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Venus rising At 23, tennis champion and 'ghetto Cinderella' Venus Williams has millions in the bank and a mansion in Florida. But, it seems, the glass slippers are outdated and she is in dire need of some new shoes
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Venus Williams is pulling my leg I think. 'I don't know what's
happened,' she shrieks, 'but my shoe collection is outdated and I
feel ashamed. Ashamed!' We're in the Art Deco Hotel Rialto in Warsaw,
where Venus is playing in a warm-up tournament for the French Open.
Looking even taller in person than on television, she's wearing a
black knitted cap, jeans and a Juicy Couture T-shirt. And at this
particular moment her big brown eyes are filled with anguish.
'Serena told me, "Venus, yo...
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