t actually take by mistake someone&amp;apos;s clothes,&amp;quot; she tells the magazine.\r\n\r\nPlus, Douglas says, at a party several years ago, an Excalibur staff member suggested she consider reconstructive surgery on her nose, claiming it appeared too flat  -- and other gymnasts had teased the future champ&amp;apos;s appearance, she says. Douglas calls the nose job comment &amp;quot;very hurtful.&amp;quot;\r\nDena Walker of Excalibur denies Douglas&amp;apos; nose job claim, calling it &amp;quot;a joke.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDouglas&amp;apos; mom, Natalie Hawkins, says that her daughter often kept to herself, and didn&amp;apos;t reveal these incidents to her until recently. &amp;quot;I was flabbergasted,&amp;quot; Hawkins tells Vanity Fair.\r\nDouglas also felt estranged from her Excalibur coach, Gustavo Moure. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t feel like he could take me to my full potential,&amp;quot; she says, and eventually convinced her mom to let her train with Liang Chow in West Des Moines, Iowa, who helped Shawn Johnson become a champ.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We did with Gabby far beyond what are our coaches&amp;apos; duties. We are proud of what we did,&amp;quot; old coach Moure counters. &amp;quot;How is it possible . . . to not recognize that she reached [her] level with our help, our economic support, our passion and our love?&amp;quot;\r\nThese days, Douglas is celebrating her victory. The first thing she&amp;apos;d love to buy with endorsement deals? &amp;quot;I really want a car . . .An Acura NSX.&amp;quot;\r\nWhen asked by the interviewer, &amp;quot;Why not a Bentley?&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Oh yeah and a Bentley,&amp;quot; she says, giggling. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m gonna get a Bentley too.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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