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Thread #123271 Message #2712377
Posted By: Azizi
30-Aug-09 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Media's Role In Helping to End Racism
Subject: RE: BS: Media's Role In Helping to End Racism
Here's a news report about Sara Nuru's win:
Germany's next Topmodel "Topmodel" with African roots: Sara Nuru May 22, 2009
"Germany's next Top model". German supermodel and host of the show Heidi Klum revealed the results in front of 15,000 spectators in Cologne's Lanxess Arena. Nuru's win assures her a contract with a big German clothing chain, as well as an appearance on the cover of popular women's magazine "Cosmopolitan".
The 1.76 metre tall Sara Nuru is of Ethiopian descent and was born in Munich. Her parents emigrated to Germany from Ethiopia in the mid 1980s. She was selected from a total number of 21,000 young women that entered the modelling contest.
From the onset most of the 15,000 spectators outed themselves as Sara fans. Some even had signs with the slogan "Yes she can" in their hands, a humorous reference to Barrack [sic] Obama's often copied slogan.
The 4th edition of the casting show was a huge success with an average TV audience of almost 4 million viewers for each episode.