"# Y-W-C-A #" "# Y-W-C-A #" "HOW DO YOU DO, EVERYBODY?" "I SUPPOSE I HAVE BEEN INCLUDED" "IN THE NEWSREEL BECAUSE THE" "BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY IS NOT" "THE NAVAL AGREEMENT, NOT EVEN" "PROHIBITION BUT THE RETURN OF" "THE NATURAL WAISTLINE." "[ INTRODUCTION TO" "BRUCE CHANNEL'S "HEY, BABY"" "PLAYS ]" "# HEY #" "# HEY, BABY #" "# I WANT TO KNOW" "IF YOU'LL BE MY GIRL #" "# HEY #" "# HEY, BABY #" "# I WANT TO KNOW" "IF YOU'LL BE MY GIRL #" "MY IDEA OF A PERFECT WOMAN IS" ""A," SHE'S GOT TO BE HOT." "70% OF THE RELATIONSHIP IS" "PHYSICALLY HOW THEY LOOK." "IF YOU'RE ATTRACTED TO THEM, YOU" "CAN PARLAY THAT INTO A LONGER" "RELATIONSHIP THAN SOMEONE YOU'RE" "JUST COOL WITH, YOU KNOW?" "I LOOK FOR A SLENDER GIRL." "THEY HAVE TO BE ATTRACTIVE AND" "NICE LEGS, NICER STOMACH." "Roberts:" "DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU" "PREFER A SLENDER GIRL?" "WHY?" "I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHY." "BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING" "SUPERMODELS EVERYWHERE AND" "VICTORIA'S SECRET CATALOGS," "MEN " " EVEN AVERAGE MEN " " WERE" "SO SATURATED WITH IMAGES OF THE" "PERFECT THAT IT DIMINISHED THEIR" "CAPACITY TO LOVE THE ORDINARILY" "BEAUTIFUL." "THANK GOD FOR CLONING," "BECAUSE WHEN CLONING BECOMES" "BIG, IF YOU LIKE YOUR" "PAMELA ANDERSON, IF YOU LIKE" "ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOT" "WOMEN OUT THERE, WE CAN JUST RUN" "THEM OFF AT A MANUFACTURER, LIKE" "A MODEL "T" FORD, AND ELIMINATE" "ALL THE NASTY CHICKS." "Roberts:" "IS THIS WHAT WE'VE" "BECOME, A SOCIETY THAT PLACES SO" "MUCH VALUE ON LOOKS THAT PEOPLE" "WHO DON'T MEASURE UP TO THE" "CURRENT STANDARD OF BEAUTY " "WHAT, THEY HAVE NO VALUE AT ALL?" "NOT THAT I'M BLAMING THE GUYS" "FOR THEIR ATTITUDE." "I'VE DONE THE SAME THING MYSELF." "A FEW YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN I" "LIVED IN CHICAGO AND HAD HAIR," "I HAD A WOMAN THAT I THOUGHT WAS" "AWESOME." "ONLY, WE NEVER GOT MARRIED" "BECAUSE I THOUGHT I'D FIND" "SOMEONE ELSE JUST LIKE HER THAT" "WAS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL." "WELL, NOW SHE'S HAPPILY MARRIED" "TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND I'M" "WONDERING, "WHY DID I EVEN BUY" "INTO THIS IDEA OF 'THE PERFECT" "WOMAN'?"" "WHAT CAUSES US TO OBSESS OVER" "PHYSICAL BEAUTY AND NOT" "APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT TRULY" "MAKE WOMEN BEAUTIFUL?" "WHO BENEFITS FROM WOMEN NOT" "FEELING BEAUTIFUL?" "I DIDN'T." "WOMEN DEFINITELY DON'T." "I'VE DECIDED TO FIND OUT WHO" "DOES." "# HEY, YEAH, YEAH #" "Roberts:" "NOW, THAT'S GERREN." "# HEY, YEAH, YEAH #" "Roberts:" "BEING A MODEL," "SHE'S SEEN AS EVERY MAN'S" "DREAM " " TALL, VERY THIN, AND" "ENVIED BY WOMEN." "Gerren:" "HOW'D I DO?" "Roberts:" "YOU DID GREAT." "Y'ALL LOOK GOOD." "Gerren:" "WELL, I'M GOING" "SWIMMING NOW, SO COME FILM ME." "Roberts:" "LOOKING AT ALL" "THIS, I HAVE TO ADMIT IT SEEMED" "A LITTLE BIT ODD TO ME." "I MEAN, LOOK AT IT." "GERREN'S OVER THERE IN A BIKINI." "THEN, SHE'S IN THE POOL," "SWIMMING WITH NAKED WOMEN, AND," "ALL THE WHILE, PEOPLE AROUND ARE" "DRINKING A LOT OF BOOZE." "NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK" "THAT I'M PRUDISH OR ANYTHING," "BUT I GUESS I FORGOT TO TELL" "YOU." "GERREN'S ONLY 12 YEARS OLD." "Gerren:" "WHOO!" "FINE!" "[ LAUGHS ]" "# I'M A BIG KID NOW #" "HI, DARRYL." "OKAY, I'M A BIG GIRL, AND I NEED" "TO ACT LIKE A BIG GIRL, EVEN" "THOUGH I'M A KID INSIDE." "Roberts:" "I WONDERED "IF YOU" "HAD TO BE 6 FEET TALL, A SIZE 2," "AND MODEL AT 12 TO BE CONSIDERED" "BEAUTIFUL, WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO" "ALL THE GIRLS THAT WEREN'T" "I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY." "Roberts:" "WHY HAVEN'T YOU" "NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE" "PRETTY?" "I DON'T KNOW." "I JUST THINK I'M UGLY." "Roberts:" "I MEAN, BUT WHY DO" "YOU THINK THAT?" "I DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN" "REASON." "I JUST THINK IT." "NO ONE'S EVER TOLD ME, BUT I'M" "SURE PEOPLE THINK I'M UGLY." "Roberts:" "NO." "YOU DON'T THINK SO?" "I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GONNA" "THINK I'M PRETTY." "Roberts:" "LIKE, WHEN YOU LOOK" "AT YOURSELF IN A MIRROR, THAT'S" "WHAT YOU THINK?" "MM-HMM." "Roberts:" "HOW COULD YOU" "POSSIBLY LIKE BEING UGLY?" "THAT'S THE WAY GOD MADE ME." "AND IF HE WANTED ME TO BE UGLY," "I WILL BE." "THERE'S ONLY TWO GIRLS I THINK" "THAT AREN'T PRETTIER THAN ME." "Roberts:" "WHY AREN'T THEY" "PRETTIER THAN YOU?" "'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY" "UGLY." "Roberts:" "SO, THEN, WHO DO YOU" "THINK IS PRETTY, THEN?" "A LOT OF PEOPLE " " FAMOUS" "ACTRESSES AND STUFF." "Roberts:" "LIKE WHO?" "MYA, AALIYAH..." "MONICA, MISSY ELLIOTT." "I'M PROUD THAT I'M UGLY." "Roberts:" "A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL" "THAT'S ALREADY DECIDED THAT" "SHE'S UGLY..." "AND ANOTHER 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO" "EVERYONE SAYS IS BEAUTIFUL." "THEY DON'T SEEM ALL THAT" "DIFFERENT." "AND JUST BECAUSE OUR SOCIETY" "SINGLES OUT A FEW FOR FAME AND" "RECOGNITION WHY DO SO MANY" "OTHERS HAVE TO FEEL LIKE SO MUCH" "LESS?" "AS FOR GERREN, HER STORY STARTED" "WHEN A LADY WALKED UP TO HER AND" "HANDED HER A FLIER SAYING THAT" "SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE COULD BE A" "MODEL." "GERREN HAD NEVER REALLY THOUGHT" "ABOUT MODELING BEFORE." "BUT GERREN'S MOTHER, MICHELE," "THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA." "THIS MADE PERFECT SENSE, BECAUSE" "MICHELE WAS AN AMATEUR MODEL" "HERSELF WHEN SHE WAS 19." "SO MICHELE TAKES GERREN TO" "GRIFFITH PARK AND SHOOTS THESE" "SNAPSHOTS OF HER." "AND AFTER THAT, THEIR NEXT STOP" "WOULD BE L.A. MODELS." "AND, OF COURSE, I NOTICED" "RIGHT AWAY THAT SHE'S A VERY" "CUTE GIRL " " TALL, PERFECT BODY" "FOR MODELING." "SAW HER PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SHE HAD" "WITH HER AND SAW THAT SHE DID" "PHOTOGRAPH WELL." "AND THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING" "FOR." "MY FIRST REACTION, WHEN I SAW" "GERREN IN THE NEWSPAPER, WAS," ""GREAT." "NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE PRESSURE TO" "LOOK LIKE" I DON'T KNOW WHO IN" "THEIR 30s OR 40s OR 20s."" "I SUPPOSE 40 IS, LIKE, "FORGET" "IT." "FORTY IS TRASH FOR THE INDUSTRY." "BUT NOW IT'S A 12-YEAR-OLD" "CHILD, RIGHT?" "HOW IMPOSSIBLE IS THAT?" "HOW IMPOSSIBLE IS THAT?" "WHY ARE WE SO FOCUSED ON THIS" "KIND OF BEAUTY, ON THIS KIND OF" "BEAUTY THAT'S UNATTAINABLE BY" "MOST PEOPLE?" "IT'S SO UNHEALTHY AND" "DESTRUCTIVE." "AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO MONEY." "SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING" "TO KNOCK OUT A SYSTEM THAT'S" "BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL FOR THE" "PEOPLE THAT ARE IN POWER." "AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW " " WHAT DO" "YOU WANT, A REVOLUTION?" "YEAH?" "I AM ANGRY, RIGHT?" "I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT" "GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE." "I GET A CHANGE TO TALK, FINALLY," "ABOUT IT!" "[ LAUGHS ]" "ABOUT WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA!" "OH, MY GOD!" "# MTV," "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME #" "# YOU'VE MADE A TOTAL MESS" "OF ME #" "Roberts:" "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF" "THOSE IMAGES?" "I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY," "ACTUALLY." "NO, SEROUSLY, 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO" "FLAWLESS AND PRETTY, AND I JUST" "WANT TO BE LIKE THEM." "I THINK IT'S DUMB BECAUSE NO" "ONE'S THAT SKINNY UNLESS" "THEY'RE, LIKE, ANOREXIC." "# I WANT TO BE ON MTV #" "# I WANT TO BE ON MTV #" "# I WANT TO BE ON MTV #" "LIKE THAT." "SOMETIMES I CAN FEEL SORT OF" "INSECURE, AND IT CAN AFFECT ME A" "LOT." "UGLY." "UGLY." "COMPANIES." "I MEAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT" "INDUSTRIES AND HOW THEY'RE" "WILLING TO PUT PEOPLE DOWN TO" "MAKE MONEY." "I THINK THAT WAS TRUE FOR A" "LONG TIME." "YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH A PROBLEM" "AND POSITION YOURSELF AS THE" "SOLUTION." "Roberts:" "IN THE COLLISION" "BETWEEN COMMERCE AND BEAUTY," "DENISE FEDEWA RUNS ADVERTISING" "AGENCY LEO BURNETT'S BEAUTY" "CAMPAIGNS FOR L'ORÉAL PARIS AND" "PROCTER  GAMBLE, CONTRIBUTING" "TO THE 40,000 MESSAGES KIDS SEE" "EACH YEAR AND THE ADVERTISING" "INDUSTRY'S $100 BILLION EFFORT" "TO CREATE LOYAL CONSUMERS." "WOMEN ARE AT DIFFERENT PLACES" "IN TERMS OF HOW BEAUTY-INVOLVED" "THEY ARE." "THERE ARE SOME WOMEN AT THE TOP" "END THAT ARE SUPER" "BEAUTY-INVOLVED." "THEY JUST ENJOY IT." "THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP OF THE" "SUPER BEAUTY-INVOLVED WOMEN WHO" "I DO FEEL A LITTLE SORRY FOR." "THEY'RE ALMOST KIND OF VIC" "THEY ARE KIND OF THE VICTIMS." "THEY ALWAYS HATE THE WAY THEY" "LOOK, AND THEY ALWAYS WANT TO" "LOOK BETTER." "THEY DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH" "SELF-ESTEEM." "SO THEY TRY TO BOOST THEIR" "SELF-ESTEEM WITH TRYING TO" "CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS, AND" "THEY'RE NEVER HAPPY." "AND SO THEY ARE OFTEN THE TARGET" "FOR A LOT OF THESE PRODUCTS." "[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]" "All:" "AAHHH!" "Roberts:" "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF" "THIS BILLBOARD?" "IT'S OKAY TO BE ALL SHAPES" "AND ALL DIFFERENT SIZES." "YES, AND IT'S NOT SKIMPY, AND" "IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE." "I WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT" "SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE SO BOLD" "AS TO SHOW WOMEN IN THEIR" "UNDERWEAR." "IT'S NORMAL UNDERWEAR." "I AM ONLY VISITING HERE, SO I" "DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S NORMAL." "WHAT IS IT PROMOTING?" "THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE" "FAMILY OF PRODUCT IS A RANGE OF" "FIRMING PRODUCTS." "IT'S FIRMING LOTION?" "REALLY?" "WHY?" "WE FOUND THAT ACTUALLY" "TESTING THAT LINE OF PRODUCT ON" "THE THIGHS OF SIZE-2 SUPERMODELS" "WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO EASY." "AND THIS RANGE WAS TESTED ON" "REAL CURVES." "CHALLENGED THE STEREOTYPE THAT" "ONLY "PERFECT" SKIN CAN BE" "BEAUTIFUL." "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE" "SELLING FIRMING LOTION." "HAD NO IDEA." "THAT'S KIND OF SILLY." "LIKE, FOR WHAT?" "THEY'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO" "TIGHTEN UP YOUR BODY 'CAUSE" "YOU'RE LARGER?" "SO THEY'RE KIND OF TELLING YOU" "TO PUT IT ON?" "THAT'S NOT RIGHT." "YOU SHOULD BE WHOEVER YOU WANT" "TO BE." "THE BLONDE IN THE MIDDLE IS" "VERY TINY." "SHE IS." "AND THE ONE ON THE END ISN'T" "BAD." "SO..." "SO THE FIRMING LOTION'S" "WORKING?" "Roberts:" "ACROSS THE COUNTRY" "FROM TIMES SQUARE, BUT NOT OUT" "OF REACH OF MADISON AVENUE'S AD" "AGENCIES, TEACHER MARY MUHICH" "AND HER CLASS IN VANCOUVER," "WASHINGTON, HAVE THEIR OWN WAY" "TO DESCRIBE MEDIA IMAGERY." "WE CALL IT "THE GREAT WALL OF" "PORN," WHICH PROBABLY IS NOT" "SCHOOL-APPROPRIATE, BUT WHEN YOU" "PUT IT ALL TOGETHER LIKE THIS," "IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE." "I SHOULDN'T CALL IT THAT, BUT I" "DO." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "THE POINT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT FOR" "THE KIDS WAS NOT TO SHOW THEM" "THAT SEX SELLS " " KIDS KNEW" "THAT " " BUT TO ACTUALLY SHOW" "THEM HOW FAR COMPANIES AND" "ADVERTISERS WOULD GO IN ORDER TO" "SELL THEIR PRODUCT." "IN SOME CASES, THERE WAS NO" "PRODUCT ACTUALLY DISPLAYED" "LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS ONE." "THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR A COMPUTER" "GAME FOR KIDS." "THIS ONE IS A SKECHERS AD, AND" "SKECHERS MAKES SHOES." "AND THERE ARE NO SHOES IN THIS" "AD." "THERE'S CLEAVAGE." "[ STUDENTS LAUGH ]" "THE ONES I FOUND MOST" "OFFENSIVE WERE THE PERFUME ADS." "YES." "AND IN, BASICALLY, ALL OF" "THEM, THEY'RE NAKED." "YEAH, THESE ARE NOT" "MAGAZINES, LIKE, OUT OF PLAYBOY" "OR ANY OF THAT STUFF." "THIS IS GLAMOUR." "THIS IS PEOPLE, SEVENTEEN," "YOUNG MISS." "OH, AND IT IS ACTUALLY " " THERE" "ARE SOME IMAGES IN THERE FROM" "OPRAH MAGAZINE." "Roberts:" "SO WOULD YOU MARKET" "A PRODUCT TO A TEEN DIFFERENTLY" "THAN YOU WOULD A WOMAN, SAY, IN" "HER 30s AND 40s?" "PROBABLY YOU WOULD BECAUSE IF" "YOU WANTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH" "TEENAGERS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO" "PROBABLY MAKE YOUR MESSAGES HAVE" "SOMETHING TO DO WITH THOSE" "PRIMARY CONCERNS OF A TEENAGER," "WHICH ARE USUALLY " " A" "TEENAGER'S TRYING TO FIND THEIR" "IDENTITY." "THEY'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHO" "THEY ARE." "HOW LOW CAN GO?" "FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, IT WAS" "VERY POPULAR TO MAKE SURE THAT" "YOUR PANTS WERE SO LOW THAT THEN" "YOUR THONG UNDERWEAR " " THE" "STRAPS ON YOUR THONG" "UNDERWEAR " " WOULD COME OUT THE" "TOP." "WE'VE TRIED TO CRACK DOWN ON THE" "DRESS CODE HERE, THAT YOU'RE NOT" "SUPPOSED TO BE SHOWING YOUR" "MIDRIFF." "AT DANCES, GIRLS CAN GET SENT" "HOME IF THEIR SHIRT IS UP HERE." "THEY GOT TO PULL IT DOWN." "YOU GOT TO GET THIS LOOK." "Roberts:" "AMERICA HAS 5% OF" "THE WORLD'S POPULATION BUT IS" "EXPOSED TO 40% OF THE WORLD'S" "ADVERTSING." "NOWHERE ELSE ARE KIDS MORE AWARE" "OF THEIR BODY IMAGE OR MORE" "LIKELY TO BELIEVE THAT HOW THEY" "LOOK DEFINES WHO THEY ARE." "I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S