Jenise Spiteri is the hater-shaming, bao bun-loving, Olympic snowboarder we all want to be friends with

At the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, snowboarder Jenise Spiteri walked into Beijing National Stadium as the flag bearer and lone athlete for the Mediterranean island-state of Malta, sporting gorgeous, half neon pink/half blue-green, waist-length hair.

She went on to capture fans’ hearts during the women’s snowboarding halfpipe competition when she pulled a bao bun – a red-bean-paste-filled bun – out of her pocket and took a bite while waiting for her scores after her first run in qualifying. Olympians, they’re just like us – at least when they aren’t attempting gravity-defying feats.

Jenise Spiteri from Malta pulled a bao bun out of her pocket after her halfpipe run