Bratz Haute Couture designer interview and pix! :)

Marie Saint Pierre Interview

She has created the Bratz Haute Couture en Coulisse line for MGA! Check out her nice interview and great pictures :)

Do you love the Bratz Forever Diamondz CD?

It would be so VERY cool if you told the world on i-tunes and amazon.com!!! Don't let the haters bash the CD!!!
Take a sec and just express yourself.. I never get why the haters spend so much time writing about things they HATE LOL ? So share some good words..

:)
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Calling all Bratz Moms and Dads! :)

This was inspried by a great thread on Bratz World on Yahoo
http://www.bratzworld.tv
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/67809

Since many stories we read in the news try to present the Bratz as something all parents hate or should be hating, I want to show people that its not true and from the sales numbers there have to be a lot of parents buying the Bratz. These are questions for "Bratz Moms and Dads" to answer, people who have kids and buy Bratz for their kids and in many cases, themselves. So these answers are from a parent's perspective. (Since there is enough hate out there this is for people who don't hate the Bratz so if you do, please use your time for something else :) ).

The biggest problem some people seem to have with the Bratz are how they are dressed. Hookers, streetwalkers and strippers and worse, are some of the terms some writers have used.
What do you think of the Bratz fashions?
How would you describe what they look like?
How do you think they compare with other doll's fashions?
How do you think these fashions will affect your kids self image now and in the future?
Also feel free to mention your personal favorite lines and looks.

Another issue people have with the Bratz is their supposed attitude. They are accused of being, among other things, rich-acting, self absorbed shopaholics with nothing better to do with their time than chase girls and boys around for dates and hang out gossiping. These characters are supposed to depict teens and teens do like to have fun but in the various storylines surrounding the Bratz there are many more things in which they are involved.
What do you think the Bratz represent as far as goals and interests?
Is their image damaging to your kid's developing attitude about life?

The make-up. These are dolls with an animated colorful appearance and a lot of color and detail in the facial features.
What do you like about these faces?
Do you think seeing a face with all these colors on it makes a girl or boy want to wear make-up?
And if they want to wear make-up do you see this as particularly harmful or personal/ creative expression?
If you think playing with the dolls bring on a request for purchasing make-up what is your reaction?

There are many ways people share with their families and collecting is one way some do things together. Common interests are a great thing to share with your kids.
Do you collect Bratz too?
How do you decide who gets what dolls?
Do you have ways you play together or share in Bratz collecting like shopping together or making up home areas for the Bratz or re-dressing and mixing fashions and styling the hair for example?

Why don't you see the Bratz as the downfall of mankind the way others seem to see them?
How come the Bratz are not "corrupting" your child/children?
Give your thoughts on where you think the Bratz fit into the world and their role in shaping pop culture or their reflection of it depending on how you personally view it.
Add any other thoughts you would like to about the Bratz and your family.

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You can email me answers directly or answer them on Bratz World. Lurkers please feel free to answer too by directly emailing me and just let me know what name you want to use so you can stay private if you like.

If you have pictures you want to share, send them or the links to me directly and any captions/credits you'd like used.

The answers individual people give will be listed under the question with your name at the start of your answer.

This "interview" will get its own page eventually like the fun Bratz World interviews we already have up like our most recent one on Lauren Evans

Lauren Evans interview, scroll down for links to more fun interviews
http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/LEvans.html

There is already too much out there full of negativity against the Bratz so add to the positive so people who just like to complain and bash can't act like every parent "out there" hates the Bratz.
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email
bratz_world_rocks @ yahoo.com

Lauren Evans, the Bratz singer, interview!

She is a really cool person! Enjoy!

http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/LEvans.html

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Enter the Summertime Bratz contest!

Summertime Bratz!

Bratz Picture Contest

http://www.bratzworld.tv

Enter our fun Bratz World contest and

win the Bratz Genie Magic CD courtesy of

Universal Music and MGA!

Are your Bratz planning a trip to an exotic location?

Having a party with friends and family?

Going on some wild rides?

Or just a nice quite one in the sun?

Relaxing and taking it easy...

Or going all out playing sports?

Create a picture of the fun your Bratz will have this summer and upload it to the photo album on Bratz World. The deadline is May 19 and poll voting will take place May 20th the winners announced the 21st!

These wonderful pix and art are just examples of the kind of thing you could do. These beautiful works of Bratz art are from previous contests. We have so much talent here on Bratz World its going to be fun just looking at pretty pictures. Have fun and get creative and show what you think your Bratz will be off doing in the summertime. (One picture per person)

Top Four pictures or art will win the Genie Magic CD and will be the cover pictures here on Bratz World! :) Open to everybody around the world.

The Wendy Froud sculpting class doll I made :)

I took Wendy Froud's doll sculpting class again this year for my birthday (Thanks Rick!!!!!!! You are the best :) ) I took her class last year and it was two day session this time it was three days and was great to have that extra time (It started on my birthday!). Just taking the class is great but to be taught by one of the world's best artists and a founder of the genre of creature sculpting started in Dark Crystal (and she made Yoda too) is just wonderful.