NOT" "PARTLY THE MEDIA'S FAULT," "BECAUSE WE DO " " I MEAN, IT'S" "OBVIOUS." "THERE'S A LOT OF " " I MEAN," "THAT'S WHAT IT IS SHOWING." "IT'S BEAUTY, AND IT'S AIRBRUSHED" "PHOTOS, AND EVERYBODY LOOKS" "PERFECT." "NOBODY HAS A ZIT OR A HAIR OUT" "OF PLACE." "WE COULD CHANGE, BUT IF WE" "CHANGE THEN WE WON'T MAKE AS" "MUCH MONEY." "AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOTTOM" "LINE, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE" "THE MONEY, THEN PEOPLE LOOK AT" "WHAT'S THE POINT?" "I DON'T THINK THAT" "ADVERTISERS OR MARKETERS ARE" "THESE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE" "ANYBODY FEEL BAD." "THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE A BUCK." "AND SO I'M SOMEBODY THAT A LOT" "OF VERY BIG ADVERTISERS BRING IN" "WHEN THEY WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW" "TO GET THAT TEEN AUDIENCE." "MAGAZINES ARE REALLY" "HYPOCRITICAL 'CAUSE THEY'LL" "WRITE ARTICLES ABOUT HOW, LIKE," "YOU CAN BE YOURSELF, AND YOU" "DON'T HAVE TO BE " " YEAH, YOU" "DON'T TO BE THIS LIKE, SKINNY" "THING." "YOU CAN BE YOUR OWN BODY WEIGHT," "WHATEVER THAT IS OR WHATEVER." "BUT THEN THEY'LL SHOW ALL THESE" "SKINNY MODELS." "AND IT'S LIKE, WHY DO YOU HAVE" "TO BE SO HYPOCRITICAL?" "LIKE SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE?" "YES." "BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE" "DAY, I DON'T RUN A NONPROFIT" "ORGANIZATION." "IF I'M NOT SUCCESSFUL " " IF MY" "OLD MAGAZINE WASN'T SUCCESSFUL," "OR MY CURRENT ONE ISN'T" "SUCCESSFUL, I WON'T HAVE A JOB." "OKAY, MY BEST FRIEND DIED" "WHEN SHE WAS ALMOST 11 YEARS" "OLD." "AND WHEN SHE DIED, SHE WEIGHED 47 POUNDS." "AND " " FOR A 10-YEAR-OLD, AND" "THAT'S DISGUSTING." "WE USED TO GO BUY MAGAZINES." "SHE USED TO PICK OUT PICTURES" "AND BE LIKE, "OKAY, BY NEXT" "WEEK, I'M GONNA BE THAT SIZE."" "AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK, SHE" "WOULD PICK AN EVEN SKINNIER" "GIRL." "AND SHE'D BE LIKE, "BY NEXT" "WEEK, I'LL BE THAT SIZE."" "AND, FINALLY, SHE ACHIEVED HER" "GOAL, BUT SHE ENDED UP KILLING" "HERSELF." "WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES" "PROMOTING A BODY TYPE THAT IS " "I MEAN, THERE'S A BILLBOARD OF" "JENNA JAMESON RIGHT THERE, THE" "MOST FAMOUS PORN STAR OF ALL" "TIME, WEARING ALMOST NOTHING." "AND HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF KIDS" "WALK BY THAT BILLBOARD?" "THAT'S IN A PUBLIC SPACE." "THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO" "OPEN UP THE MAGAZINE AND CLOSE" "IT." "SHE'S GONNA GET THOSE IMAGES." "IF I NEVER SHOW A MODEL AGAIN," "SHE'S STILL GONNA GET THOSE" "IMAGES." "I THINK IT ALSO HAS TO DO A" "LOT WITH SOCIETY." "IF SOCIETY TELLS A GROUP OF" "PEOPLE, "THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL," "THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, THIS LOOKS" "BEAUTIFUL," THEN PEOPLE ARE" "GONNA START TO BELIEVE IT." "IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TYPE OF" "BRAINWASHING." "Gerren:" "WHEN I WAS IN THIRD" "GRADE, PEOPLE USED TO CALL ME" ""GIRAFFE" AND "STICK,"" ""BEANPOLE" " " ANYTHING SKINNY" "AND LANKY YOU COULD THINK ABOUT" "THAT HAD A NEGATIVE TWIST TO IT." "EVEN AT CAMP " " WHEN MY MOM CAME" "TO PICK ME UP, THEY TOLD HER," ""WE CALL HER 'GIRAFFE,'" ALL" "HAPPY-LIKE LIKE IT WAS" "SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING" "REALLY FUNNY." "AND IT WASN'T FUNNY." "IT HURT." "SO I CRIED, AND I GOT REALLY" "UPSET." "SO I WENT TO MY MOM, AND SINCE I" "WAS LITTLE, THEY WOULD TELL ME I" "COULD DO SOMETHING WITH MY" "HEIGHT." "BUT THEN, WHEN THE LADY" "APPROACHED ME AT MY MOM'S" "CASTING, AT MODELING I WAS" "REALLY EXCITED, BECAUSE IT" "DAWNED ON ME THAT THIS WAS WHAT" "I WAS GONNA DO." "COME ON!" "COME ON!" "HAVE SOME FAITH!" "COME ON!" "YES!" "Roberts:" "LET'S SAY ALL THE" "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS DECIDE TO" "ONLY SHOOT MODELS THAT REPRESENT" "THE AVERAGE WOMAN SO THAT WE" "COULD SET A MORE HEALTHY" "STANDARD OF BEAUTY." "IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S" "POSSIBLE HERE IN THE" "UNITED STATES?" "NO." "IT'S NOT POSSIBLE." "Roberts:" "WHY NOT?" "WELL, THIS IS AMERICA." "THIS ISN'T PLAYING GOOD TIME," "MAN." "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" "Roberts:" "THIS IS" "MARC BAPTISTE." "HE'S ONE OF THE LEADING FASHION" "PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE" "UNITED STATES AND HAS" "PHOTOGRAPHED HUNDREDS OF" "CELEBRITIES AND MODELS." "WHAT YOU SEE IN A MAGAZINE" "HAS BEEN RETOUCHED, TAMPERED" "WITH, ALTERED." "WE TRIM, TUCK, WHATEVER IT TAKES" "TO MAKE A PERFECT IMAGE." "Roberts:" "AND WHEN YOU RETOUCH" "THE PHOTO, WHAT ARE YOU EXACTLY" "LOOKING TO DO?" "JUST MAKE IT LOOK FLAWLESS OR" "PERFECT, OR WHAT'S THE GOAL?" "PERFECT." "CLOSE TO PERFECT." "YOU CAN NEVER BE PERFECT." "ABOUT AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET" "TO MAKE IT REAL AND MAKE IT" "PERFECT, BUT AT THE END OF THE" "DAY, AGAIN, WE'RE SELLING" "DREAMS, MAN." "Roberts:" "NOW, WHEN YOU SAY," ""SELLING DREAMS," WHEN I LOOK AT" "THIS, WHAT DREAM AM I SUPPOSED" "TO HAVE?" "THE DREAM IS, IT'S NOT REAL." "IT'S NOT REAL." "SO IT'S JUST A PHOTOGRAPH." "THAT'S IT." "AND WITH THAT PHOTOGRAPH, IF I" "COULD SELL YOU A SUIT OR A" "T-SHIRT OR THE LATEST WATCH, SO" "BE IT." "AT SOME DEGREE, WE DO HAVE A" "RESPONSABILITY TO PROJECT THE" "RIGHT IMAGE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT." "BUT WILL THAT SELL MAGAZINES?" "Roberts:" "WILL IT?" "WILL IT?" "Roberts:" "I WANTED TO SHOW YOU" "THE BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW IMAGE" "MANIPULATION LEADS TO" "UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, LOW" "SELF-ESTEEM, AND A DESIRE FOR" "MORE BEAUTY PRODUCTS." "BUT DOVE BEAT ME TO IT." "I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS" "WEIGH THE DIFFERENT MEDIA AND" "LOOK AT WHERE THESE IMAGES ARE" "COMING FROM." "IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY IT'S A" "MAGAZINE OR IT'S AN" "ADVERTISMENT, BECAUSE THERE'S" "STASIS THERE." "A MAGAZINE DOESN'T GO AWAY." "THAT PICTURE IS THERE FOREVER." "ON MTV, THAT'S A FLEETING IMAGE." "LET'S KISS." "[ GASPS ]" "OH, WAIT." "I FORGOT." "YOU'RE UGLY." "Roberts:" "DOES THE MEDIA EVER" "FEEL KIND OF LIKE SOCIALLY" "RESPONSABLE WITH THIS STUFF?" "YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING" "KIDDING." "YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING ME THAT" "QUESTION?" "BRITNEY SPEARS IS TO BLAME FOR" "ALL THE UNWANTED PREGNANCIES" "WITH TEENAGE GALS." "THAT IS SUCH FRIGGIN' NONSENSE." "Roberts:" "REALLY?" "YEAH." "YEAH, SHE WEARS TIGHT" "CLOTHES." "ALL THE GUYS ARE ALL OVER HER," "AND SHE'S, LIKE, A SLUT." "AND THEN I'M THINKING, "IF I CAN" "BECOME A SLUT, ALL THE GUYS" " "[ LAUGHS ]" ""THEN, ALL THE GUYS WILL, LIKE," "BE ALL OVER ME, AND I'D LIKE" "THE ATTENTION."" "I THINK THAT'S WHAT I DO FEEL" "SORRY FOR HOLLYWOOD STARS IS" "THAT THEY'RE GETTING BLAMED" "BECAUSE MELBA'S 12-YEAR-OLD GOT" "KNOCKED UP, YOU KNOW, IN PODUNK," "WHEREVER." "Roberts:" "BUT WHAT DOES IT" "SAY, IN YOUR OPINION, ABOUT" "AMERICAN SOCIETY, WHERE THEY" "WILL ACCEPT A STAR BASED ON THE" "PORNO TAPE?" "EWW!" "I LOVE IT, THAT THAT'S THE" "WAY THE PUBLIC IS." "I WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB." "SO YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING THE" "WRONG PERSON." "I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS, AND I" "CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE" "COMPLETE HEDONISTS." "I SAY WHAT I DO IS ART." "I CAN MAKE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN" "YOU WHEN THERE'S NOTHING" "INTERESTING ABOUT YOU." "IT'S WE'RE CORRUPTING MORE AND" "MORE PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN" "THIS STUFF." "Roberts:" "IT'S EASY FOR US TO" "BLAME THE MEDIA FOR MAKING US" "FEEL UNATTRACTIVE." "BUT IS IT FAIR?" "DOES A CULTURE REALLY CHANGE" "THAT MUCH BECAUSE OF TELEVISION" "AND MEDIA IMAGERY?" "I FIRST WENT TO FIJI IN 1982." "IN SOME WAYS, THEY WERE AS" "PREOCCUPIED IF NOT MORE" "PREOCCUPIED, WITH BODY SIZE THAN" "AMERICANS ARE." "IT JUST WAS IN THE OPPOSITE" "DIRECTION." "THE BODY REFLECTS WHAT THE" "COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO DO." "SO THE FAMILY YOU LIVE IN, THE" "VILLAGE YOU LIVE IN WAS ABLE TO" "FEED YOU WELL." "THAT'S WHY PEOPLE THINK BIG" "BODIES ARE BEAUTIFUL." "SEVERAL YEARS LATER, IN 1995," "WHEN I LEARNED THAT TELEVISION" "WAS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO" "FIJI, I WAS SURE THAT TELEVISION" "WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE" "FIJIANS." "THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY RICH" "CULTURE, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENT" "FOR CENTURIES IF NOT MILLENNIA," "IN FIJI." "AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW" "WAS THAT FROM 1995, NONE OF THE" "GIRLS IN OUR STUDY ADMITTED, AT" "LEAST, TO HAVING EVER VOMITED AS" "A MEANS TO CONTROL HER WEIGHT." "BUT BY 1998, 11% OF THE GIRLS" "ADMITTED THIS, WHICH IS" "INCREDIBLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE" "SAME PERCENTAGE YOU MIGHT SEE IN" "A HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN" "MASSACHUSETTS." "THE PARENTS WERE UP IN ARMS" "ABOUT THIS." "THEY WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW" "TELEVISION WAS ERODING CULTURAL" "TRADITIONS IN THEIR VILLAGES." "KIDS WERE BECOMING, IN THEIR" "WORDS, DISRESPECTFUL." "PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT" "MARIJUANA USE." "THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT" "TEENAGE PREGNANCY." "AND, AS I SAID, IN A VERY SHORT" "TIME, CENTURIES AND MAYBE EVEN" "MILLENNIA OF TRADITION IN FIJI" "HAD BEEN UNDONE." "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THREE" "YEARS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT." "I WAS ABSOLUTELY FLOORED." "I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT." "Roberts:" "IF IT'S THAT BAD IN" "FIJI AFTER JUST THREE YEARS," "IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE" "AFTER 53." "ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO" "IMAGINE IT." "JUST LOOK AROUND YOU." "AND ALL TO LOOK LIKE THIS." "Gerren:" "ALL RIGHT." "GREAT." "WE ALSO HAVE SCISSORS." "IF IT DOESN'T COME OUT, WE'LL" "JUST CUT IT." "WELCOME, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND" "JUDGES " " AND DOGS " " TO OUR" "SHOW!" "SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I" "WANTED TO BE A MODEL." "I'M GLAD THAT I MADE IT THIS FAR" "BECAUSE I REALLY JUST LOVE TO" "WALK." "I REALLY JUST LOVE TO WALK." "I REALLY DO." "MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF GERREN" "WAS, SHE CAME IN, AND SHE MET" "WITH THE PRINT DEPARTMENT, AND I" "THOUGHT, "SHE'S TALL." "SHE'S PRETTY."" "SHE CAME RIGHT OVER TO ME, LIKE," "COCKY, AND SAID, "I WANT TO BE" "ONE OF YOUR RUNWAY MODELS."" "AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW" "WHAT?" "YOU'RE JUST A BABY, AND THE BEST" "MAKE THE ALL-STAR TEAM."" "AND SO SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU" "HAVEN'T EVEN ASKED ME TO WALK."" "Gerren:" "THEY WERE CONCERNED" "THAT I COULDN'T WALK BECAUSE OF" "MY AGE AND HOW YOUNG I WAS." "AND SO WHEN THEY SAW MY WALK," "THEY'RE LIKE, "WOW, WELCOME TO" "THE MODELING DIVISION."" "Roberts:" "HEY, LORENZ, WHAT" "DID YOU THINK OF HER WALK," "LORENZ?" "DYNAMITE." "AND I WAS JUST LIKE, "OKAY," "CAN YOU WALK FOR ME?"" "AND THEN SHE WALKED FOR ME, AND" "I WAS JUST LIKE..." "OH, MY GOD!" "Roberts:" "IT SEEMS THERE WAS" "SOMETHING EXCITING ABOUT A 12-YEAR-OLD THAT COULD WALK LIKE" "AN OLDER, SEXY WOMAN." "AND IT WAS THIS WALK THAT CAUGHT" "THE EYES OF THE DESIGNER OF THE" "FIRST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FASHION" "WEEK, WHERE GERREN BOOKED 8 OUT" "OF THE TOP 20 SHOWS." "UPCOMING, WHAT DO YOU LOOK" "FORWARD TO?" "Gerren:" "I LOOK FORWARD TO A" "SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND JUST A LOT" "OF FUN AND FRIENDS AND PUBLICITY" "OF FUN AND FRIENDS AND PUBLICITY" "AND ALL THIS STUFF." "Roberts:" "FOR GERREN, A NEW" "FACE AT A PREMIER EVENT, THE" "TIMING WAS PERFECT." "TOP DESIGNER IN L.A. CREATED" "THIS SHOWCASE FOR LOS ANGELES'" "TALENT, BECAUSE WHILE NEW YORK" "IS HOME TO THE FASHION INDUSTRY," "PEOPLE LOOK TO LOS ANGELES AND" "HOLLWOOD FOR THE LATEST" "LIFESTYLE TRENDS." "NEW YORK LIKES TO THINK OF" "THEMSELVES, LIKE, "ALL THE" "FASHION, EVERYTHING'S HERE."" "I'M SORRY." "NO CELEBRITIES ARE IN NEW YORK," "UNLESS THEY'RE MANUFACTURED," "LIKE A DONALD TRUMP." "WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS, IS" "THEY'RE LITERALLY PAYING FAMOUS" "PEOPLE TO SIT AND WATCH THE" "FASHION SHOWS BECAUSE THEY" "REALIZE THAT'S HOW YOU GET BUZZ." "IT'S ALL CELEBRITIES." "IF THERE WERE NO CELEBRITIES" "THERE, NOBODY WOULD CARE THAT" "TOM FORD HAS A NEW LINE OUT." "NOBODY CARES." "I MEAN, DO YOU CARE?" "I DON'T CARE." "Roberts:" "BUT THE CELEBRITIES" "CARE ABOUT RICHARD TYLER, WHO" "MAKES MANY OF THE DESIGNS FOR" "THE OSCARS." "HOW SEXY IS THIS?" "Roberts:" "GERREN WAS PICKED" "FOR HIS SHOW, MAKING HER THE" "RISING STAR OF L.A. FASHION" "WEEK." "WITH ONLY SECONDS LEFT FOR THE" "MEDIA, FASHION BUYERS, AND" "CELEBRITIES TO SEE HIS NEW" "COLLECTION, FAMED DESIGNER" "RICHARD TYLER DECIDED TO TAKE A" "SWIG INSTEAD OF LOOKING AFTER" "HIS MODELS." "SOMEBODY DIDN'T NOTICE THAT" "THE TRAIN WAS IN THE FRONT OF" "THE WEDDING DRESS, AND SHE DID" "GOOD." "I MEAN, IT WASN'T HER FAULT THAT" "HER DRESS WAS PUT ON BACKWARDS." "Roberts:" "THIS WAS TOUGH