Joan Anderson, who helped create hula hap, dies at the age of 101

Joan Anderson, who came up with the name Hula Hoop and played an unchanging role in his rise, died 101 years.

The former model visited native Australia from her home to the US when she noticed groups of people who turned wooden hoops around the waist.

It was so fascinated by the growing hobby in Australia that the United States had one of the strange new toys.

In the documentary “History”, Hula Gula Gula redwood the story of Ms. Anderson about calling him Hula Hoop after moving his hip at Hawaiian dances, and how she and her husband first showed his boss to a toy company.

He continued to sell millions and become a global sensation – but the couple did not go to the editorial office for role.

Turning a meeting with the boss of the American conglomerate toys Wham-o in the early 1960s, Ms Anderson told the creators of documentaries: “We said to him,” We called it hula-hap. ”

“He said,” It looks like he has some merit when he makes money, it will make money for you. “

Ms Anderson claimed that the transaction was sealed with a “gentleman’s hands” and she started flying from the US shelves.

But in the following years, the boss of the company “continued to delay us,” said Ms. Anderson, and the couple eventually filed a lawsuit, which led to a modest financial settlement – but most importantly, no official recognition of their role in his growth.

Later, the accounting records of their invention mentioned as an “Australian friend” brought to the United States an early version.

She told the creators of the documentaries: “I think it has prevented me the most. This has never been reported correctly. I was not a” friend “.

On December 28, 1923, born Joan Constantia Maning in Sydney, she worked as a swimsuit model and met Wayne Anderson, US Army pilot, married Bondi and soon married him.

Speaking to the BBC, a director who is behind Ms. Anderson’s life, said: “Joan’s story has been so useful.

“She was 94 years old when we met, and even with everything she survived, she lived a strange, full life.

“Seeing her finally received the recognition she deserved after all these years was incredible.”

Mrs. Anderson died on July 14 at a nursing home in Carlsbad, California, having lived a “wonderful life”, her family said.

Two sons, daughter and six grandchildren survived. Another son, Carl, died in 2023.