Aside from money (cause her main sponsors were not that big and famous around the world), i think that Mao come close to that. she has her own skating show since 10 years and many tv specials over the years. She's the one who got the most media coverage though she is from a country who have several famous skaters before and after her.
The difference was that Yuna Kim had an international big media coverage. Even before Vancouver. Which is weird.
That's really interesting! I always thought Mao did not get much attention from Japanese media, but I guess that wasn't the case at all. In addition to the great timing of winning Worlds the prior year, I think Yuna's international coverage was also due in large part to Orser and his team's connections to skating commentators and North American sports media. Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic, Phil Hersh, the Canadian commentators, etc. were able to have more of a personal connection with Yuna than they would have had if her coach had been Tarasova, for example.