FOR" "GERREN, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN" "THE END OF HER CAREER IF IT" "WASN'T FOR THE EDITOR OF" "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES," "BOOTH MORE." "SHE ACTUALLY FOUND SOME HUMOR IN" "GERREN TRIPPING." "IT WAS VERY SWEET AND KIND OF" "SAD." "IT REALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME," "TO HAVE BROUGHT HOME TO ME HER" "AGE AND KIND OF THIS WORLD THAT" "SHE WAS MOVING IN AND HOW" "DIFFERENT AND FOREIGN THAT" "REALLY IS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S 12." "Roberts:" "THE MEDIA PICKED UP" "ON THIS STORY AND RAN WITH IT." "THEY WERE NOW PROMOTING A NEW" "FASHION-INDUSTRY LOW " " THE" "WORLD'S YOUNGEST SUPERMODEL." "DRAPED IN DAZZLING DESIGNER" "GOWNS, GERREN TAYLOR IS MAKING" "HER MOVE IN THE MODELING WORLD." "SHE'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED THE" "NEW NAOMI." "OH!" "WORK IT, BABY!" "WORK IT, GIRL!" "LET ME TALK TO YOUR AGENT" "RIGHT NOW." "THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE" "PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO" "CHILDREN THINKS GERREN'S AT" "RISK." "AND THEY SAID, "WE'RE CONCERNED" "ABOUT THIS CASE."" "THAT'S SO CUTE." "[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]" "SO MANY PEOPLE TELL US TO BE" "CAREFUL, BASICALLY, FOR ANY" "YOUNG LADY, BUT ESPECIALLY SINCE" "SHE'S ONLY 12." "BUT I GO EVERYWHERE WITH HER." "SO I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THAT," "ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN." "I LISTEN TO EVERYTHING." "I LISTEN TO EVERYTHING PEOPLE" "SAY." "Gerren:" "I'M GONNA EAT SOME," "LIKE, ORGANIC CEREAL." "Roberts:" "DO YOU EAT THAT WITH" "SOY MILK?" "EWW!" "NO." "NOTHING NEGATIVE, NOTHING" "NEGATIVE." "YOU DON'T WANT THE SOY-MILK" "PEOPLE MAD." "YOU DON'T WANT THE TRIX PEOPLE" "MAD BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING, "BUT" "THIS ONE'S HEALTHY," OKAY?" "NOTHING NEGATIVE." "DON'T DO ANYTHING " "Gerren:" "MOMMY, DON'T SCREAM." "OKAY." "NOTHING NEGATIVE." "NOTHING NEGATIVE." "DON'T TALK ABOUT SOY MILK." "Gerren:" "MOMMY, WAIT." "CUT." "CUT." "NEGATIVE NOTHING." "NOTHING " " NO..." "WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM" "BEING A MODEL?" "Gerren:" "KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT." "IT BOTHERED ME A LOT THAT THE" "INDUSTRY WAS USING A 12-YEAR-OLD" "CHILD TO MASQUERADE AS A 20-YEAR-OLD OR 25-YEAR-OLD" "20-YEAR-OLD OR 25-YEAR-OLD" "WOMAN." "AND IT'S HARD." "WE'RE WORKING WITH 11-, 12-, 13-YEAR-OLDS, AND THERE WERE A" "COUPLE OF STUDENTS THAT HAD THIS" "REACTION " " LIKE, THEY WERE" "ANGRY." "THEY WERE ANGRY THAT SHE WAS" "REPRESENTED IN A WAY THAT THEY" "DIDN'T SEE HER, AND THEY" "ACTUALLY CONFIDED IN ME THAT," "YOU KNOW, "THAT'S NOT RIGHT." "WHAT'S GOING ON?" "SHE'S WEARING THESE ADULT" "CLOTHES."" "AND THEN THERE'S THIS ARTICLE," "WITH A TITLE LIKE THIS " ""BEYOND HER YEARS" IN MATURITY." "AND THEY'RE SAYING, "SHE'S NOT." "SHE'S LIKE US."" "IT'S SO HARD FOR ME TO BE" "UNEMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE" "THE ADULT THAT WE'RE ASKING HER" "TO ROLE-PLAY " " I MEAN, THAT'S" "THE QUESTION." "AND WHAT IS THAT THAT WE'RE" "HOLDING UP IN ESTEEM TO FILL UP" "THIS CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM" "I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT" "ROLE MODEL." "I DON'T VALUE THAT ROLE MODEL." "I SEE THAT ROLE MODEL AS" "DANGEROUS FOR MILLIONS OF" "WOMEN " " GIRLS AND WOMEN." "Gerren:" "I LOVE MY LITTLE," "SHORT FRIENDS." "OH, YEAH!" "THIS YOUNG GIRL IS BEING TOLD" "THAT SHE'S NOW OKAY BECAUSE" "SHE'S A SUPERMODEL." "BUT NOWHERE IN THERE DOES SHE" "HEAR, "YOU'RE GOOD." "YOU ARE FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD." "WHO YOU ARE IS GOOD."" "IT'S HOW YOU LOOK IS GOOD, YOU" "KNOW?" "AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THIS POOR" "KID IS JUST BEING SET UP FOR" "SUCH A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE CRASH" "AT SOME POINT IN HER LIFE." "Roberts:" "YOU'RE SAYING IF SHE" "LOST IT ALL, HER SELF-ESTEEM" "COULD COME RIGHT BACK DOWN." "YEAH, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY" "SELF-ESTEEM." "IT'S MORE LIKE..." "EGO INFLATION." "PEOPLE THAT KNOW ALL ABOUT EGO" "PEOPLE THAT KNOW ALL ABOUT EGO" "INFLATION." "THEY ALL BELONG TO A PRIVATE" "CLUB OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE" "PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, CALLED beautifulpeople.net" "# OOH-OOH #" "# 'CAUSE YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME #" "IN EVERY SOCIETY, THERE ARE" "DIFFERENT CLUBS." "THEY'RE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT" "COMMUNITIES AND DIFFERENT CLUBS." "AND I THINK THERE WAS JUST A" "DEMAND FOR THIS." "THERE WAS JUST NOTHING LIKE THIS" "OUT THERE." "AND PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT." "I JOINED BECAUSE AS MUCH AS" "MAYBE I DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT IT," "I'M KIND OF VAIN" "[ LAUGHS ]" "AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF" "EVERYONE ELSE THOUGHT I WAS AS" "BEAUTIFUL AS I THINK I AM." "[ LAUGHS ]" "Roberts:" "WAS IT SOME KIND OF" "LIKE CONFIRMATION, VALIDATION?" "DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD?" "OH, I DON'T NEED" "CONFIRMATION." "I HAVE CONFIDENCE SKIRTING ON" "THE EDGE OF COCKY." "I ALWAYS HAVE." "I ALWAYS WILL." "I HAVE THIS INFLATED, GIGANTIC," ""GINORMOUS" HEAD." "WHAT "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE" IS " "IT'S AN ORGANISM" "IT DEVELOPS." "IT DEVELOPS WITH SOCIETY BECAUSE" "IT REFLECTS SOCIETY'S IDEAL OF" "BEAUTY." "YOU PUT UP A PROFILE, A PROFILE" "TEXT, AND A PICTURE." "THEN YOU RATE IT BY EXISTING" "MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX." "IT'S THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE" "ALREADY IN THERE THAT DECIDE" "WHETHER OR NOT YOUR APPLICATION" "IS ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH TO BE" "GRANTED ACCESS TO "BEAUTIFUL" "PEOPLE."" "Roberts:" "WHAT DO YOU THINK" "HAPPENS TO PEOPLE THAT SUBMIT" "THEIR PICTURE AND DON'T GET" "VOTED IN?" "YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA" "STING, DARRYL." "IT'S GONNA STING." "THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT." "BUT IT'S THE AGE WE LIVE IN," "MAN." "THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT" "IT." "Roberts:" "SO NOW THIS IS" "BECOMING, LIKE, DO YOU THINK AN" "ELITE ORGANIZATION BASED OFF OF" "A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN" "SOCIAL ADVANTAGE?" "OKAY, LISTEN." "YOU GO TO EMPLOY AN ASSISTANT." "YOU GOT THESE TWO GUYS IN FRONT" "OF YOU." "THEY'VE BOTH GOT EXACTLY THE" "SAME QUALIFICATIONS." "ONE OF THEM LOOKS LIKE A MILLION" "DOLLARS." "THE OTHER ONE LOOKS LIKE HE'S" "BEEN HIT BY EVERY DOOR IN A BIG" "HOUSE AND " "THOSE ARE TWO EXTREMES" "OKAY, BUT I GIVE THIS" "EXAMPLE." "WHO ARE YOU GONNA EMPLOY?" "YOU'RE GONNA EMPLOY THE" "GOOD-LOOKING GUY, RIGHT?" "'CAUSE HE'S GONNA BE MORE" "REPRESENTATIVE." "YOU DON'T MIND LOOKING AT HIM." "I MEAN, IT'S A FACT." "YES, THAT'S TRUE, BUT THERE" "IS THE OTHER SIDE OF IT." "THERE'S THE FLIP SIDE, WHICH IS" "I DON'T WANT THIS WOMAN WORKING" "IN MY OFFICE." "SHE'S GONNA CAUSE DISTRACTIONS." "SHE'S GONNA CAUSE PROBLEMS." "I SEE HEADACHES." "Roberts:" "THAT'S WHY I WAS" "WONDERING IF " " LIKE, WITH THIS" "EXTRA POUNDAGE HERE " " IF I WAS" "TO SEND THAT PICTURE IN, WOULD" "THERE BE, LIKE, SOME MASSIVE" "REJECTION?" "NO, NO." "YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL " "Roberts:" "COME ON!" "IT IS VERY AESTHETIC, OKAY?" "WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN AROUND AND" "SAY IT'S NOT." "IT'S MAJORITY AESTHETIC," "INITIALLY." "BUT THERE ARE CASES OF MEN" "GETTING ON THAT JUST WRITE A" "BEAUTIFUL PROFILE TEXT." "PUT A PROFILE UP." "WRITE SOME " " YOU KNOW, YOU'RE" "AN INTERESTING, CHARMING GUY." "HONESTY, HONESTY." "AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS?" "YOU MAY MEET SOMEONE" "INTERESTING." "THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY" "INTERESTING PEOPLE ON THERE " "AND BEAUTIFUL." "Roberts:" "YEAH." "[ BOTH LAUGH ]" "SO I TOOK THEM UP ON THEIR" "CHALLENGE AND LOGGED IN TO beautifulpeople.net net." "I WENT ON AND WROTE A CHARMING" "PROFILE AND PUT UP A DECENT" "PICTURE OF MYSELF." "BODY TYPE?" "WOULD YOU SAY ATHLETIC?" "THAT'S IT." "NOW I ONLY HAD TO WAIT THREE" "DAYS FOR THE WOMEN TO VOTE." "# YEAH-AH #" "# NO, I'M NEVER GONNA LEAVE," "'CAUSE YOU MADE ME SAY" "OOH-OOH #" "# OOH-OOH #" "# AND I GOT THIS... #" "Roberts:" "THREE DAYS LATER, I" "CHECKED IN." "WELL, I FOUND OUT THAT WHEN IT" "COMES TO BEAUTY, HONESTY," "PERSONALITY, AND A CHARMING" "PROFILE DON'T MEAN A THING" "UNLESS YOU LOOK LIKE BRAD PITT" "OR DENZEL WASHINGTON." "# I WANT TO KNOW #" "# DOO DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO" "DOO-DOO #" "# I WANT TO SEE #" "# DOO DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO" "DOO-DOO #" "# WHETHER YOU LOVE ME" "OR YOU'RE MISTREATING ME #" "# DOO DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO" "DOO-DOO #" "YOU KNOW, JESUS CHRIST, I" "STARTED LOSING MY HAIR, I WENT" "NUTS." "AND I STARTED LOSING MY HAIR AT 17." "Roberts:" "REALLY?" "YEAH." "Roberts:" "IT AFFECTED YOU?" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" "Roberts:" "YOU THINK " " DID IT" "AFFECT YOUR SELF-ESTEEM" "OH!" "Roberts:" "IN WHAT WAY?" "OH, MAN." "I'M GETTING TOO OLD TOO SOON." "I'M NOT ATTRACT" " LIKE, AS IF I" "WAS." "I'M BECOMING LESS ATTRACTIVE" "THAN " " I DIDN'T THINK I WAS" "ATTRACTIVE." "I WAS EVEN LESS ATTRACTIVE." "WHAT WOMAN'S GONNA BE INTERESTED" "IN A BALD GUY?" "LIKE, THE FIRST THING A WOMAN" "SEES ISN'T OUR SENSITIVITY." "IT'S HOW WE LOOK, HOW WE DRESS," "EVERYTHING ELSE." "THAT'S WHY I THINK THE THINGS IN" "GQ ARE TARGETED TOWARDS TELLING" "US HOW TO GET WOMEN TO BE" "ATTRACTED INITIALLY." "LIKE, THEY WON'T EVEN FIND OUT" "THE SENSITIVITY FACTOR UNLESS" "YOU CAN GET PAST THAT AND" "ATTRACT THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE." "I'M ABOUT TO START WORKING" "OUT, AND I THINK, LIKE, NICE" "ABS " " GIRLS LIKE THAT." "JUST MORE MUSCLE." "Roberts:" "YOUR STOMACH IS" "FLAT." "SO WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?" "I'M MISSING A SIX-PACK" "Roberts:" "A SIX-PACK?" "YES." "Roberts:" "WHAT'S A SIX-PACK?" "A SIX-PACK IS WHEN YOUR" "MUSCLES ARE DEFINED AND YOU CAN" "SEE SIX INDIVIDUAL MUSCLES." "Roberts:" "AND WHAT'S THE" "IMPORTANCE OF A SIX-PACK?" "UM..." "I DON'T KNOW." "EVERYBODY'S FASCINATED WITH" "BEAUTY." "IF THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE" "LYING." "THEY'RE NOT ONLY OBSESSED" "THEY'RE NOT ONLY OBSESSED" "WITH BEAUTY." "THEY'RE COMPLETELY DERANGED WITH" "BEAUTY." "Roberts:" "AND L.A. MODELS" "THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DERANGED TO" "SEND GERREN TO NEW YORK AT THE" "AGE OF 13, WHEN THE MINIMUM AGE" "IS 14 FOR A RUNWAY MODEL." "FOR GOODNESS' SAKES, WHEN I" "MET HER AT 12, SHE STILL HAD" "BABY TEETH." "SO YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE." "SHE'D LOSE A TOOTH AND THEY'D" "SAY, "OH SHE'S IN A CAMPAIGN," "BUT DON'T SMILE" OR "STEP BACK A" "LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT" "TO SEE THAT YOU'RE MISSING TWO" "BABY TEETH."" "SHE HAD BABY TEETH!" "Roberts:" "BUT HER MOM DECIDED" "IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO GO NOW." "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN NEW YORK" "BEFORE?" "NOPE, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO" "NEW YORK BEFORE." "Roberts:" "SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW" "ABOUT NEW YORK?" "THAT IT HAS A BIG APPLE." "Roberts:" "MICHELLE HAD TO NOW" "TALK GERREN'S SCHOOL INTO GIVING" "HER TWO WEEKS OFF." "MY FIRST INITIAL REACTION IS" "A KNEE-JERK REACTION." "IT'S LIKE, "NO, DON'T TAKE THAT" "PERSON OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THOSE" "MANY HOURS TO DO THAT."" ""AND I KNOW IT'S PERSONAL,"" "SHE SAID, "BECAUSE I JUST HAD A" "PARENT COME TO ME AND WANT TO" "TAKE TWO MONTHS OFF."" "IT'S TERRIBLY BIASED." "IT'S A PREJUDICE THAT I HAVE." "AND YOU KNOW WHAT?" "AND IT'S THAT PREJUDICE AGAINST" "MODELING WHICH THEN GOES BACK" "TO, AND YOU'RE PEELING BACK THE" "LAYEARS." "I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS FAT" "WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE OR WHAT, BUT" "I GET THAT SHE'S NOT HAPPY WITH" "HER SIZE." "YOU'RE TALKING TO A WOMAN" "WHO'S BEEN RAISED IN THIS" "COUNTRY, WHO FROM A VERY, VERY" "YOUNG, YOUNG AGE IN MIDDLE" "SCHOOL, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL," "STARTED BEING TORMENTED ABOUT MY" "DIFFERENT BODY PARTS." "AND I'M IN THE MAJORITY." "SO I HAVE VERY LITTLE" "UNEMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THIS" "SUBJECT, AND I WOULD HOPE " "RIGHT?" "" " THAT I WOULDN'T MODEL" "MY CHILD, YES." "[ SIGHS ]" "OH, GOSH." "# CLUELESS," "WALKING DOWN THE STREET #" "# SUNGLASSES," "TRY TO BE DISCREET #" "# LAST NIGHT WE HIT IT HARD #" "# MY HEAD IS SPINNING #" "# I CAN'T BELIEVE" "THE THINGS YOU SAID #" "# THE WORDS ARE BOUNCING" "IN MY HEAD #" "# IT'S A PERFECT... #" "WHEN I HEARD ABOUT GERREN AND" "HER DOING VERY WELL IN L.A." "FASHION WEEK, I WAS LIKE, "OKAY," "HERE'S A GIRL." "SHE'S DONE WELL IN L.A." "OKAY, SHE CAN HANDLE HERSELF ON" "THE WEST COAST, BUT THE BIG BOYS" "ARE ON THE EAST COAST." "SO LET'S SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO."" "Roberts:" "WHAT SHE DID WAS" "PROVE THAT SHE WAS FOR REAL BY" "BOOKING THE" ""MARC BY MARC JACOBS" SHOW." "GERREN IS ONE OF THE GIRLS" "THAT WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE." "WE SAW HER THIS SEASON FOR THE" "FIRST TIME, AND WE JUST ALL FELL" "IN LOVE WITH HER." "WE THOUGHT SHE WAS ADORABLE AND" "FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL AND JUST" "YOUNG AND VERY SPECIAL." "Roberts:" "BECAUSE GERREN WAS" "SO LOVED BY MARC JACOBS, SHE" "BECAME THE FIRST" "AFRICAN-AMERICAN GIRL TO GET A" "MARC BY MARC JACOBS CAMPAIGN" "I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING WITH" "ONE OF THE CREATIVE DIRECTORS" "FOR THE B. MICHAEL SHOW IN" "NEW YORK." "I HAD SAID TO HIM, "I DON'T" "UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE PICKING A 13-YEAR-OLD TO START YOUR SHOW" "WHEN IT'S A WOMAN'S COLLECTION."" "AND HE SAID, "WELL, WE'RE NOT" "GONNA WORRY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT" "SHE'S NOT A WOMAN OR NOT BECAUSE" "SHE'S GONNA BRING THE KIND OF" "PUBLICITY THAT WE NEED."" "AND THAT'S WHAT THIS INDUSTRY" "DOES, TOO." "LIKE, IT TOTALLY MAKES YOU" "FORGET THE RULES" "HELLO." "YEAH, THIS IS GONNA HELP" "BECAUSE IT'S ELASTIC." "THE ELASTIC'S OUTSIDE." "WE'LL WEAR THIS LOW." "WE WILL TAKE THIS DOWN." "Roberts:" "I WAS LOOKING AT THE" "WAY THE WOMEN WERE DRESSED" "DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE" "FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD?" "NOT FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD TO BE" "WALKING AROUND THE STREET, BUT" "MAYBE FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD ROCK" "STAR." "Roberts:" "OKAY." "# FIRE IN THE DISCO #" "Gerren:" "AND JUST WHEN GERREN" "THOUGHT THE FUN WAS OVER, SHE" "BOOKED THE BIGS HOW THAT SHE" "REALLY WANTED." "YOU GOT TOMMY HILFIGER." "Gerren:" "OH, MY GOD!" "I GOT TOMMY HILFIGER." "AHH!" "TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I" "THOUGHT SHE WAS A LITTLE YOUNG" "AT FIRST." "I SAW HER INNOCENCE, WHICH" "ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT" "TOMMY HILFIGER'S ABOUT." "IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE " " IT'S" "INNOCENCE BUT WITH A" "SOPHISTICATION." "BUT THEN WHEN SHE GOT HERE IN" "PERSON, SHE HAS DEFINITELY AN" "OLD SOUL, WHICH THAT TRANSCENDS" "AGE, I THINK." "SHE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WHO" "HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS." "I LOVE HER FACE." "SHE'S GORGEOUS." "I LOVE HER ATTITUDE." "HER CONFIDENCE, HER STATURE," "THE WAY SHE HANDLES HERSELF." "POISE" "SHE'S VERY CONFIDENT." "OH, MY GOD, THIS GIRL'S 13!" "WHERE DID SHE LEARN THIS" "ATTITUDE?" "SHE'S GOT A VERY BRIGHT" "CAREER AHEAD OF HER." "WE'RE EXPECTING HER TO BE A BIG" "STAR." "SHE'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL." "Roberts:" "SINCE GERREN HAD" "BECOME A BIG CELEBRITY, IT SEEMS" "THAT A LOT OF OTHER GIRLS WANT" "HER CAREER FOR THEMSELVES AND" "WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT." "I WANT TO BE FAMOUS, AND I" "JUST WANT TO GET MY NAME OUT" "THERE." "MY DAUGHTER'S WANTED TO BE A" "MODEL SINCE SHE WAS LITTLE." "SHE HAS DEDICATED HER WHOLE LIFE" "TO IT, INCLUDING HOME-SCHOOLING" "AND DOING MODELING CLASSES AND" "ACTING CLASSES AND GOING THROUGH" "EVERYTHING." "THEN I'M GONNA SUPPORT HER." "THAT'S MY JOB AS A PARENT." "SHE'S GREAT." "SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE'S" "LEVEL-HEADED, AND I'M NOT GONNA" "LET HER DO ANYTHING SHE'S NOT" "SUPPOSED TO." "GOOD JOB." "THAT'S GREAT." "GOOD JOB." "THAT WAS GOOD." "I WAS TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER IN" "THE CAR, AND MY DAUGHTER GOES " "I GO, "MAGGIE, IF YOU CAN'T RID" "OF THE LITTLE 'POODGIE' ON THE" "SIDE, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF" "LIPOSUCTION?"" "AND SHE GOES, "PLASTIC SURGERY" "IS A WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND."" "I JUST WANT TO TONE MY" "STOMACH AND GET RID OF THE "LOVE" "HANDLES."" "AND I WOULD LIKE A BIGGER BUST," "BUT NOT TOO BIG " " JUST, LIKE, A" ""B."" "I ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR WHEN" "SHE SAID IT." "AND I SAID, "WELL, IF THAT'S" "WHAT IT TAKES, WE'LL PAY TO DO" "IT."" "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE GETS" "THE FAKE ONES?" "YOU'RE GONNA EVENTUALLY HAVE TO" "MARRY THIS GIRL, OR SHE'S GONNA" "KILL YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS." "WELL, I MEAN, GRANTED, IF SHE" "GETS PLASTIC SURGERY AND HAS HER" "BODY ENHANCED THAT WILL GIVE" "HER EXTRA TIME ON HER LEASE." "OH, MY GOD!" "WOW!" "WOW!" "[ LAUGHS ]" "YOU ARE THE EXACT PROTOTYPE" "THAT MAKES WOMEN KILL GUYS." "Roberts:" "ENHANCING OUR BODIES" "HAS BECOME AMERICA'S NEW" "PASTIME." "THE NUMBER OF PROCEDURES HAS" "GROWN BY OVER 250% IN THE PAST" "DECADE." "MORE THAN TWO MILLION NIPS AND" "TUCKS WERE DONE IN 2005 ALONE." "WITH THESE TV SHOWS -- "EXTREME" "MAKEOVER," "NIP/TUCK" " " WHEN" "THAT KIND OF STUFF HITS ON" "TELEVISION, DO MORE PEOPLE COME" "IN FOR PLASTIC?" "ABSOLUTELY." "BUT WE GET A LOT OF 14-, 15-, 16-, 17-YEAR-OLDS COMING IN WITH" "THE MOTHER AND SOME WITH THE" "FATHER." "Roberts:" "I GUESS THE PROMISES" "FOR A NEW LIFE, WITH A NEW FACE" "AND BODY, ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN" "FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT" "ACTUALLY PROHIBIT BREAST" "IMPLANTS FOR THOSE UNDER 18." "EVEN THE ARMY USED PLASTIC" "SURGERY AS A WAY TO GET NEW" "RECRUITS." "THAT'S RIGHT." "NIPS AND TUCKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR" "ANY ACTIVE-DUTY SOLDIER." "AND EXCEPT FOR THE COST OF" "IMPLANTS, THEY'RE FREE OF" "CHARGE." "PLASTIC SURGERY IS SUPPOSED" "TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR SPIRIT." "MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT" "YOURSELF." "BUT TO ME IT IS JUST" "BRAINWASHING, MANIPULATION, AND" "MUTILATION OF WOMEN." "[ AUDIENCE CHEERING ]" "I'M STILL GONNA GET IT." "LIKE THEIR OWNERS, PETS ARE" "GETTING ALL TYPES OF COSMETIC" "SURGERY " " BREAST REDUCTIONS," "EYE LIFTS, EVEN FAT REMOVAL." "THEN, RALPH HEARD ABOUT" "NEUTICLES " " TESTICULAR IMPLANTS" "MADE OF SILICONE..." "THESE ARE THE NEUTICLES." "...THAT WOULD MAKE BUTCH LOOK" "LIKE BUTCH AGAIN." "SO IS IT YOUR CONCERN FOR HIS" "VANITY?" "WELL, PROBABLY." "[ LAUGHS ]" "SURE." "HOW IS HE GONNA BE LOOKED AT BY" "THE OTHER DOGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE" "DOG WORLD?" "MARJORIE DYE'S POOCH, BODE," "HAD A FACE-LIFT..." "IT JUST LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER." "AND IT'S NO BIG DEAL" "I'VE HAD MY "NIP AND TUCKS."" "...LEAVING US TO WONDER IF" "THERE ARE ANY LIMITS TO THE" "COSMETIC-SURGERY PHENOMENON." "OR HAVE WE ALL SIMPLY GONE NUTS?" "I WANT MY VAGINA TO LOOK LIKE" "THIS." "Roberts:" "WOW." "I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD DO" "THAT." "THIS IS..." "YEAH, PLAYBOY." "SEE, PLAYBOY'S GOT THE WOMEN" "SAYING, "I WANT TO LOOK LIKE" "THIS."" "WOW." "I CAN HAVE A DESIGNER VAGINA." "YOUR RIGHT LABIA IS LONGER" "THAN YOUR LEFT." "WHAT'S UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT IS" "IN A LOT OF THESE MAGAZINES," "WHERE THEY FOCUS ON FULL," "FRONTAL NUDITY FOR WOMEN, A LOT" "OF IT'S AIRBRUSHED." "WE DO GET PATIENTS THAT COME" "IN AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?" "I WANT THINGS TO BE SYMMETRICAL" "AND EQUAL."" "SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE" "COULD LOOK AT." "SO WOMEN ARE COMING IN AND" "ASKING FOR SURGERY THAT THE" "ACTUAL MODELS WHO ARE MODELING" "WHAT THEY CALL THE DESIGNER" "VAGINAS DON'T HAVE." "AS LONG AS THE WORLD ISN'T" "FAIR, I'M GONNA DO THIS." "WHEN THE WORLD IS FAIR, WHEN THE" "WORLD IS EQUAL, I WON'T NEED TO" "DO THIS." "SO I'M HELPING THAT WOMAN." "I'M HELPING THAT WOMAN." "YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMPLEX" "WORLD." "IT'S LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T WE LOVE" "OUR VAGINAS JUST THE WAY THEY" "ARE?" "LOOK." "I CAN SEE CASES WHERE YOU'VE HAD" "A BABY AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO" "YOUR VAGINA, AND IT GETS REALLY" "STRETCHED OUT." "THAT'S..." "THAT'S A SURGICAL" "PROBLEM." "BUT TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR ONE" "LABIA MINORA IS LONGER THAN THE" "OTHER AND TO GET IT TRIMMED?" "THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO" "STOP HAPPENING IN AFRICA." "WE'RE TRYING TO END FEMALE" "GENITAL MUTILATION, YOU KNOW?" "TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT TIGHT" "ENOUGH " " WELL, GET A BIGGER" "DICK." "IF YOU GOT A SMALL DICK, AND" "YOU'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH A WOMAN" "FOR A LONG TIME, AND YOU ALL GOT" "MUTUAL FRIENDS, YOU'RE TERRIFIED" "OF HAVING SEX WITH HER BECAUSE" "ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE GONNA KNOW" "HOW TINY YOUR SCHLONG IS." "YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS," "DON'T YOU?" "I HAVE A SMALL DICK." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "I MEAN, THERE'S A REASON " " I GO" "OUT OF MY WAY TO KEEP MY PANTS" "ON AS LONG AS POSSIBLE." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "I'VE PURPOSELY NOT SLEPT WITH" "WOMEN BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THEM" "TO FIND OUT HOW SMALL MY DICK" "WAS AND TELL PEOPLE THAT I KNEW" "LIKE, YEAH, IT MATTERS." "WELL, NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO" "WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE." "HEY, I MEAN..." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "YOU JUST EXORCISED THAT" "DEMON RIGHT HERE." "A LITTLE CAT'S GONNA COME OUT" "OF THE BAG, ANYWAY, EVENTUALLY." "I MEAN, SHIT." "I'M FUCKING THROWING SOME" "SERIOUS LUMBER." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "OUR FRONT OFFICE HERE," "WAITING ROOM." "OOPS!" "[ LAUGHS ]" "YOU'RE OKAY." "Roberts:" "I MET A GENTLEMAN" "THIS MORNING WHO IS A PLASTIC" "SURGEON." "DAVE MATLOCK?" "YEAH, HE'S NOT A PLASTIC" "SURGEON." "HE'S AN OB/GYN." ""I NEED MY NOSE DONE."" "I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU." ""I NEED MY FACE-LIFT."" "I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU." ""I NEED MY BREASTS DONE."" "I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU." ""I GOT TOO MUCH FAT HERE."" "I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU." "Roberts:" "HE DOES BREAST JOBS" "AND NOSE JOBS." "THAT'S A PLASTIC SURGEON." "YOU JUST MADE MY POINT FOR ME" "THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE GOING" "AROUND CALLING THEMSELVES" "PLASTIC SURGEON WHO HAD " " HIS" "PRIMARY TRAINING IS OBSTRETICS" "AND GYNECOLOGY." "WENT GREAT." "I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HE EVEN" "GOT ON THE SHOW." "SO IT'S A RELATIVELY SIMPLE" "PROCEDURE." "FIRST OF ALL, PLASTIC SURGERY" "IS RISKY, AND IT'S SURGERY." "AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO BE" "SURE THAT YOU GO TO A SURGEON" "THAT'S BOARD-CERTIFIED THAT'S" "COMPETENT TO NOT ONLY DO THE" "SURGERY BUT RECOGNIZE THE" "COMPLICATIONS AND DEAL WITH THE" "COMPLICATIONS" "THE THING THAT'S DECEPTIVE IS" "THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE THE" "IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT" "REALLY SAYING, WITHOUT REALLY" "LYING " " THEY CAN MISLEAD OTHER" "PEOPLE." "I'M A BOARD-QUALIFIED PLASTIC" "SURGEON WHO WENT THROUGH THE" "WHOLE TRAINING OF GENERAL" "PLASTIC SURGERY." "YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN EAT" "CHICKEN?" "YOU CAN KIND OF SEPARATE THE" "LITTLE PIECES OF MEAT?" "THE LITTLE PIECES OF THAT MUSCLE" "JUST SEPARATE EASILY?" "SAME THING HERE." "THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISION" "RULED IN 1977 THAT IF YOU HOLD" "AN M.D. DEGREE, ANYBODY CAN CALL" "THEMSELVES A PLASTIC SURGEON IF" "THEY WANT TO." "AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS," "OFTENTIMES YOU CAN TAKE A" "WEEKEND COURSE AND LEARN HOW TO" "DO SOME OF THESE PROCEDURES AND" "GO AROUND TO PARTIES AND" "ADVERTISE THAT YOU'RE A PLASTIC" "SURGEON." "AND THAT HAPPENS PROBABLY MORE" "HERE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE" "WORLD." "THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE" "WHO ARE BOARD-CERTIFIED, WHO DO" "GOOD RESULTS." "THERE'S JUST NOT THAT MANY OF" "US." "THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC" "SURGERY." "THIS IS TERRI GULLICKSON." "Roberts:" "HI." "MY NAME IS DARRYL ROBERTS." "I WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF" "DR. DAVID MATLOCK," "DR. DAVID SAADAT, AND" "DR. ROBERT REY WERE" "BOARD-CERTIFIED." "OH, I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU," "SURE." "SO ALL THOSE ARE NOT" "BOARD-CERTIFIED BY US." "Roberts:" "ANTHONY GRIFFIN WAS" "THE ONLY BOARD-CERTIFIED PLASTIC" "SURGEON IN THIS FILM AT THE TIME" "IT WAS MADE." "PEOPLE CAN PUT UP ON THEIR" "WEBSITE ANYTHING ON THEIR" "WEBSITE." "THEY CAN PUT IN THEIR" "YELLOW PAGES AD ANYTHING TO" "DECEIVE OR MISLEAD PEOPLE, AND" "WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS'" "LIVES." "THIS IS NOT JUST GETTING A" "HAIRCUT." "WELL, IT'S EMMY AWARDS NIGHT" "TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE LOOK SO" "TOTALLY, RIDICULOUSLY" "OVERDRESSED." "Roberts:" "THIS IS" "MARY NISSENSON." "HER LOOKS AND TALENT TOOK HER LENT TOOK HER" "FROM HER JOB AS A CHICAGO NEWS" "ANCHOR TO THE HOST OF THE" ""TODAY" SHOW." "BUT WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT HER" "TALENT WOULD ONLY KEEP HER ON" "TOP FOR SO LONG, LIKE SO MANY" "OTHERS, SHE LOOKED TO PLASTIC" "SURGERY TO MAKE HER LOOK YOUNG" "AGAIN." "I DID NOT PICK SOMEBODY OUT" "OF THE PHONE BOOK OR AN AD ON" "THE TV." "I PICKED A DOCTOR WHO HAD A" "TREMENDOUS REPUTATION AS A" "PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEON." "WHAT