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Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight... begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a cross-over phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
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The Dove Self-Esteem Fund set a new goal to reach 5 million girls globally by 2010 with self-esteem building programming. It has several online resources that educate girls about Hollywood and media imagery as well as foster the development of self-esteem. Moms, mentors and girls should visit campaignforrealbeauty.com to utilize new self-esteem building tools, view behind-the-scenes footage from the Dove Self-Esteem Fund/Step Up workshops, talk to experts and watch “Onslaught.” Visitors will ... soon have the opportunity to get an inside look at how real girls deal with self-esteem issues in their daily lives.
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This example leads to another explanation for the fact that girls at single-sex schools are more likely to explore non-traditional courses. Girls at single-sex schools have more diverse role models of their own sex. In an all-girls school, the most amazing "computer geek" is a girl, the student council president is a girl, the top scorer on the math exam is always a girl, the best athletes are all girls, etc. That experience tells younger girls, it's OK to excel in math, sports, and girls can be really smart with computers, too.
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Funded by Key since its inception three years ago, CREW Careers(TM): Building Opportunities is a hands-on classroom designed to open the eyes of teenage girls to the wide range of career opportunities available to them in the commercial real estate industry. Many of the programs are held in shopping centers, where instead of 'hanging out at the mall,' girls learn about the finance, development, brokerage, entitlement and architecture of the shopping center and other aspects of the business of commercial real estate. CREW Network chapters deliver these programs jointly with local girl's groups such as Girls Inc. or Girl Scouts, in one-day or multi-week courses focusing on local real estate projects that illustrate all career types.
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The Dove Self-Esteem Fund is partnering with Step Up Women’s Network, a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls, to help girls recognize their own unique beauty. Together, they will conduct self-esteem building workshops giving girls a reality check to distinguish what is real versus Hollywood magic and hopefully inspiring girls to think about their beauty role models in a new way.
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Designed with real ATM features for lifelike role-playing, this interactive ATM bank teaches girls the basics for saving their money to buy something fun! With Barbie acting as their bank teller, girls learn how to check their balance as well as deposit and withdraw money with their secret-coded ATM card.
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