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(Oct. 6)\u003cbr/\u003e[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]  \u003cbr/\u003e[Notes:Hamburg, Germany, 6 October 2009]\u003cbr/\u003e(German/Brigitte Huber, chief editor of 'Brigitte':\u003cbr/\u003e''We are not going to work with professional models any longer. That means in our photos in fashion, beauty, fitness, in all areas you won't see any professional models, but let me call them 'real women' instead. Although obviously models are real women as well. But there will be women, who are taking part in the normal life, who have an own identity, a job and a name. Furthermore there will be women of public interest as well, actors, politicians, business women - women that we have shown before in the 'Brigitte', but not that consequent.\")\u003cbr/\u003e(German/ Vox Pop, Nicole Gonzalves\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have a little daughter and if she sees only women like this, she thinks all the others are not normal. Therefore I think it is a good decision.\")\u003cbr/\u003e(SOT: Kate Dimmock Fashion director of Town AND Country)\u003cbr/\u003e''It's a great idea, and I applaud the idea of diversity and there's not one idea of beauty and all of those things.\u003cbr/\u003e(SOT: Tim Blanks, contributing editor, Style.com)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've always credited people with the common sense when they're looking at a magazine - they don't think 'I want to look like that,' you know. I mean, models are freaks of nature.\u003cbr/\u003e(SOT: Hal Rubenstein, Fashion Director for Instyle Magazine)\u003cbr/\u003e''The problem with using quote 'real women' is that women don't necessarily want to look like real women. They want to look like beautiful women. I mean granted everybody's concept of beauty is something different but you still want to look at, if not an ideal, you still want to look at a better version of you or the best possible version of you or something to attain to.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSHOTLIST (including transcript) :\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eHamburg, Germany, 6 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of wall with 'Brigitte' covers\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan over covers\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide set up of Brigitte Huber, chief editor of 'Brigitte'\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (German) Brigitte Huber, chief editor of 'Brigitte':\u003cbr/\u003e''We are not going to work with professional models any longer. That means in our photos in fashion, beauty, fitness, in all areas you won't see any professional models, but let me call them 'real women' instead. Although obviously models are real women as well. But there will be women, who are taking part in the normal life, who have an own identity, a job and a name. Furthermore there will be women of public interest as well, actors, politicians, business women - women that we have shown before in the 'Brigitte', but not that consequent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid shot covers, zoom in\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brigitte Huber, chief editor of 'Brigitte':\u003cbr/\u003e\"Fashion has changed. Everybody, nearly everybody, is a trend setter today. Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni, all the musicians and girls who live in the big cities and I think you can see that the designers aren't the only trendsetters.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 6 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot newspaper store\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various close up magazines, including Brigitte\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (German) Vox Pop, Hans Peter Winkes:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What I have seen here, they are all too slim, extremely slim, so slim that it looks unhealthy. And therefore I think it is ok.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan Nicole Gonzalves to magazines\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (German) Vox Pop, Nicole Gonzalves\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have a little daughter and if she sees only women like this, she thinks all the others are not normal. Therefore I think it is a good decision.\"\u003cbr/\u003eParis - 6 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of Chanel catwalk show\u003cbr/\u003e13. Style.com contributing editor Tim Blanks posing with model\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tim Blanks, contributing editor, Style.com:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've always credited people with the common sense when they're looking at a magazine - they don't think 'I want to look like that,' you know. I mean, models are freaks of nature. I think maybe it's unfortunate that they're called models, because it suggests that they are some kind of aspirational ideal. But it's the models that are the freaks not the real people. And I've always trusted real people - I shouldn't say real people because obviously models are real people - but I've always trusted a magazine reader to know that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France, 5 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of model at Giambattista Valli show\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France, 6 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Dimmock Fashion director of Town \u0026amp;amp; Country:\u003cbr/\u003e''It's a great idea, and I applaud the idea of diversity and there's not one idea of beauty and all of those things, however in practicality, if you are trying to shoot right away these Spring collections say for a February issue, you are going to have a big problem, the clothes are not going to fit. You're either getting somebody who's a size 2 so have you really solved the problem, I don't think so. Or simply the clothes are not going fit. \"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Hal Rubenstein, Fashion Director for Instyle Magazine:\u003cbr/\u003e''The problem with using quote 'real women' is that women don't necessarily want to look like real women. They want to look like beautiful women. I mean granted everybody's concept of beauty is something different but you still want to look at, if not an ideal, you still want to look at a better version of you or the best possible version of you or something to attain to.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director of the Financial Times:\u003cbr/\u003e''I think it's maybe a nice idea but I think they also have to decide who they are going to use then because clearly you can't just pull people off the street and plunk an item of clothing on them. Stories are, magazines are constructs and narratives and they make a point and they make an argument and they need to be planned out and that's very hard if you're not using someone who's job it is to collude in that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eParis, France, 2 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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