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September, 29th, 2012, New York, NY, USA : Female contestants at the US Pole Dancing Championp compete at the amateur division. The USPDF was founded at the beginning of 2008 by Anna Grundstrom and Wendy Traskos, with the purpose of bringing credibility to pole dancing competitions. These women perform and compete like athletes and are judged for their skill and craft, coordination, flexibility, sensuality, creativity, individual style, and physical strenghth, USPD values all these elements equally, and believe it's the combination of these elements that make for a great pole dancer. Pole dancing is still viewd by many as an activity for strippers and prostitues, but the USPD shows these women are slillful athletes who contradict the usual associations and bring Pole dancing to a new respectable level that can attract many women to want to learn the skills it takes to Pole dance.