If any of those three (Shawna Robinson, Patty Moise or Tina Gordon) were still running, and won a (or in Shawna's case, another) pole, the media wouldn't go nuts over it like they do with Danica now. A Daytona pole is good, but its down to the car and engine more than the driver's raw talent.
I feel it'd be a 'Shawna/Patty/Tina is on pole' kind of deal and they'd move on to the next thing in prerace, IIRC, Shawna when she ran in ARCA didn't get any hype on the pre race show on the grid, she got exactly the same treatment as the other drivers, a brief mention. Does that come down to them not being attractive (physically and actually marketable?), or is it just times have changed a lot. Even Jennifer Jo Cobb (who I think has done as much in NASCAR as Danica has), doesn't get the coverage after her year last year, it's Danica this, Danica that every five seconds.
IMO, she's being treated as something she isn't, not a good driver, but she's being treated as somebody who can and will come into the sport and have the fans drooling over everything, the hype simply won't last forever. I think when it does she'll struggle and go back to how she was with Andretti.