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Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-03-03
Intro: Tyra Banks, with a lively rush of words, describes a photo session featured in the season debut of ''America's Next Top Model.''
In the shoot dubbed ''Return to Innocence,'' the CW reality series' aspiring models are depicted playing ''games that young girls played back in the day -- dodge-ball, jacks, double-Dutch jump-rope,'' Banks said.
But the 13 women are posed to look anything but pure.
''There's a girl smoking. A girl from the wrong side of good,'' Banks said. It's part of the TV producer and talk-show host's campaign against what she considers pop culture's harmful messages for girls.
Banks said she created ''America's Next Top Model,'' back with a two-hour episode at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, to counter stereotypes of who and what is considered beautiful.
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