I DIDN'T ASK WAS HOW MANY" "TIMES HAD HE DONE THE PROCEDURE" "HE WAS PROPOSING TO DO ON ME." "Roberts:" "AS IT TURNED OUT," "THE ONLY TRAINING THAT MARY'S" "DOCTOR HAD IN COSMETIC SURGERY" "WAS A ONE-DAY SEMINAR." "AND THEY HAD HIM PRACTICE ON A" "TOMATO." "I WAS TOLD I'D HAVE TWO" "ONE-INCH SCARS." "NOW, IF I LIFT UP MY HAIR, I CAN" "SHOW YOU MY SCAR GOES COMPLETELY" "ALL THE WAY AROUND MY HEAD." "THERE IS ONLY AN INCH AND A HALF" "HE DIDN'T CUT." "SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THIS MAN" "TOOK MY ENTIRE FACE OFF, OKAY?" "WHY?" "FOR A BROW LIFT." "FIVE HOURS LONGER THAN I WAS" "SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE, I WAS" "IN THERE." "AND ALL I KNOW IS THAT WHEN I" "WOKE UP FROM THAT SURGERY, MY" "VERY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I WANTED" "TO KILL MYSELF." "TAKE A DEEP BREATH." "[ INHALES DEEPLY ]" "I HAD TWO GIANT ENEMIES FROM THE" "MOMENT I WOKE UP FROM SURGERY " "LIGHT AND SOUND" "ANYONE WHO'S EVER HAD A MIGRAINE" "WILL UNDERSTAND THAT." "I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A RESTAURANT" "FOR 11 YEARS BECAUSE THE SOUND" "OF CLINKING GLASSES AND" "SILVERWARE AND STUFF IS WAY TOO" "MUCH." "I WENT IN TO SEE THE SURGEON" "AND THE DOCTOR WHO IS HIS" "PARTNER, HE SAID, "I THINK" "THROUGH THE SOUND OF WHAT SHE'S" "SAYING, THIS WOMAN MAY HAVE" "SOMETHING CALLED 'REFLEX" "SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY,' OR RSD," "IN HER CRANIUM."" "IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE WHO GET" "WHAT I HAVE DON'T GET IT IN THE" "FACE." "THEY GET IT IN A HAND OR FOOT." "AND A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM" "VOLUNTARYY UNDERGO AMPUTATION." "THEY'D RATHER HAVE THEIR HAND OR" "FOOT REMOVED THAN HAVE THE LEVEL" "OF PAIN THAT COMES WITH THIS" "CONDITION." "WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T" "UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF SOMETHING" "GOES WRONG DURING THAT COSMETIC" "SURGERY, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN." "YOU DON'T HAVE ONE PENNY OF" "HEALTH COVERAGE" "IN FACT, BECAUSE OF MY PAIN" "CONDITION I CAN'T GET HEALTH" "INSURANCE OF ANY KIND." "I'M COMPLETELY UNINSURABLE." "SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE" "PRIVILEGES AT A HOSPITAL OR AT" "ANY CERTIFIED FACILITY, THEY" "DON'T GO REPORT IT." "SO YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ABOUT THAT" "DATA." "YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT DATA THAT'S IN" "THE HOSPITALS AND AT" ""BOARD-CERTIFIED" PLASTIC" "SURGEONS' OFFICE, BUT YOU WON'T" "HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN IT'S OUT OF" "THE LOOP, SO TO SPEAK." "SUSAN?" "SUSAN?" "YOU READY TO WAKE UP, BABY?" "DOES IT USUALLY TAKE A WHILE" "FOR THEM TO WAKE UP?" "[ MONITOR BEEPING ]" "YES OR NO?" "YOU'RE CLOSE." "OPEN YOUR MOUTH, HONEY." "[ BEEPING CONTINUES ]" "SUSAN?" "SUSAN?" "SUSAN?" "[ Sing-song voice ] SUSAN?" "[ Normal voice ] SUSAN?" "Roberts:" "WHEN I LEFT THERE, I" "CALLED EVERY MAN THAT I KNEW AND" "ASKED THEM TO CALL EVERY WOMAN" "IN THEIR LIFE AND TELL THEM THAT" "THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL EXACTLY THE" "WAY THAT THEY ARE." "EVERY WOMAN IS BEAUTIFUL IN" "HER PARTICULAR WAY." "REALLY." "AND SOME ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL IN" "THE WAY THAT YOU'RE "SUPPOSED"" "TO LOOK." "BUT IF WE DEVELOPED EYES, AND WE" "DEVELOPED THE SPIRIT TO SEE" "BEAUTY IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU" "WOULD SEE EVERY WOMAN IS" "BEAUTIFUL." "THERE WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE I" "HAD WHEN I WAS IN AFRICA, AND" "THIS ONE WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE OF" "THE FIELDS OUTSIDE OF NAIROBI," "IN THE RIFT VALLEY." "I SAID, "DO YOU LIKE YOUR BODY?"" "AND SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS" "CRAZY." "SHE WAS LIKE, "LIKE MY BODY?" "LIKE MY BODY?" "OOH." "OOH, MY BODY?" "I LOVE " " I LOVE MY BODY." "I LOVE MY HANDS." "OOH, MY FINGERS " " LOOK AT MY" "FINGERS, MY FINGERNAILS." "MY HANDS " " LOOK AT MY HANDS." "AND MY ARMS!" "SO STRONG, THEY CARRY ME ALONG." "MY ARMS " " SO STRONG!" "OOF!" "AND MY LEGS?" "MY LEGS CAN WRAP AROUND A MAN" "AND HOLD HIM THERE!" "BUT MY BREASTS" " "I WAS LIKE, "WHOA." "WHOA."" "AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO" "DO THAT, LAYA." "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE MY" "BODY."" "AND SHE SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH" "YOUR BODY?"" "AND I SAID, "WELL, I HAVE THIS" "STOMACH."" "AND SHE GOES, STOMACH?" "YOUR STOMACH IS MEANT TO BE" "SEEN."" "SO SHE SAID TO ME, "EVE, DO YOU" "SEE THAT TREE?" "DO YOU LIKE THAT TREE?" "NOW LOOK AT THAT TREE." "DO YOU LIKE THAT TREE?" "DO YOU SAY THIS TREE ISN'T" "PRETTY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK" "LIKE THAT TREE?" "DO YOU SAY THIS TREE IS UGLY" "BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE" "THAT TREE?" "YOU'RE A TREE." "I'M A TREE." "YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE YOUR TREE!" "LOVE YOUR TREE!"" "TRUE BEAUTY TO ME IS BEING" "ABLE TO REALLY, WITH YOUR" "PERSONALITY, NOT ONLY BE" "PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT" "INTERNALLY BEAUTIFUL, ALSO." "Roberts:" "WHAT DO YOU THINK" "BEAUTY IS?" "WELL, I THINK YOU'RE" "BEAUTIFUL." "Roberts:" "AHH!" "FOR SURE." "YOU KNOW WHY?" "Roberts:" "WHY?" "YOU GOT A GENTLE, SOULFUL" "HANDSHAKE." "Roberts:" "OH, OKAY." "YEAH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL." "ARE WE TALKING JUST ABOUT" "LOOKS?" "ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST" "EVERYTHING?" "BEAUTY IS CONFIDENCE, I" "THINK." "LIKE, ANY WOMAN COULD BE" "BEAUTIFUL IF YOU'RE CONFIDENT." "NOT THAT I THINK I'M ALL THAT" "BEAUTIFUL, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID" "I'D RATHER HAVE A NEW COUCH THAN" "PLASTIC SURGERY." "I JUST " " I DON'T KNOW." "IT'S DEFINITELY LOVE." "I FEEL LIKE I'VE FOUND A LOT" "MORE BEAUTY IN LIFE AND WITHIN" "MYSELF SINCE I GOT MARRIED." "SO I THINK LOVE DEFINITELY" "BRINGS THAT OUT IN SOMEONE." "WHAT'S BEAUTY TO ME?" "SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY" "ATTRACTIVE." "OR MAYBE INTERNAL." "Roberts:" "INTERNAL?" "YEAH." "Roberts:" "INTERNAL." "HE SAID, POETICALLY." "MY TEACHER TELLS ME REAL" "BEAUTY'S ON THE INSIDE." "THAT'S JUST SOMETHING UGLY" "PEOPLE SAY." "Roberts:" "IT SEEMS THAT IN THE" "REAL WORLD, IF YOU DIFFER FROM" "THE MAJORITY STANDARD OF BEAUTY," "IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU'RE" "BEAUTIFUL." "HERE I AM, AFRICAN GIRL." "DARK " " DARK AS DARK CAN BE, AND" "I LIVED IN RENTON, WHICH IS" "PREDOMINANTLY WHITE " "PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SOCIETY." "AND WHAT WAS GONE AFTER WAS THE" "BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES." "SO THAT KIND OF PUT ME LIKE," ""OH WELL, I'M NOT BEAUTIFUL" "'CAUSE THAT WASN'T THE" "STANDARD."" "I WAS NOWHERE NEAR THAT." "SO I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS" "BEAUTIFUL, AND I HAD REALLY," "REALLY LOW SELF-ESTEEM." "Roberts:" "DR. STEPHEN" "MARQUARDT, A WORLD-RENOWNED" "EXPERT ON THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY," "BELIEVES HE HAS THE ANSWER TO" "WHY LIGHTER SKIN IS PREFFERED," "MOST CULTURES PREFER THE" "LIGHTER OR THE LIGHTEST OF THAT" "PARTICULAR CULTURE'S SKIN." ""AND WHY IS THAT?" EVERYBODY" "WONDERED?" "IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG?" "IS SOMETHING BAD ABOUT DARK" "SKIN?" "WELL, THE CURRENT THEORY " " AND" "I REALLY BELIEVE IT MYSELF " " IS" "THAT WE'VE EVOLVED TO" "PREFERENTIALLY PREFER SKIN" "THAT'S EASIER TO TELL DISEASE" "FROM A DISTANCE SO THAT WE'LL" "SURVIVE AND OUR OFFSPRING WILL" "SURVIVE, SO WE WON'T GET" "WHATEVER THEY HAVE THAT'S BAD." "IN SRI LANKA, WE HAVE A BLACK" "POPULATION." "HOWEVER, THE LIGHTER YOUR SKIN," "THE MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE," "WHICH IS RIDICULOUS." "IF YOU LOOK AT" "AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND YOU HAVE" "THIS ARGUMENT OR THIS DEBATE" "OVER LIGHT-SKINNED" "AFRICAN-AMERICANS, YES, WE HAVE" "THE SAME ISSUES." "WE SURE DO." "AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT" "TAKES EVERYBODY WHO IS REALLY" "DARK-SKINNED AND PUTS THEM AT A" "LOWER LEVEL, AS FAR AS THE" "PERCEIVED DESIRABILITY." "AND IT'S ONLY THIS EVOLVED" "BEHAVIOR OF IF YOU'RE LIGHTER," "YOU'RE MORE VALUABLE." "EVEN IN AFRICA, WEST COAST OF" "AFRICA, THEY HAVE PRODUCTS FOR" "SKIN LIGHTENING." "SO, I MEAN, THAT'S HOW THE" "CRAZINESS OF BEAUTY INFATUATION" "AND IN COLOR HAS EVEN " " PEOPLE" "ARE BEING EXPLOITED IN THE OWN" "MOTHERLAND, IN AFRICA, THAT OUR" "SKIN IS NOT BEAUTIFUL." "AND IT IS." "Roberts:" "CINEMATOGRAPHERS SAY" "THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE BLACK" "ACTORS 'CAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO" "LIGHT THEIR SKIN." "RIGHT." "SEE, THAT'S NOT RIGHT, SEE?" "Roberts:" "THEY'D JUST RATHER" "NOT BE BOTHERED." "SO WE SHOULD DEVELOP A MAKEUP" "THEY CAN USE THAT MAKES IT EASY" "TO LIGHT." "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN" "AND THEN BLACK ACTORS WOULD BE" "EASIER TO WORK WITH." "Roberts:" "WITH SCIENCE AND" "EVOLUTION ON HIS SIDE, IT DIDN'T" "REALLY SURPRISE ME THAT" "DR. MARQUARDT WOULD EXPERIMENT" "WITH CHANGING SKIN COLOR, TOO." "BUT WHEN HE TRIED TO MAKE A" "DARK-SKIN ACTRESS ATTRACTIVE," "BY MAKING HER FIVE SHADES" "LIGHTER WITH MAKEUP, THEY WERE" "AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS BEFORE I" "COULD GET THE CAMERA ROLLING." "YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST A LOSER." "THERE'S JUST NO WAY WITH" "SOMEBODY LIKE THAT." "SHE JUST HAS NO CONCEPT ABOUT" "ANYTHING SCIENTIFIC." "SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS VERY LITTLE" "EDUCATION BECAUSE " " WELL, AT" "LEAST SHE DIDN'T LISTEN." "SHE'S CERTAINLY NOT OPEN-MINDED." "SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT" "EVOLUTION." "SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HUMAN" "ATTRACTIVENESS." "SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT I'M" "TALKING ABOUT." "YET SHE WASN'T EVEN INTERESTED." "SHE THINKS I'M AN ASSHOLE." "Roberts:" "BUT THE LIFE THAT" "SHE LIVED THAT'S SO PAINFUL FOR" "HER " " AND THAT'S COMMON, TOO." "WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT" "YOU'RE SAYING." "Roberts:" "SO IT MAKES HER" "SENSITIVE." "THAT'S WHAT IT WAS." "A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAD," "HARD LIVES, AND THEY DON'T DWELL" "ON IT." "THEY RISE ABOVE IT." "AND IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO" "ANYTHING TO MAKE HERSELF MORE" "ATTRACTIVE, FINE." "SHE'S ABOUT ONE IN A HUNDRED" "MILLION WOMEN IN THE" "MILLION WOMEN IN THE" "UNITED STATES THAT DON'T WANT" "THAT." "THE OTHER 999,000 MILLION" "ZILLION ALL WANT THAT." "I KNOW." "I GREW UP ON AN INDIAN" "RESERVATION." "THE INDIANS WHO WERE SQUARED" "AWAY HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES" "AS THE INDIANS WHO WERE LOSERS." "AND THE GUYS WHO ARE LOSERS ARE" "STILL ON THE RESERVATION IN A" "LOT OF CASES." "THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE" "OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OFF THE" "RESERVATION GOT THEIR FREE" "COLLEGE EDUCATION, THEY" "INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY, AND" "THEY ARE AS SUCCESSFUL OR MORE" "SUCCESSFUL THAN ANYBODY ELSE." "THE GUYS WHO DIDN'T, LIKE LADIES" "LIKE HER, WHO JUST DWELLED ON" "HER PAIN, ARE STILL ON WELFARE," "ON THE INDIAN RESERVATIONS," "SITTING IN BARS AND GETTING" "DRUNK AND LOSING THEIR FALSE" "TEETH IN THE GUTTER EVERY DAY." "AND YOU KILL ME WHEN YOU SAY," ""SHE HAD A HARD LIFE."" "YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HER." "NO, NO, NO." "YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HER." "Roberts:" "I DON'T KNOW HER" "Roberts:" "I DON'T KNOW HER" "PERSONALLY." "EXACTLY." "SO YOU CANNOT SAY SHE HAD A HARD" "LIFE." "SHE MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN" "BEVERLY HILLS, AS FAR AS YOU" "KNOW." "Roberts:" "I DON'T MEAN" "FINANCIALLY." "I MEANT BEING A DARK-SKINNED" "BLACK WOMAN IN THIS SOCIETY." "SHE WAS NEVER A SLAVE." "I COULD DO THE SAME THING TO" "YOU." "[ Whining ] GOD, YOU'RE A NEGRO" "BUT YOU GOT A FREE EDUCATION" "YOU GOT THIS, AND YOU GOT THAT." "I HAD TO ROOF ROOFS, AND I HAD" "TO SHOVEL GRAVEL, AND MY MOTHER" "WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC, AND I HAVE TO" "TAKE ALL THIS MEDICINE." "AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, AND" "YOU GET IT FREE." "WELL, FUCK YOU!" "YOU KNOW?" "YOU HAVE SUCH A FUCKING, EASY" "LIFE." "YOU GUYS GET EVERYTHING FOR" "NOTHING, AND ALL YOU DO IS" "BITCH." "AND I HAVE TO WORK MY ASS OFF" "FOR IT." "[ PRETENDING TO SOB ]" "[ Normal voice ] YOU KNOW?" "WHAT?" "# DIZZY #" "# I'M SO DIZZY," "MY HEAD IS SPINNIN' #" "# LIKE A WHIRLPOOL," "IT NEVER ENDS #" "# AND IT'S YOU, GIRL," "MAKIN' IT SPIN #" "# YOU'RE MAKIN' ME DIZZY #" "Gerren:" "WE DID LIVING LARGE," "GAP." "GERREN LEAVES SCHOOL, "OPRAH."" "ART-HISTORY TEST, TEEN VOGUE IN" "NEW YORK, L.A. FASHION WEEK," "CASTINGS, EDUARDO LUCERO FASHION" "SHOW, TEEN VOGUE, NEW YORK" "FASHION WEEK, BACK TO SCHOOL!" "SHE DID MISS A GOOD AMOUNT OF" "SCHOOL." "I PROBABLY ONLY HAD ONE OTHER" "INDIVIDUAL WHO MISSED NEARLY AS" "MUCH SCHOOL AS SHE DID." "WHEN SHE WAS IN MY CLASSES, I" "HAD TO HAVE HER IN PHONE" "CONTACT." "AND SO SHE WOULD CALL ME FROM" "NEW YORK OR WHATEVER AND WE" "WOULD DISCUSS WHAT WE DID IN" "CLASS AND WHAT SHE HAD TO