Here is the doll I made this time. I made her clothing too. She/they are better looking in person, my camera is on its last legs its literally held together with tape so the pix are not great :p Its a lavender and pink sheen to their skin with some slight metallic sparkle and the clothing has those colors in it. The gown is a pillow top I made from sewing together bits and pieces of textiles and brocades and I never made the pillow and I like it being used like this better. Her boots are painted the lav/pinkish colors and mottled to look opalescent. The hair is so wonderful, Wendy brought this and its a blonde soft wool with curl and a beautiful almost irridescent pink fade to pale lavendar too it so it works so well with the skin tone. The skin and features color are acrylic paints blended like a wash and dabbed off as I went along so it built up over in layers on the sculpy. The vest part is leather scrap and the design I burned in with a sodering iron. The blouse is an old silk scarf I got in a vintage store, her "tights" are a German ribbon wrapped around the legs. The whole doll is a wire skeleton wrapped in paper tape and then covered in sculpy and quilt batting. She is fully posable. She is sturdy and heavy but I love that- she is about 17inches tall. I keep calling the doll she but really she is a they :)

I kept the one face's eyes closed because the process Wendy teaches to create the eyes has one stage where they look closed and this one's face looked so pretty with closed eyes that I decided to keep her eyes closed. So you can say one side deals with the things in the daylit real world and the other moves in the dark ethereal world.

I am so happy with her I want a better camera now just to get some "beauty" shots of her/them. This is seriously one of the best b-days of my life and if I had gotten this doll as a gift from someone I would have freaked out from joy, an even better feeling that I made her/they myself! I am so happy! Still more celebrating to come and I think I'll bring the doll along.. still have not named them.. something will come Wendy says they'll always tell you what they want to be called you just have to wait and see.

Edit: This is so cool, Art Conspiracy has already made the doll its "Staff Pick" for the Physical Galleries on their cover page. ~yay~ :)

A Golden Girl Strikes Back!

While Rue has spanked Tim for his comments on the previous season Bea decided to let Michael Kors have it. She refers to him here by his name given him where as a mere boy he would be caught stealing the pantsuits from Bea's Maude dressing room..

Heidi's Homeland Hottiez

Uh oh Heidi.. Tim will be concerned about the Pant.. do you really need the Pant? What will Santino think?? You are a mommy what kind of lesson will this teach the babies??

That dress is a turkey!

Sasha Cohen secretly loved Santino's skate dress design for her but feared ridicule so later tried to create her own.. sadly..
Michael Kors saw it, become hysterical and confused and cried out
"Its like a turkey factory exploded on her backside!"
Poor little Sasha!

Doll's realm: We all live in a Bratz world....

Doll's realm: We all live in a Bratz world....

Shiny Plants?

Shiny Plants??
I love shiny plants too! :) You shouldn't look directly into the shiny plant though..
Proceed with fashionable caution.

Believe in Fairies?

Believe in Fairies? I don't know.. this is either a fairy peeking in or a picture I made a couple of years ago with one of my ooak Angel/Devil dolls.. I don't remember ;)

All my Tiny Kitty pictures

This is a custom Tiny Kitty I bought from a PP member a couple of years ago and I had a lot of fun making pictures with her and just recently looked at all of them again, some of these I have actually never posted anywhere before! I had a lot of fun.. I love this dolly. I am a Bratz fan but she is a great doll. She is dressed mainly in Bratz Boyz and Jan McLean Lollipop fashions. If I had more space and $$ I think I would buy more of these gals, wish I could get this one custom up on ebay right now.. Oh well :)
:)


Vegas Angel


Kyoto Kitty


Kitty Takadanobaba


Barefoot in the grass


Mount Fuji


Brooklyn Bridge


On the Runway


In the Lounge


Good Night and Dream


Venice Mist

Bratz on Dartmoor :)

Was reminded by a post on Bratz World of my only picture I have of WLS Dylan, he is the popular boy around my place. He is with Yasmin on Dartmoor in this picture I did awhile ago. I will get to Devon one day :) My friends from Devon are coming here to NYC soon so its kinda like part of the UK is coming here.

New Bratz cover picture :)

Beautiful new picture by Riddley50 joins our cover gallery on

Bratz World :)

http://www.bratzworld.tv

SCAM Targeting Animal lovers

Hello,
Beware of a new scam that seems to be just starting, its just like those Nigerian (and other countries) Bank scams
http://www.secretservice.gov/financial_crimes.shtml

except now they are targeting animal lovers claiming they are from some shelter system in a former Russian country.

The name the person gives is Bolotina Valeria but check the details of the email if you get this and you see the name attached to the email address is Gordon Gadi, and the email service, inodes.org. is based in Australia , BUT the IP is routed from Argentina and possibly Mexico too.

