Ariel is my role model

I remembered one of the things that went through my head. 
So every Saturday there is a Masters Swim class in the morning that ends at 9.  I try to schedule my arrival to the gym for sometime after that but still early in the day.  The last thing I want is to be in the pool with these people or to find myself sucked into one of the classes.  Sure my swimming isn't bad but I like the alone aspect of it.  Usually I end up passing some of the "students" either in the locker room or by the pool.  So yesterday there was a group of women talking as I was making my way to the pool.  They were talking about a famous female swimmer.  See how good I am at this, the only famous swimmer I know is Dana Torres.  But I don't think this is who they were talking about.  The one was commenting how she had a poster of this person on her wall when she was growing up.  Of course my mind truly wandered with that on so many levels -- she had a poster on her wall as a child (not allowed at my house - although I did fill up a bulletin board with pics of Sting), she had a poster of a woman in bathing suit up on her wall, this swimming thing has role models?  (OK I know the whole Michael Phelps piece...)  I just found it all odd.  And so I thought - well who would be my role model? 
I decided on Ariel.  She likes to swim, she likes to sing, she obviously likes the tropics, and she has cool friends.  Of course I don't have some prince charming (or whatever his name is) and I don't think I could get away with a clam shell top....  But I have decided she is going to be my role model in this swim a mile quest.