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This became such an internet fascination that they actually auctioned off that dress.
More on the topic of Melissa Lima and the dress (and what's not included with the dress)
http://deadspin.com/sports/baseball/...ess-200608.php
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Interview excerpt from Melissa Lima on that pic:
AJM: What did you think of the reaction that your appearance in the famous photograph caused?
Melissa Lima: Well, first of all I didn't even plan to go down on the field with him. I was planning on video taping it from the stands until a friend of ours suggested I go down there with him. Then, immediately after his performance when I went back up in the stands, fans started swarming me and asking for a picture with me or my autograph (which I always thought was weird anyways)...then the next day I think harold reynolds had called me to tell me that I was all anyone could talk about...that I was the biggest sports story of the day! I had no idea what the big deal was. One day I was in the grocery store and someone kept staring at me and then finally came up to me and asked me if I was melissa lima. Once he knew it was me he told me that his boss at work had me on his computer as his screen saver!! It's so bizarre to me because it's not even THAT good of picture of me! But seriously, I'm very flattered to have so many admirers.
http://www.lonestarball.com/story/2006/11/29/154545/01
The internet is weird and cool all at the same time.