Torrie Wilson continued to open up about her ordeal with anxiety, and claimed that she often had to envision someone pushing her out of the curtain before she could actually step out. “I learned that you either got to own it, or you’re gonna be meek and look weird and the fans are totally going to call you out on that,” she said. However, there were some places where Wilson drew the line. “The Judgment Day pay-per-view bikini contest against Sable,” she recalled. “Originally, Vince wanted me to do the hand-paint on my boobs like Sable had done in the past, and I didn’t’ feel comfortable doing that.”

Wilson, however, suggested another angle that was hardly less risqué but still something she felt more comfortable with. “Looking back, I see myself – I’ve only seen myself in a thong bikini a few times out in front of the crowd – and those times really do kind of make me cringe,” she further recalled. “Sometimes you can see kids in the crowd and it just feels like ‘this is wrong!'”

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