Audio Cast Final Script

ANNCR: According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1 in 100 women in the country die from eating disorders annually. My name is Ashlei Iodice. I’m here with high school students, Robert Iodice and Gabrielle Iodice to discuss this pressing issue. How are you doing today?

Robert: Fine, thank you.

Gabrielle: Good.

ANNCR: I want you to take a look at this picture of Tyra Banks. What do you think of her body image? Do you think that she is too thin?

Robert: No, I think she looks good. She’s not too skinny. She’s curvy and she looks healthy. I think she looks amazing.

Gabrielle: I definitely don’t think she’s too thin. She’s actually a lot heavier than most supermodels. But still, she’s not fat.

ANNCR: Now take a look at this video clip from an episode of America’s Next Top Model in which Tyra counsels a bulimic girl, Cassie.

SFX: AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL THEME SONG. UP AND UNDER (03 SECONDS).

Tyra: So today, I’m going to be talking about the modeling industry in terms of eating body images and the pressures to have to fit into a certain mold. In a way, you guys are athletes because you guys have to work on your body. You have to stay in shape, and your careers are temporary. We're going to talk today about how to do this healthily. I want to know if anyone wants to do a one-on-one.

Cassie: Well, I want to do a one on one with you sometime. Well, you know if I want to be a model, I feel that I should be skinny. I won't say I have a disorder, but I worry about what I eat 24/7.

Tyra: Do you ever feel that it gets out of control and then you do a whole guilt head-trip on yourself?

Cassie: I have had several times where I've thrown up in the past, but I have never considered myself bulimic, because I didn't throw up after every meal. I would just do it at night if I thought I ate too much, and I shouldn't go to bed with it in my stomach.

Tyra: I get nervous when I hear that maybe we should explore having you talk to somebody only cause it could really spiral out of control.

ANNCR: What did you think of the video?

Robert: I’m glad Tyra wants to keep these girls healthy. The modeling industry is responsible for many girls being sick and even some deaths. They know how much they influence young girls but still push this disgusting lifestyle. I don’t even think these skinny girls look good; they look like they are about to crumble. Its disgusting when girls look like skeletons.

Gabrielle: I think what Tyra is saying is fake. I think she is just saying this to get good publicity and she isn’t really concerned about the weight and health of models.

Robert: She doesn’t say it just to say it. Look at her. She looks hot. She doesn’t have bones sticking out, like the rest of those girls. Clearly, she’s practicing what she preaches, or she’d be just as thin as the rest of those girls.

Gabrielle: I guess you are right. Yeah, I guess it is good that she’s promoting a healthy lifestyle, since no one else does. If she makes people see that models can eat, she can even change the public’s opinion of beauty.

ANNCR: I’d like to leave you with a couple words from Tyra herself, more specifically, Tyra’s response to critics who claimed she was too fat to wear a bathing suit.

Tyra: Luckily, I’m strong enough, and I have a good support system. I love my mom, and she helped me to be a strong woman, so I can overcome these kind of attacks. If I had lower self-esteem, I would probably be starving myself right now. That’s exactly what is happening to other women all over this country. I have something to say to all of you who have something nasty to say about me, or other women that are built like me, women whose names you know, women whose names you don’t, women who have been picked on, women who’s husbands put them down, women at work, or girls in school I have one thing to say to you, “Kiss my fat ass!”

Audio Cast Pitch

Dying to Be Thin

A documentary by Ashlei Iodice

Synopsis: In a world where the likes of Twiggy, Kate Moss, and now Lady Gaga dominate the fashion industry, eating disorders are becoming a fast-growing problem amongst America’s fashion-forward youth. Dying to Be Thin promotes healthy eating, and healthy body image to America’s impressionable teenagers.

Run Time: 5 miniutes

Cast: Ashlei Iodice, Gabrielle Iodice, Robert Iodice, Danielle Lee, Alyssa Conigliaro

Featuring: Tyra Banks

Highlights:

Males opinion on female body types

Current statistics of deaths due to weight-related disorders in American

teenagers

Purpose/Objectives:

Impact teens by featuring an obviously beautiful model, who is not concerned

with weight.

Positioning Strategy: Dying to be Thin addresses a life-threatening issue teens are faced with, and features Tyra Banks, a beautiful teen idol.

Airdates: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (Only on 95.7)