DO." "Roberts:" "AFTER HAVING A LOT" "OF FUN, GERREN FINALLY CAME BACK" "TO SCHOOL." "AND WHEN SHE DID, CHRIS WAS NOT" "HAPPY WITH HER NEW BEHAVIOR." "THE MODELING THING, IN SOME" "WAYS, IT SET HER APART." "AND SO HER GOAL IS TO BE WITH" "THE OTHERS." "BUT, IN SOME WAY, THIS HAS SET" "HER APART, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S" "TEMPORARY." "WHOO!" "Gerren:" "WHOO!" "Gerren:" "WHOO!" "WH-WH-WH-WHY?" "WHY, MOTHERFUCKER?" "OKAY, THAT'S WHERE THE ADULT" "NEEDS TO COME IN WITH CRITICAL" "PERSPECTIVE FOR HER ALL ALONG" "THE WAY, YOU KNOW?" "HOW CAN YOU GET THAT" "PERSPECTIVE?" "HOW CAN YOU REALLY COMPREHEND" "THAT WHEN YOU'RE 12 OR 13, THAT" "YOU'RE GOING TO BE DISCARDED?" "Gerren:" "SHE'S JUST " " SHE'S" "REALLY MEAN TO ME, AND SHE ACTS" "LIKE SHE HATES ME AND SHE HAS" "SOMETHING AGAINST ME." "I TOLD HER I'D GO TO A DIFFERENT" "HIGH SCHOOL, AND I TOLD HER THE" "NAME OF IT." "SHE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA" "GET IN THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE A" "MODEL."" "AND THAT HURT, BECAUSE I'M NOT A" "MODEL." "I'M JUST A KID WITH A JOB, JUST" "LIKE ANY OTHER KID THAT WORKS IN" "THE INDUSTRY." "SOME TEACHERS REALLY COULD" "NOT HANDLE HER." "THERE WERE MANY TEACHERS WHO" "JUST GERREN JUST PUSHED OVER THE" "EDGE." "Roberts:" "SIX OF GERREN'S" "TEACHERS BANDED TOGETHER AND" "TOLD CHRIS THAT SOMETHING HAD TO" "BE DONE." "CHRIS PUT GERREN ON A BEHAVIOR" "CONTRACT." "MICHELE, THIS IS CHRIS ELDER" "CALLING FROM NEW ROADS." "I NEED TO HAVE THE CONTRACT" "SIGNED AND BROUGHT BACK IN ORDER" "FOR HER TO ATTEND CLASSES." "MEANWHILE, SHE'S IN THE GAMES'" "ROOM..." "SHE SAID TO ME ON THE PHONE" "IS, "I'M NOT HERE TO RAISE YOUR" "CHILD."" "AND WOW." "I MEAN..." "IT TOOK EVERYTHING IN ME NOT TO" "RETALIATE AND JUST HIGHTAIL IT" "TO THE SCHOOL TO TALK TO HER" "FACE-TO-FACE." "Roberts:" "AFTER GETTING FED UP" "WITH CHRIS, MICHELE DECIDED NOT" "TO SIGN THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT." "INSTEAD, SHE TOOK GERREN OUT OF" "NEW ROADS AND PUT HER IN" "SANTA MONICA HIGH, WHERE THEY" "WOULD BE MORE TOLERANT OF HER" "MODELING SCHEDULE." "# YEAH, WE GOT THIS," "GOT THIS #" "# SURE, YOU'RE RIGHT #" "# SURE, YOU'RE RIGHT #" "# SURE YOU'RE RIGHT #" "# SCHOOL IS WHERE" "YOU LEARN THE THINGS OF LIFE #" "# SCHOOL IS WHERE... #" "# YOU LEARN THE THINGS" "OF LIFE #" "Roberts:" "BEING RELATIVELY" "UNKNOWN AT HER NEW SCHOOL," "GERREN WAS THOUGHT OF AS JUST" "ANOTHER SKINNY KID." "I CAN SEE WHY THEY'RE, LIKE," "THEY WANT TO BE SKINNY AND ALL," "BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TOO" "SKINNY." "A LOT OF GIRLS WANT TO LOOK" "LIKE THAT FOR SOME REASON." "I DON'T KNOW WHY." "BUT IT'S LIKE NOTHING TO HOLD" "ONTO." "IT'S LIKE..." "UGH!" "[ LAUGHTER ]" "I DON'T LIKE GIRLS THAT ARE" "ALL REALLY SKINNY AND WEAR A LOT" "ALL REALLY SKINNY AND WEAR A LOT" "OF MAKEUP." "Roberts:" "AT A NEW SCHOOL," "WITH NEW IDEALS ABOUT WHAT'S" "BEAUTIFUL, GERREN'S HEIGHT" "WASN'T THE ONLY THING THAT SHE" "HAD TO DEAL WITH." "SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH" "YOUR BREASTS?" "Gerren:" "THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM" "WITH MY BREASTS!" "I WANT TO WEAR THE BRA!" "IT'S NOT EVEN THAT PADDED!" "LOOK AT THIS!" "IT'S NOT EVEN THAT PADDED!" "BUT IT IS PADDED." "SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR" "BREASTS?" "Gerren:" "MOM, IT MAKES MY" "BREASTS LOOK BETTER!" "IF I LIKE THE BRA, WHY WOULDN'T" "YOU WANT ME TO WEAR IT?" "IF YOUR DAUGHTER LIKES" "SOMETHING, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT" "HER TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT" "SOMETHING?" "WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT HER TO" "WEAR IT?" "SO BOYS WILL LOOK AT HER IN THE" "WRONG TYPE OF WAYS?" "THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ANYWAYS!" "LET ME TELL YOU." "OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ABOUT" "DRESSING LIKE YOU HAVE SOME" "SENSE." "THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT." "Gerren:" "IT'S NOT ABOUT SENSE," "MOM." "AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S" "INAPPROPRIATE TO GO TO SCHOOL" "WITH YOUR STOMACH SHOWING, WITH" "YOUR PADDED BRA, WITH YOUR" "MAKEUP TO THE HILT." "Gerren:" "YOU ACT LIKE I'M SOME" "KIND OF WALKING PARTY!" "WHEN I GET TO SCHOOL, I FIT" "RIGHT IN." "HOW WILL MASCARA AND A PADDED" "BRA HELP YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS" "BE FUN?" "Gerren:" "IT JUST WOULD." "HOW?" "IF IT'S NOT ABOUT BOYS, HOW?" "Gerren:" "IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD" "ABOUT MYSELF." "[ SNIFFLES ]" "[ Voice breaking ] RUINING MY" "HIGH SCHOOL YEARS." "DO I SEE WOMEN AS OBJECTS?" "YES, I DO." "[ LAUGHS ]" "I MEAN, WOMEN SEE MEN AS" "OBJECTS." "I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH" "THAT." "I MEAN, THEY'RE OBJECTS FOR US" "TO HAMMER THE SHIT OUT, YOU" "KNOW?" "Roberts:" "BUT DO YOU RESPECT" "THEM AS INDIVIDUALS?" "DO YOU RESPECT WOMEN'S MINDS?" "UM..." "OH, MAN, THAT'S A TOUGH" "ONE, BECAUSE, GENERALLY" "SPEAKING, MOST WOMEN DON'T KNOW" "AS MUCH AS JUST AN AVERAGE GUY." "[ LAUGHS ]" "Roberts:" "IN 1920, WOMEN GOT" "THE RIGHT TO VOTE." "THAT SAME YEAR, THREE MEN" "REFOCUSED WOMEN'S PRIORITIES BY" "STARTING THE FIRST BEAUTY" "PAGEANT." "WOMEN FELL FOR IT." "...YOUR BRAINS, NOT YOUR" "BODIES!" "Roberts:" "AS WOMEN FOUGHT SO" "HARD TO NOT BE OBJECTIFIED, WHY" "DO YOU THINK WOMEN WILLINGLY" "OBJECTIFY THEMSELVES?" ""WILLINGLY" IS AN INTERESTING" "PHRASE BECAUSE I THINK THE" "CONDITIONING THAT COMES FROM" "PATRIARCHY AND THAT COMES FROM" "RELIGION AND THAT COMES FROM" "CAPITALISM IS VERY SUBTLE, AND" "IT'S VERY OMNIPRESENT." "Roberts:" "I FOUND THAT" "PATRIARCHY IN ACTION IN SUBTLE" "RENO, NEVADA, WHERE HARRAH'S" "CASINO WILLINGLY THREW THE LAWS" "GOVERNING EQUALITY IN THE" "WORKPLACE RIGHT OUT OF THE" "WINDOW." "THEY FIRED LONGTIME EMPLOYEE" "DARLENE JESPERSEN FOR NOT" "WEARING MAKEUP." "PEOPLE CAME IN, YOU KNOW, AND" "THEY GIVE YOU BIG SMILES, AND" "WE'D TALK AND CATCH UP ON" "THINGS." "AND THEY LIKED IT BECAUSE I GAVE" "THEM GOOD SERVICE." "STONY CAME BY ONE DAY, THE" "OFFICE, AND SAID THAT HE WANTED" "US TO COME TO THIS MEETING." "THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN" "FIRED FROM HARRAH'S FOR NOT" "WEARING MAKEUP." "AND WHEN I HEARD THAT, I" "THOUGHT, "WHAT A THROWBACK." "YOU CAN'T GET FIRED FOR NOT" "WEARING MAKEUP."" "I THOUGHT, "THERE'S SOMETHING" "ELSE GOING ON HERE." "THIS CAN'T BE THE TRUTH." "WE'RE GONNA MEET THIS PERSON." "SHE'S GONNA BE AN AWFUL," "HORRIBLE PERSON, AND WE'RE GONNA" "KNOW THAT SHE GOT FIRED BECAUSE" "SHE'S JUST MEAN AND SPITS IN THE" "FACE OF HER EMPLOYER."" "BECAUSE I WASN'T USED TO THE" "MAKEUP, IT JUST REALLY MADE ME" "FEEL ALMOST LIKE I WAS NAKED." "I THINK I WOULD HAVE RATHER BEEN" "NAKED THAN HAVE THE MAKEUP ON." "[ LAUGHS ]" "THEN I MEET DARLENE, AND" "SHE'S ONE OF THE KINDEST, NICEST" "PEOPLE, SOFT-SPOKEN." "AND I REMEMBER THINKING, "HOW" "COULD SOMEONE FIRE SOMEONE LIKE" "THIS, SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED FOR" "SO LONG AT A JOB SO HARD?"" "AND THEN THEY GET FIRED FOR NOT" "WEARING MAKEUP?" "AS MISS NEVADA, I COULD NEVER BE" "FIRED FOR NOT WEARING MAKEUP." "Roberts:" "DARLENE, NOT ONE TO" "SIT BACK AND ENDURE INJUSTICE," "SUED HARRAH'S CASINO." "YOU HAVE TO LOOK APPEALING TO" "THE MALE CUSTOMERS, AND YOU HAVE" "TO HAVE THAT MAKEUP ON TO BE" "DECORATED." "Roberts:" "THIS SOUNDED GOOD TO" "THE 3-MAN JURY, WHO DISMISSED" "HER CASE." "TO LEGITIMIZE THEIR POSITION," "HARRAH'S REWROTE THEIR EMPLOYEE" ""PERSONAL BEST" HANDBOOK TO MAKE" "WEARING MAKEUP MANDATORY FOR" "FEMALE EMPLOYEES." "RIGHT THERE, IN THE POLICY," "WOMEN AND MEN ARE TREATED" "DIFFERENTLY." "THERE IS A BURDEN ON WOMEN TO" "BUY MAKEUP, SPEND THE TIME, PUT" "IT ON, WEAR IT ALL THE TIME, GET" "IT RIGHT." "IF THEY DON'T GET IT RIGHT," "THEY'LL GET IN TROUBLE." "Roberts:" "SO DARLENE SUED THEM" "AGAIN." "AFTER 20 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY" "SERVICE, SHE WAS FIRED UNDER" "THIS POLICY, AND HARRAH'S HAS" "NOT EVEN BEEN REQUIRED TO" "EXPLAIN WHY THEY NEED THAT" "POLICY." "AND WE THINK THAT'S WRONG." "Roberts:" "THIS TIME THE" "NINTH CIRCUIT COURT TOTALLY" "DISREGARDED DARLENE'S REAL" "REASON FOR BEING IN COURT, WHICH" "WAS SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR" "MAKEUP AT ALL." "THEY DELIVERED A VERDICT THAT" "DARLENE DIDN'T BRING RECEIPTS" "FOR HER MAKEUP TO COURT, NOR DID" "SHE LOG HOW MUCH TIME IT TOOK" "HER TO PUT ON THE MAKEUP," "THEREFORE NOT PROVING THAT IT" "WAS A BURDEN TO BE A WOMAN." "YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS IN OUR" "SOCIETY, A LOT OF WOMEN WERE" "TOLD HOW TO LOOK AND HOW TO" "DRESS." "Roberts:" "AND AT HARRAH'S," "THAT'S OKAY." "MAKEUP HAS A LOT OF CHEMICALS" "IN STUFF IN IT, BUT, I MEAN " "I'VE BROKEN OUT IN RASHES A" "COUPLE TIMES." "YEAH!" "I'VE USED MAKEUP BEFORE, AND," "I DON'T KNOW, ONE TIME I GOT," "LIKE, THIS WEIRD, RED THING ALL" "OVER MY FACE." "AND THAT WASN'T GOOD." "# I PUT A SPELL ON YOU #" "FDA GETS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS" "EVERY YEAR ABOUT INJURIES FROM" "COSMETICS." "# 'CAUSE YOU'RE MINE # 884 INGREDIENTS FOUND" "ROUTINELY IN COSMETICS ARE" "TOXIC." "UNLIKE NATURAL INGREDIENTS," "SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS ARE READILY" "AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE VERY" "INEXPENSIVE TO MAKE." "Roberts:" "WOMEN IN THE" "UNITED STATES USE AN AVERAGE OF 12 COSMETIC AND PERSONAL-CARE" "PRODUCTS EVERY DAY." "MEN USE AN AVERAGE OF NINE." "MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE" "APPLIED DIRECTLY TO OUR SKIN." "OF COURSE, THEY ALL HAVE LABELS," "BUT DO PEOPLE REALLY KNOW WHAT'S" "IN THEM." "LET ME EXPLAIN." "ON THE BACK OF A LABEL, THERE'S" "ROOM, GENERALLY, FOR ABOUT 20" "INGREDIENTS, OKAY?" "COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO LABEL" "ANYTHING THEY CONSIDER A TRADE" "SECRET." "COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO LABEL" "THE COMPONENTS OF FRAGRANCE." "AND FRAGRANCE CAN BE A COMPLEX" "MIXTURE OF HUNDREDS OF" "CHEMICALS." "ONE OF THE TOP ALLERGENS IN THE" "WORLD IS FLAT-OUT FRAGRANCE." "Roberts:" "JUST SOUTH OF" "NEW YORK'S FASHION DISTRICT IS" "SYMRISE CORPORATION, ONE OF THE" "LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF" "FRAGRANCES IN THE WORLD." "THEY COMBINE HUNDREDS OF" "CHEMICALS AND NATURAL SUBSTANCES" "INTO INGREDIENTS FOR PRODUCTS" "FROM PERFUME TO DISH SOAP." "BUT YOU WON'T FIND ANY OF THESE" "INGREDIENTS ON THE LABEL." "SO, ACTUALLY, ALL THE" "FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS WE USE ARE" "ON THEIR OWN BEING TESTED NOT TO" "HAVE ANY REACTION WITH THE SKIN." "Roberts:" "DOES A FRAGRANCE" "PENETRATE INTO YOUR SKIN?" "SORT OF, YES, I THINK SO." "I MEAN, IT REALLY STAYS ONLY ON" "THE SUPERFICIAL PART OF THE" "SKIN." "IT DOESN'T GO IN YOUR" "BLOODSTREAM." "THE SKIN'S A 20th OF AN INCH" "THICK." "AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT," "YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF OTHER" "INGREDIENTS REFERRED TO AS THE" "PENETRATION ENHANCERS " " THINGS" "THAT WILL HELP THE CARCINOGEN OR" "THE TOXIC CHEMICAL GET INTO YOUR" "BODY." "TONIGHT, AN "EYEWITNESS NEWS"" "INVESTIGATION IS REVEALING A" "BEAUTY SECRET THE COSMETIC" "INDUSTRY MAY NOT WANT YOU TO" "KNOW." "MANY OF THE PRODUCTS YOU USE TO" "GET READY EVERY DAY HAVE" "CHEMICALS CALLED "PHTHALATES."" "THEY'RE BANNED IN EUROPE SINCE 2004 BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS." "BUT THEY'RE STILL WIDELY USED IN" "THIS COUNTRY." "SOME CLINICAL STUDIES LINK" "PHTHALATES TO BOTH CANCER AND" "BIRTH DEFECTS." "AND A FEDERAL LAB IS REVEALING" "WHY YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED" "ABOUT THIS BEAUTY SECRET." "IN OUR STUDY, WE FOUND THAT" "THESE PHTHALATES ARE TOXIC TO" "THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM." "IN MALE BABIES, SIZE OF THE" "PENIS WAS SOMEWHAT SMALLER." "THE TESTICLES ARE NOT COMPLETELY" "DESCENDED OR NOT DESCENDED MORE" "OFTEN WHEN THE MOTHER HAD" "HIGHER LEVEL OF PHTHALATES." "AND A GROUP AT HARVARD SHOWED" "THAT ADULT MALES HAVE DECREASED" "SPERM COUNTS." "SO EVIDENTLY IT HAS EFFECTS" "PRENATALLY, AND IT ALSO HAS" "EFFECTS IN ADULTS." "BUT THE COSMETIC, CHEMICAL," "TOILETRY, AND FRAGRANCE" "ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS" "MANUFACTURERS, SAYS CONSUMERS" "HAVE NO REASON TO WORRY." "PHTHALATES HAVE BEEN STUDIED" "FOR DECADES, AND ALL OF THE" "STUDIES SHOW THAT THEIR USE IN" "COSMETICS ARE ABSOLUTELY SAFE." "PHTHALATES, YES." "Roberts:" "AND HOW THAT CAUSES" "CANCER." "THEY'RE LIKE SOLVENTS THAT" "ARE BEING USED THAT ARE NO" "LONGER BEING USED NOW." "BULLSHIT." "GO INTO A STORE ON YOUR WAY" "BACK." "[ "PINK PANTHER" THEME PLAYS ]" "Roberts:" "PHTHALATES," "PHTHALATES, PHTHALATES." "HMM..." "I DON'T SEE ANY PHTHALATES IN" "HERE." "I CAN'T EVEN READ THE" "INGREDIENTS." "MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO USES" "COSMETICS MAY KNOW." "DO YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT" "COSMETICS?" "NOT REALLY." "Roberts:" "I WANTED TO ASK FOR" "A BIG, OLD BOTTLE OF PHTHALATES," "BUT I GUESS ALL THE REAL" "DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS WOULD BE" "CALLED "TRADE SECRETS" AND" "HIDDEN BEHIND NAMES LIKE..." ""L'ORÉAL CREAMY, NATURAL," "VISIBLE LIFT " " LINE-MINIMIZING" "MAKEUP."" "YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?" "I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S LIKE