At the D1 Grand Prix USA in Irwindale, Calif., recently, more than 70 women from across the nation applied online to be umbrella girls for the latest motor sports phenomenon, called drifting.

Umbrella girls are not slaves and they sign the contracts for racing series because this is one of the things they can, and they WANT to do. Again, regardless of whether you agree with me ...

The Morton Umbrella Girl first appeared in company ads in 1911. The now 32-year-old was a 19-year-old University of Maryland finance major in 2010 when she started Route One from her dorm room.