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The book mean girls is based on is actually called “queen bees and wannabees.” Def a generational thing but queen bee is often associated with mean girls who bully others.
That is exactly why the context is everyhing. It is ludicrous to say that Anna Shcherbakova is a bully (or Alina Zagitova).
Pointing that "star system" is not how TT works, therefore ...
I agree that this is how the phrase should be interpreted. Anna is not a bully or a mean girl. But she is seen now as the the star attraction of her training group. Possibly this characterization is inappropriate (Eteri gives equal attention to all her skaters), but it is not an insult to Anna to speculate that she is the headliner of the program now, Trusova and Kostornaia having departed. (Unless Zagitova still is. Or unless oit is Valieva. )