A" "CONCEALER." "Roberts:" "I GRABBED A FEW" "BOTTLES THAT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT" "GUILTY TO ME AND HEADED FOR THE" "CHECKOUT." "I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO BE IN THERE" "SOMEWHERE." "I THINK WHAT I NEED IS AN EXPERT" "TO INTERROGATE THESE SUSPECTS" "AND GET THE TRUTH OUT OF THEM." "DO YOU WEAR MAKEUP?" "I FOUND A LAB IN CHICAGO" "ILLINOIS " " STAT ANALYSIS" "CORPORATION." "THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE" "TESTING FOR PHTHALATES AND OTHER" "INGREDIENTS IN PRODUCTS, NOT" "ONLY IN AMERICA BUT FOR CLIENTS" "ALL OVER THE WORLD." "ALL SAMPLES DID CONTAIN" "PHTHALATES." "THE REVLON NAIL ENAMEL HAD 800 PARTS PER MILLION OF" "DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE." "THE TRÉSOR PARFUM HAD 5,800 PARTS PER MILLION OF THE" "DIETHYL PHTHALATE." "AND THE SALLY HENSON TEFLON TUFF" "HAD THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF" "PHTHALATES." "IT HAD 68,000 PARTS PER MILLION" "OF DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE." "Roberts:" "IS THAT A LOT?" "WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO TALK" "ABOUT 68,000 PARTS PER MILLION," "THEN THAT'S IN THE PERCENT" "RANGE." "YOU'RE STARTING TO GET WHERE" "IT'S A MAJOR COMPONENT IN THE" "PRODUCT." "THAT 68,000 " " THAT'S A LOT." "Roberts:" "IF THESE TYPE OF" "PHTHALATES ARE EVEN SUSPECTED" "OF, SAY, BEING A DISRUPTER OR" "CAUSING ANY HARM, AND A" "GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY IS AWARE" "THAT THE PHTHALATES ARE IN THE" "COSMETICS, WOULDN'T THEY DO" "SOMETHING?" "A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE" "FALSE ASSUMPTION THAT THE FDA" "PROTECTS US FROM HARMFUL" "INGREDIENTS AND HARMFUL" "PRODUCTS." "NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM" "THE TRUTH, THOUGH." "THE FDA, WHO IS OVERSEEN BY" "CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE THE" "AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SAFETY" "TESTING BEFORE COSMETICS LAND ON" "STORE SHELVES." "SINCE THE 67 YEARS OF THE" "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION" "BEING ESTABLISHED, THEY HAVE" "ONLY BANNED SIX INGREDIENTS IN" "COSMETIC PRODUCTS, WHEREAS THE" "EUROPEAN UNION HAS ACTUALLY" "BANNED 450 CHEMICAL INGREDIENTS" "AND COSMETICS." "IN EUROPE, YOU REALLY NEED TO" "PROVE THAT SOMETHING IS SAFE" "BEFORE YOU ALLOW IT TO BE USED." "Roberts:" "BUT HERE, IN THE" "UNITED STATES, WOMEN'S HEALTH" "WAS APPARENTLY NOT AS IMPORTANT" "AS CORPORATE PROFIT, AS A" "CALIFORNIA BILL TO CONTROL" "PHTHALATES WAS KILLED IN" "COMMITTEE." "HERE YOU SEE THE LIST OF" "PEOPLE OPPOSING IT " "MERLE NORMAN, MARY KAY," "ELIZABETH ARDEN." "THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY CAME OUT" "FULL FORCE TO FIGHT THIS BILL" "BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS" "BILL TO START A TREND IN THE" "UNITED STATES." "AND MY GUESS IS THEY WOULDN'T" "WANT WOMEN TO KNOW THAT THERE IS" "THIS POTENTIAL HARM THAT CAN" "COME FROM THEIR PRODUCTS, NOR" "THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS" "BANNED THESE PRODUCTS." "WELL, THERE'S NO REASON TO" "CONSIDER REFORMULATING A PRODUCT" "THAT IS SAFE." "MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AN" "INCREASE IN CHRONIC ILLNESS." "WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN" "ALLERGIES, IN NEGATIVE" "REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES, IN" "INFERTILITY." "WE'RE HAVING INCREASED BREAST" "CANCER." "AND NOW WE'RE FINDING FLAME" "RETARDANTS IN BREAST MILK." "CONVINCE ME IT'S OKAY, WITH 95%" "CERTAINTY." "TELL ME THAT'S OKAY." "LOOK ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYE." "LOOK YOUR DAUGHTER STRAIGHT IN" "THE EYE." "LOOK YOUR WIFE STRAIGHT IN THE" "EYE." "LOOK YOUR PARTNER AND TELL HER" "IT'S OKAY." ""HONEY, IT'S OKAY."" "Roberts:" "EVEN THOUGH THEIR" "PRODUCTS CONTAIN PHTHALATES, AND" "NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE" "LINKED PHTHALATES WITH VARIOUS" "CANCERS IN WOMEN, TWICE A YEAR," "REVLON PUTS ON ITS HAPPY FACE" "AND SUPPORTS THE BREAST CANCER" "WALK." "YOU ARE THE CONSUMER." "THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL YOU THE" "PRODUCT." "CAN YOU APPROACH THOSE COMPANIES" "NOW AND TELL THEM, WRITE A" "LETTER, WRITE AN E-MAIL THAT" "THIS IS HOW WE FEEL?" "HELL, NO!" "THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH MONEY TO" "BE MADE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR ANY" "OF US TO BE CHANGED." "AND IT'S LIKE " " IT IS." "AND YOU KNOW WHAT?" "THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT WE'RE" "HAVING TOO MUCH FUN NOT THINKING" "ABOUT THE FUTURE, NOT THINKING" "ABOUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS," "AND JUST DOING THIS BECAUSE IT" "FEELS GOOD BECAUSE WE WANT TO" "BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE." "Gerren:" "YEAH, IT'S LIKE WE" "WANT TO FORGET ABOUT ALL THE BAD" "STUFF." "WE KNOW IT, DEEP DOWN INSIDE," "THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BAD," "WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WRONG..." "Roberts:" "THIS WAS ONE OF THE" "LAST DISCUSSION GERREN WOULD" "HAVE AT HER NEW SCHOOL." "IN AN EFFORT TO MORE EFFECTIVELY" "DIRECT GERREN'S CAREER PATH," "MICHELE PULLED GERREN OUT OF" "SCHOOL AGAIN IN FAVOR OF" "HOME-SCHOOLING." "SHE THEN PULLED GERREN OUT OF" "L.A. MODELS." "I'VE ALWAYS HAD FAITH IN MY" "DAUTHER, EVEN WHEN SOMETIME I" "HAVE TO SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE" "AGENCY DIDN'T." "I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT" "THEY'VE DONE FOR HER AND HELPING" "ME TO GET HER TO WHERE SHE IS" "RIGHT NOW." "BUT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT" "LEVEL." "CHOOSING A REALLY GOOD AGENCY" "THAT I FEEL HAS MY VISION IN" "MIND, BECAUSE I'M A HUGE" "VISIONARY." "Roberts:" "MICHELE'S VISION" "TOOK HER TO DNA MANAGEMENT, ONE" "OF THE LEADING AGENCIES IN" "NEW YORK." "MICHELE HAD FAITH THAT THIS" "AGENCY WOULD DO EVEN BETTER IN" "HELPING GERREN WITH THIS" "UPCOMING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK." "BUT THIS TIME, THINGS DIDN'T GO" "AS PLANNED." "AFTER GOING TO CASTING AFTER" "CASTING, GERREN DIDN'T BOOK ONE" "JOB." "EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO HAD HIRED" "HER BEFORE, THE ONES WHO SAID" "SHE WAS SO GREAT?" "NOT ONE OF THEM BOOKED HER THIS" "SEASON." "Gerren:" "I'VE BEEN WITH THEM" "SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT TO" "NOTHING " " NOT SEEING ONE" "PERSON, ONE DESIGNER." "I MEAN, IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN " "I MEAN, PUT ME IN FRONT OF A" "CAMERA, AND I WILL WORK THAT" "CAMERA." "BUT I HEARD THE MOTHER WAS" "VERY AGGRESSIVE, AND I HEARD SHE" "WAS LIKE A MOTHER FROM HELL." "WHAT THIS IS ABOUT FOR" "GERREN IS TO SET HER UP FOR LIFE" "SO THAT SHE'LL NEVER HAVE TO" "WORRY ABOUT FIANCES." "MICHELE WANTS TO MAKE GERREN" "A STAR, BUT MICHELE IS KILLING" "GERREN." "STEP NUMBER ONE WILL BE TO" "GET MORE INVOLVED BY BECOMING" "MOTHER/AGENT." "IF MICHELE'S ON THE PHONE" "BOOKING HER JOB, THEN SHE CAN BE" "THE BIGGEST BITCH IN LIFE." "BUT SHE AIN'T BOOKING ON" "NOTHING." "MICHELE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BE A" "MOTHER/AGENT." "SHE'S JUST GOING BECAUSE IT" "SOUNDS GOOD, AND SHE WANTS THAT" "PERCENTAGE." "LET THEM DO WHAT THEY DO." "THIS IS THEIR JOB." "YOU CAN'T GET THAT MODEL SALARY" "WITHOUT THEIR HELP." "THEN YOU'LL BE BANNED," "BLACKBALLED." "PEOPLE WILL CALL YOU A PROBLEM." "YOU WON'T WORK." "Gerren:" "THEY KNOW THIS IS FUN" "FOR ME." "SO WHY ARE ADULTS DEFINITELY" "TRYING TO SQUASH MY DREAMS?" "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS" "INDUSTRY IS SO FAKE." "I'VE SEEN GERREN COME TO" "CASTING WITH HER FIGERNAILS" "WEREN'T CLIPPED LIKE THEY NEED" "TO BE CLIPPED " " DIRTY" "FINGERNAILS, LITTLE KID STUFF." "IT'S LIKE, "HONEY, THIS IS A" "BUSINESS." "THIS IS A PRODUCT."" "Roberts:" "WHEN MICHELE" "REALIZED THAT NEW YORK HAD" "STOPPED CARING ABOUT GERREN, SHE" "LOOKED TO EUROPE AS THE PLACE TO" "REVITALIZE GERREN'S CAREER, AND" "THEY SET OFF TO TRY TO BOOK" "SHOWS IN LONDON, PARIS, AND" "MILAN." "I DON'T AGREE WITH GOING TO" "LONDON 'CAUSE LONDON IS NOT" "SOMETHING PEOPLE TAKE REALLY" "SERIOUS AS FASHION, AS MUCH AS" "THEY TAKE PARIS, MILAN," "NEW YORK." "I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT, BUT" "MICHELE FEELS COMFORTABLE." "SO THEY GOT TO GO WHERE YOU HAVE" "TO GO." "Gerren:" "I LOVE LONDON!" "LOOK AT ALL THIS." "SO BEAUTIFUL." "Roberts:" "SHE SIGNED WITH" "STORM MODELS, ONE OF THE LEADING" "AGENCIES IN ENGLAND" "SASH, HOW MANY HAS SHE GOT" "TODAY " " CASTINGS?" "SEVENTEEN." "SEVENTEEN!" "I WOULD THINK IT'S ALMOST" "IMPOSSIBLE." "WE TELL YOU WHICH ONES TO" "GET." "Roberts:" "WITH THEIR HELP," "GERREN WAS ABLE TO BOOK TWO" "SHOWS AND A PHOTO SHOOT." "SO THE SHOOT TODAY IS FOR THE" "COVER OF BOLZ MAGAZINE, WHICH IS" "VERY EXCITING." "YOU LIKE YOUR HAIR, GERREN?" "Gerren:" "IT'S BIG." "[ BOTH LAUGH ]" "Roberts:" "THIS TIME, EVEN" "MICHELE GOT IN ON THE ACTION." "[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]" "Gerren:" "I'M ALSO EXCITED" "ABOUT THE MAGAZINE COVER," "'CAUSE IT'S MY FIRST COVER." "AFTER THREE YEARS, I GET A" "COVER." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "HERE'S THE BRA!" "FAMOUS BRA!" "IT'S WEIRD, 'CAUSE NOW THAT I" "DON'T GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL" "ANYMORE " " I JUST HOME-SCHOOL " "I DON'T EVEN NEED THIS BRA" "ANYMORE." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "I'M NEVER WEARING." "SO I GUESS PEER PRESSURE DID" "HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THAT BRA." "Roberts:" "THE TWO SHOWS THAT" "GERREN DID WERE ONLY PAID WITH" "CLOTHES, AND THE MONEY THAT THEY" "HAD LEFT WAS BARELY ENOUGH TO" "STAY IN LONDON, MUCH LESS GO TO" "PARIS." "TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, THE AGENCY" "TOLD MICHELE SOMETHING THAT" "COULD JEOPARDIZE THEIR WHOLE" "TRIP TO EUROPE." "WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE AGENCY" "IN MILAN, BUT SASHA SAID" "SOMETHING ABOUT A SIZE, OR SHE'S 97 INCHES, AND THEY WANT" "90 INCHES." "YOU NEED TO BE 89 HIP -- 89, 90 FOR MILAN." "Roberts:" "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO" "BE THAT SMALL TO " "IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE SMALL." "IT'S JUST THE FABRIC IS SO" "EXPENSIVE AND THE DETAILING." "IF YOU MAKE A DRESS THAT'S A" "SIZE 4, AND NO ONE BUYS IT, YOU" "ONLY BOUGHT THREE YARDS." "IF SHE'S A SIZE 10, YOU BOUGHT 10 YARDS." "SO NOW SHE HAS TO EAT THAT UP." "YOU SPEND $10,000 IN FABRIC, AND" "NO ONE BUYS THAT DRESS FOR THE" "PRESS AND NO STORE BUYS IT, YOU" "LOST $10,000 IN FABRIC." "I AM 6 FEET TALL, AND I'M A" "SIZE 2/4." "I WEIGH 130 POUNDS." "BUT I'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD, AND" "I FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE TO LOSE 15 POUNDS." "AND THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT." "Roberts:" "I MEAN, I'M SURE" "YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WHAT" "YOU'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON." "COULDN'T THAT BE, LIKE," "DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH?" "HEALTH DOESN'T BECOME AN" "OPTION IN THIS BUSINESS." "IF YOU'RE GONNA WORRY ABOUT YOUR" "HEALTH, THEN GO TO COLLEGE." "MORE AND MORE YOUNG GIRLS ARE" "SIMPLY NOT EATING." "GIRLS AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS" "OLD ARE DIETING, AND, ACCORDING" "TO ONE STUDY, THEY'RE MORE" "AFRAID OF GETTING FAT THAN" "GETTING CANCER..." "OR LOSING A PARENT." "[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]" "LYNN GREFE." "YES, IT'S NOW CALLED THE" "NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS" "ASSOCIATION." "YES." "AND THEY CAN HELP YOU, OKAY?" "BYE." "LOTS AND LOTS OF CALLS." "SOMETIMES I GET CALLS " " PEOPLE" "CRYING." ""PLEASE, I JUST FOUND OUT MY" "CHILD HAS A TERRIBLE EATING" "DISORDER." "WHERE DO I GO?" "WE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE."" "ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK, IT'S" "HORRIBLE." "AND THEY'RE SERIOUS ILLNESSES." "ANOREXIA NERVOSA HAS THE HIGHEST" "PREMATURE MORTALITY RATE OF ANY" "MENTAL ILLNESS." "AND THE LONG-TERM HEALTH" "IMPLICATIONS TO THEM ARE" "ENORMOUS." "I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING" "THEIR COLONS." "HALF THEIR INTESTINES HAD TO BE" "CUT OUT." "ON DIALYSIS " " I MEAN, IF YOU'RE" "NOT FEEDING YOUR BODY, THEN" "YOU'RE NOT FEEDING YOUR ORGANS." "THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN'T EVEN" "AFFORD TO GET THEIR CHILD INTO" "TREATMENT." "PEOPLE ARE TAKING SECOND" "MORTGAGES ON THEIR HOMES." "THEY'RE DEPLETING THEIR" "RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS." "IF SOMEBODY HAS A SERIOUS EATING" "DISORDER, THE COST OF INPATIENT ORDER, THE COST OF INPATIENT" "TREATMENT -- $25,000 TO $30,000" "A MONTH." "AND GENERALLY THE STAY IS THREE" "TO FOUR MONTHS." "AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD, IN" "FACT, FORCE INSURANCE COMPANIES" "TO COVER THESE ILLNESSES." "BUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TACKLE" "IT." "THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT" "IT, AND THEY THINK THAT IT'S ALL" "ABOUT IMAGE, AND IT'S ABOUT" "SOMEBODY WHO JUST WANTS TO BE" "THIN." "SURE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO LOOK" "GOOD, BUT NOT EVERYBODY" "JEOPARDIZES THEIR HEALTH." "WHERE SHE WAS." "I COULD SEE HER WALKING OUT" "THE DOOR." "HOW DO YOU SURVIVE OUTLIVING" "YOUR CHILD, ESPECIALLY