New National Magazine Holds Launch Event in Minneapolis

REAL Magazine Model Search on June 26, 2004

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWEB) June 17, 2004 -- REAL Magazine, the premiere source of practical, personal and real-life information for women, announced today that June 26, 2004 will be the date for the Minneapolis REAL Woman Model Search.

The event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, "the Place to Meet", in downtown Minneapolis. The hotels outdoor sky garden will host the search from 5-10 PM on June 26. Attending will be VIP guests, celebrity judges, and REAL Magazine publishers. The winners will be announced that evening.

"This event is a milestone for empowerment of women and honors those who feel great in the skin theyre in. Were asking women to come out and celebrate the journey of being themselves!" says Sheri Wallace, associate publisher for REAL Magazine. Wallace continues to say that "REAL Magazine is going to supply the connection and identification to a national magazine that real women have wanted for a long, long time."

REAL Magazine's REAL Woman Model Searches take place in major metro areas across America. The magazine is inviting women over the age of 25 to participate in the search. Winners will be featured on the fashion pages of the magazine.

"We are so proud to be chosen as the host hotel for this stage of the search," says Lisa Schetinski, Crowne Plaza Northstar's Director of Sales. "The Plazas sky garden is a perfect setting for a major national event of this kind, and were excited to show off the beautiful real" women we have here in Minnesota."

The searches are being held in major US cities, there is one search for every issue of Real Magazine. So far, thousands of women have applied online for the event. Publishers for the magazine are quoting the slogan for the model search as "If you accept your body, your size and your life, we want to put you in our magazine!"

About REAL Magazine: REAL Magazine is published by Revue Media, Inc., and is the first magazine to respond to the real needs of women today. REAL's unique content blend will directly address today's busy, thoughtful, health- and beauty-conscious woman on a very personal level. More information is available at www.realmagazine.net/model_search.jsp.

About the Crowne Plaza: The Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel "the Place to Meet" is located at 618 Second Avenue South. Located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis in the midst of the financial and retail district, the Crowne Plaza is connected by skyway to all the urban sophistication that the city has to offer, including entertainment, shopping and dining.