WHEN, AT" "THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU FEEL SO" "RESPONSIBLE?" "Roberts:" "THIS IS TOM AND" "DORIS." "THEY'RE THE PARENTS OF ANDREA," "WHO RECENTLY DIED OF BULIMIA." "I BECAME AWARE PROBABLY THREE" "MONTHS INTO HER FRESHMAN YEAR OF" "COLLEGE, BECAUSE I NOTICED" "COUNTING CALORIES, WEIGHING" "HERSELF ALL THE TIME." "SHE STARTED AN EXERCISE ROUTINE" "THAT WAS REALLY, UM..." "OBSESSIVE" "AND EXCESSIVE." "ONE DAY, I READ AN ARTICLE IN" "THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE." "SHE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT HER" "STRUGGLE WITH BULIMIA." "THE WAY SHE SAID SHE STARTED, IT" "JUST WAS LIKE BELLS WENT OFF," "AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THAT'S" "REALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT I SEE" "ANDREA DOING."" "AND SHE SAID, "THANKS FOR THE" "ARTICLE, MOM, BUT YOU HAVE" "NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."" "I DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL LATER" "THAT SHE GOT MANY OF HER IDEAS" "ABOUT BULIMIC BEHAVIOR FROM THE" "ARTICLE." "FAMILIES, PARENTS, SIBLINGS" "ARE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS." "SO ARE FRIENDS, THE PEOPLE YOU" "ASSOCIATE WITH." "WHAT DO THEY REINFORCE ABOUT" "YOU?" "Gerren:" "MOMMY'S HAVING ISSUES" "BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE" "SKINNIER." "SKINNIER." "THAT'S NOT TRUE." "Gerren:" "WELL, SHE DOESN'T" "WANT TO HAVE A STOMACH." "RIGHT." "I INSULTED MY BODY ALL THE" "TIME IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTERS." "Gerren:" "WHY DO YOU WANT TO" "FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A" "FLAT STOMACH AT 43?" "BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE A FLAT" "STOMACH AT 97." "IT DOESN'T MATTER." "Gerren:" "WHY, THOUGH?" "BECAUSE I'M USED TO IT." "HOW CAN MY CHILDREN, WHO," "WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE, THEY LOOK" "UP TO MOM." "AND TO THEM, MOTHER IS PERFECT." "SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!" "SHE'S GORGEOUS!" "Gerren:" "WHY DO YOU WANT TO" "LOSE THAT?" "IT'S JUST MY STOMACH, OKAY?" "TO ME, I MEAN, I'M FINE." "I LIKE ME." "IT'S JUST THIS TUMMY." "Gerren:" "BUT I DON'T WANT YOU" "TO LOSE YOUR STOMACH." "AND HERE SHE IS, HEARING," ""BUT SHE SAYS SHE'S NOT." "IF MOM HATES THAT ABOUT HER," "WOW!" "I'VE GOT THAT SAME BODY."" "Gerren:" "BUT LOOK." "IT STICKS OUT A LITTLE BIT." "Gerren:" "NO, MA." "I MEAN, TO THE AVERAGE" "PERSON, I'M SURE, YEAH, THEY'D" "BE LIKE, "OH PLEASE, GIVE ME A" "BREAK."" "BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT I AM" "NOT USED TO THIS." "I'M USED TO MY STOMACH BEING" "HERE, WHERE THE SHIRT JUST COMES" "DOWN HERE." "THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS" "WHY PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO LOSE" "WEIGHT." "I GUESS WHEN YOU HIT ABOUT 40-SOMETHING, AND YOUR" "METABOLISM CHANGES, AND YOU'RE" "USED TO BEING THIN ALL YOUR" "LIFE, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND." "BUT WHAT KILLS?" "IN THE CASE OF ANDREA, IT WAS AN" "ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE." "ONE EXTREME BINGE/PURGE CYCLE" "CAN WHACK OUT THE ELECTROLYTES" "TO THE POINT OF CAUSING SOMEONE" "TO DIE." "WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT." "Roberts:" "ONE?" "YEAH." "MM-HMM." "THE CORONER " " HE SAID, "IT'S" "JUST A MENTAL CONDITION."" "BUT YOU CAN'T DIE OF MENTAL" "ILLNESS." "SO I BEGGED HIM." "I SAID, "PLEASE" "IF NOTHING ELSE, I WANT MY" "DAUGHTER TO BE A STATISTIC," "BECAUSE WHAT I KNOW " "STATISTICS, NUMBERS, THAT'S WHAT" "DETERMINES WHAT GETS FUNDED FOR" "RESEARCH AND FOR PREVENTION."" "MY DAUGHTER NEEDED TO BE ONE OF" "THOSE NUMBERS." "SHE NEEDED TO COUNT." "HE REFUSED." "ON OUR DAUGHTER'S DEATH" "CERTIFICATE IT DOESN'T SAY SHE" "DIED OF BULIMIA." "Roberts:" "WHAT DOES IT SAY?" "IT SAYS, "UNKNOWN CAUSES."" "EVERY PARENT WE'VE TALKED TO" "WHO'S LOST A CHILD DUE TO" "BULIMIA, WE ASKED THEM, "IS" "BULIMIA LISTED ON YOUR CHILD'S" "DEATH CERTIFICATE?"" "WE HAVE YET TO FIND A PARENT WHO" "SAYS YES." "WE LOOK AT OUR DAUTHER, AND TO" "US SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT," "ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL EXACTLY THE" "WAY SHE WAS." "AM I PRETTY ENOUGH TO BE" "NOTICED?" "WILL THEY LOVE ME IF I GO ON" "A DIET?" "WHY DO GIRLS NEED TO BE" "SKINNY?" "WILL MY FRECKLES GO AWAY?" "DO I NEED LIPOSUCTION?" "DO I NEED A BOOB JOB?" "DO YOU THINK I'M FAT?" "DO YOU THINK I'M FAT?" "DO YOU THINK I'M..." "DO YOU THINK I'M..." "DO YOU THINK I'M FAT?" "Roberts:" "WITH PROSPECTS IN" "MILAN LOOKING SLIM AND NO MONEY" "TO BE MADE IN LONDON, MICHELE" "TAKES GERREN TO PARIS, THE MECCA" "OF HIGH FASHION." "LET ME SEE HOW YOU LOOK IN" "THAT." "LET'S SEE YOUR WAVE." "OH, YOU'RE STICK, AND YOU'RE A" "LITTLE BONE." "ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO." "HOW OLD ARE YOU?" "15." "15." "HAVE YOU PUT ON SOME WEIGHT" "SINCE THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN?" "'CAUSE YOUR FACE IS LESS ROUND" "IN THESE PICTURES." "WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE?" "SUPPOSED TO BE 90." "SHE LOOKS FINE IN THE HIPS." "OH!" "96." "LET'S SEE, PLEASE." "AT THE MOMENT IN FRANCE, THERE" "IS NOT THIS BIG MARKET FOR BLACK" "WOMEN." "SO, NO, I THINK SHE HAS THE" "POTENTIAL BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD" "BASE." "BUT YOU NEED TO BE MORE SKINNY," "MORE..." "AND LESS AND LESS LIKE..." "UM..." "THEY'RE, LIKE, WANTING THESE" "GIRLS TO HAVE EATING DISORDERS" "AND BE ANOREXIC." "HOW CAN YOU BE 6 FEET TALL AND" "BE 90 CENTIMETERS AROUND THE" "HIPS, WHICH, TO ME, IS PROBABLY" "A ZERO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT." "IT'S JUST SO UNHEALTHY." "AND WHAT, TO SAVE A LITTLE" "FABRIC FOR THE SHOWS?" "IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT" "THE GIRLS." "Gerren:" "ME AND MY MOM WERE" "DISCUSSING HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE" "BECAME FAMOUS THAT WERE REALLY" "NOBODY." "SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WAYS" "THAT I COULD BECOME FAMOUS." "I WAS LIKE, "WELL, PARIS HILTON" "HAD A SEX TAPE."" "BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL BE DOING" "THAT." "SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH" "ANOTHER PLAN." "NO, SCOTCH THE SEX TAPE." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "NOBODY WANTS TO..." "NO, I DON'T" "WANT TO DO THAT." "I'M NEVER HAVING SELF-ESTEEM" "PROBLEMS, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO" "REASON TO FEEL DIFFERENT OR" "REASON TO FEEL DIFFERENT OR" "UGLY..." "OR FAT." "PEOPLE HAVE NERVE TO CALL ME" "OBESE." "OBESE?" "OKAY." "LET'S SEE HERE." "WHEN I WALK, MY LEGS DON'T EVEN" "RUB TOGETHER, FIRST OF ALL." "USUALLY, OBESE WOMEN " " THEIR" "LEGS WILL RUB TOGETHER WHERE" "THEY WALK." "MY STOMACH?" "FLAT." "FLAT." "VOLLEYBALL." "MY BOOBS?" "THEY DON'T GO TO MY KNEES." "MY LEG?" "IS THIS AN OBESE LEG TO YOU?" "IT BARELY EVEN JIGGLES." "MY HIPBONE " " I CAN'T REMOVE" "THIS HIP THAT MY MOM GAVE ME." "CAN'T DO IT!" "SOME MUSCLE " " DOES THE MUSCLE" "JIGGLE?" "IT DOESN'T!" "[ SIGHS ]" "IF THIS IS OBESE " " REALLY, IF" "THIS IS OBESE, I HOPE I'M OBESE" "WHEN I'M 40, 50, 60." "YOU KNOW?" "I HOPE I GAIN MORE OBESE POUNDS." "A COUPLE MORE WOULD BE FINE WITH" "ME." "I MEAN..." "YEAH..." "YEAH." "Roberts:" "NOW, HOW'D YOU FEEL" "WHEN YOU GOT BACK TO THE STATES" "AFTER HEARING ALL THAT STUFF?" "Gerren:" "I REALLY " " I DIDN'T" "WANT TO GO ANYWHERE OR DO" "ANYTHING." "I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GO" "OUTSIDE AND SHOW MY UGLY FACE." "I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING." "I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE." "I JUST WANTED TO STAY HOME AND" "WORK ON MY BODY AND..." "MOMMY!" "YEAH?" "Gerren:" "MY STRETCH MARKS ARE" "SO BAD!" "GIVE ME A BREAK, GERREN." "Gerren:" "THEY'RE SO UGLY!" "Roberts:" "AT YOUR AGE, IT'S" "NOT HEALTHY FOR YOU TO THINK" "THAT YOU'RE UGLY." "Gerren:" "I MEAN, IT'S NOT" "REALLY THAT BAD WHEN YOU THINK" "ABOUT IT, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE" "TO, LIKE, DEAL YOURSELF." "WHAT STRETCH MARKS?" "YOU'RE A SIZE 4." "Gerren:" "MOM, I CAN'T WEAR A" "BIKINI." "DO YOU SEE THE STRETCH?" "[ Sarcastically ] WOW." "Gerren:" "DO YOU SEE IT?" "Roberts:" "WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE" "MIRROR, IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE?" "Gerren:" "YES." "I THINK I'M UGLY." "Roberts:" "HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD" "YOU THAT YOU WERE UGLY?" "Gerren:" "YES." "Roberts:" "WHO?" "Gerren:" "UM..." "PEOPLE IN THE" "INDUSTRY." "LIKE, IT'S OBVIOUS IF THEY" "DON'T BOOK YOU THAT THEY DON'T" "THINK YOU'RE PRETTY OR WHATEVER." "Roberts:" "I FEEL FUNNY ASKING" "YOU WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT" "IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UGLY," "BUT..." "Gerren:" "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M" "GONNA DO ABOUT IT." "MAYBE I'LL WEAR MY HAIR STRAIGHT" "AND GET..." "DIET." "AND GO ON SOME KIND OF DIET OR" "SOMETHING." "WHO KNOWS?" "MAYBE I'LL EVEN GET BREAST" "IMPLANTS..." "AND JUST BE A SOCIALITE" "Roberts:" "BE A SOCIALITE?" "Gerren:" "A SKINNY SOCIALITE" "Roberts:" "I MEAN, BUT YOU" "DO " " OKAY, SEROUSLY, YOU" "REALIZE ALL THIS IS IN YOUR" "HEAD, RIGHT?" "Gerren:" "NO!" "IT'S NOT." "REALLY, IT'S NOT." "Roberts:" "HOW IS IT NOT IN" "YOUR HEAD?" "Gerren:" "IT'S PERIOD, POINT" "BLANK, I'M UGLY..." "PERIOD." "Roberts:" "BUT SINCE " "Gerren:" "PERIOD." "Roberts:" "SOMETIMES, IT CAN" "BE VERY HARD TO LOVE YOURSELF," "ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T THINK" "THAT YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL." "EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, WE'RE SOLD" "THE PROMISE THAT IF YOU'RE" "BEAUTIFUL, YOUR LIFE WOULD BE" "BETTER " " MORE MONEY, MORE" "STATUS, EVERLASTING HAPPINESS." "IS IT POSSIBLE THE BEAUTY" "PROMISE IS ALL A LIE, JUST PLAIN" "AND SIMPLE PROPAGANDA?" "IF WE TAKE THESE WOMEN OR THIS" "WOMAN OR THIS WOMAN BEFORE HER" "MAKEOVER AND CALL THEM THE NEW" "STANDARDS OF BEAUTY, WON'T WE" "JUST EXCHANGE ONE SET OF VICTIMS" "FOR ANOTHER?" "WHY HAVE VICTIMS AT ALL?" "I REMEMBER WHEN ANTHONY KIEDIS" "TOLD ME THAT I HAD A BEAUTIFUL" "HANDSHAKE." "THAT REALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD." "AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL" "CAN DO " " FIND THE BEAUTY THAT'S" "ALREADY THERE." "EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING UNIQUE" "AND BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THEM." "MAYBE IT'S THEIR EYES, THEIR" "WALK, THEIR PERSONALITY, OR EVEN" "THEIR SMILE" "ARE YOU THIS IMPERFECT SPECIMEN" "THAT THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY" "SAYS THAT YOU ARE, OR ARE YOU" "BEAUTIFUL AND JUST DON'T KNOW" "IT?" "IF SOMEONE FROM THE FUTURE" "CAME INTO THIS SOCIETY RIGHT" "NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY" "WOULD SEE IS THAT HERE'S A WOMAN" "ON THE FASHION RUNWAY, MAKING" "$30,000 THAT WEEK." "AND HERE'S SOMEONE SPENDING THAT" "MONEY TO BE IN TREATMENT WHO HAS" "ANOREXIA." "AND THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY" "PERPLEXED, SOMEONE FROM THE" "FUTURE, COMING BACK AND SAYING," ""WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THIS" "SOCIETY, WHERE PEOPLE WERE" "HOSPITALIZED ON THE ONE HAND" "LOOKING THIS WAY BUT DRESS THEM" "UP AND PUT MAKEUP ON AND PUT" "THEM DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND" "THEY'RE MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT" "OF MONEY THAT THESE GUYS ARE" "SPENDING FOR THE HOSPITAL?"" "IF YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE" "EATING DISORDERS, 99.9% OF THE" "TIME, THEY STARTED DIETING." "IF WE DID NOT HAVE A CULTURAL" "EPIDEMIC OF DIETING IN THIS" "COUNTRY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE" "EATING DISORDERS." "THERE'S A BIT OF THE DISEASE" "CONCEPT THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL" "LIKE IT'S A DISEASE LIKE" "LEUKEMIA OR SOMETHING, WHERE" "THERE'S NO CHOICE INVOLVED." "IF I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS SOME" "CHOICE INVOLVED, I DON'T KNOW" "HOW I COULD DO THIS TREATMENT." "I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE SO" "MANY SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED" "PATIENTS." "BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERAPPRECIATE" "YOUR DAUGHTER BASED ON" "APPEARANCE." "IT'S NOT LIKE NEVER DO THAT." "BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT FOR" "OTHER THINGS " " FOR WHO SHE IS" "AS A PERSON." "YOU NEED TO LIMIT EXPOSURE TO" "TELEVISION AND MEDIA" "YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME TO COME UP" "WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES." "READ TOGETHER." "GO FOR BIKE RIDES TOGETHER." "GO FOR WALKS TOGETHER." "PLAY GAMES." "ALSO, TALK ABOUT ROLE MODELS IN" "SOCIETY." "EXPOSE THE PROPAGANDA." "DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S" "LOOKS IN A DISPARAGING WAY." "DON'T TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN LOOKS" "IN A DISPARAGING WAY." "I THINK WE EARLY ON HAVE TO" "START TALKING TO WOMEN ABOUT" "THEIR BODIES AND WHAT THEIR" "BODIES ARE USED FOR." "BREASTS ARE NOT JUST OBJECTS FOR" "ATTRACTION FOR MEN." "THEY NOURISH BABIES." "BYE!" "AND I JUST ONLY HOPE THAT" "PEOPLE START THINKING ABOUT THAT" "WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS." "BYE, YOU GUYS." "HAVE FUN!" "WE WILL." "BYE." "Roberts:" "BYE." "Subtitles By:" "Dan4Jem"