Received: from 190.48.122.163 (190-48-122-163.speedy.com.ar [190.48.122.163]) by rly-xm02.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXM22-5f244060723b; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:42:31 -0500

They must be very new because this is just a simple check anyone can do, eventually they will probably cover their tracks better. If they really were from a shelter system just send the email from the shelter or at least from the region of the world they claim to come from and how about not routing your scam address through a third country. So just warning don't fall for this stuff they target caring people on purpose who they hope will become rightfully angry over poor conditions for animals and not even stop to think they are going to be ripped off or worse in some way in some way. Even if they don't tell you to come to another country they could empty your bank account and you can't do anything about it because to help them with this in the first place is considered illegal. You may get a sorry this happened from the government but you will never see your money again.


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Dear !

Our noncommercial enterprise has been engaging in
organization and maintenance of shelters for stray
dogs and cats for more than 12 years in one of the
countries of the former Soviet Union. For the time
weve constructed 18 shelters which maintenance, as
you see, costs much. The more so we constantly
increase the quantity of such shelters in different
cities. And we have a lot of sponsors among
businessmen and ordinary people who render us
feasible material support.

But the legislation of our country does not attribute
our work to charitable kinds of activity. Therefore
any our sponsor wishing to transfer the money to our
account is exposed to the barbarous taxation which
size makes up 48 % of the transferred sum. And it
doesnt include taxes to which our enterprise
undergoes when using these funds. It is quite clear
that suffering animals reach a mere trifle of these
donations. And it besides that our cities are full
of the sick and hungry animals eating garbage on
cesspits that our legislators do not care a fig.

Therefore we have come to a decision to engage people
who could fulfill not complicated work of short
duration as our financial agents. Our sponsors could
transfer means for us to your bank account and you,
in your turn, could send the means to our agents
addresses to Russia. The mediation doesnt require any
investments on your part. Moreover we are ready to
pay to you for this work not less than 8 % of the sum
sent by you and, naturally, to cover all your expenses
bound up with sending the money to our address.

Our requirements are simple: you should be over 20 year
of age and you should love animals very much. Thus we
can avoid the barbarous taxation of our country and
above all help poor animals. If you are ready to work
together with us and have some spare time fill in the
resume stated below. If you satisfy our conditions we
send you our employment agreement with gratitude and
explain all circumstances of your future work with us
in details.

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Your company name:
First name:
Last name:
Country:
State:
City:
Land phone:
Cell phone:
E-mail:
Hours available for telephone interviews:

=============================================

Best wishes,

Bolotina Valeria,
Noncommercial Enterprise "Freshet"
mailto:freshet@list.ru

Bratz or Brat ?

Bratz are a beautiful line of fashion dolls.. a BRAT is what you see below LOL
:)

Tropical Baroque

Tropical Baroque

New cover picture on Bratz TV

Did a new picture for http://www.bratz.tv

I had this urge to use the hi-res Yasmin picture to get a portrait style picture just some fun pretty colored assemblage, sunrise and blue summer skies mixed with diamonds!

:)

What a day, I had to take my birdy to the vet today she had an impacted egg.. she had to stay all day, they did all kinds of things then she got a stitch in her birdy buns and they told me she was a very stately well-behaved bird and I was like- since when? My bird is a Bratz no, a Brat Bird :) She's actually really cute but can get an "attitude". She gets medicine everyday for five days and goes back to get the stitch out in 3 days. They say she'll be fine. She's just happy to be back in her own basket.

Hope everybody had a good Monday
:)
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Nikki SooHoo, Cool Actress

Nikki was in a Lil Bratz commercial and she is now going to be in a major movie. She has also done many other things some very deep and meaningful all of them with a message in one way or another that means something to her. Check out the cool thing she wrote for Bratz World and check out her new film in April too!

Nikki SooHoo

http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/soohoo.html

:)

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Big In Japan

Big In Japan

Santino Rice

Santino Rice

Bratz and MGA Toy Fair report 2006

This is what I am able to share at this point (MGA did ask for some things not to be mentioned). More things will pop up over time but this is what was on display at TF 2006. so hope you enjoy it and look forward to all kinds wonderful Bratz goodness :)

Bratz and MGA Toy Fair 2006

http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/TF2006.html

Bratz stuff for People!

I don't know much about details for these, the showroom looks so cute!

Of course no dolls visible..

:)

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From the Bratz Showroom they'll be in for Toy Fair:

Bratz Decor

Bratz On Film

Bratz Liptunes player and Cloe's Pet player

New Bratz line hints and sneak peeks pre-Toy Fair

All the cool news/hints pre-Toy Fair (there is just so much just check BWy links to read all about it :) ):


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56431


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56440


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56470


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56432

Bratz backstage!

Cool behind the scenes look at a commercial being made, just a clip but very cool
:)

Where the cute dolls live :)

Bratz World, come visit!

http://www.bratzworld.tv

Jeffree Star (Queen of the Internet): PARTY AS ALWAYS

Jeffree Star (Queen of the Internet): PARTY AS ALWAYS

Babyz WIN Doll of the Year Award in the UK :)

So much for the haters yelling THONG trying to ruin the doll line's sales- looks like no one listened or if they did they were smart enough to

see its a fabric strip made to hold a skirt down loonies! LOL

:)

BRATZ Babyz™ WIN FASHION DOLL OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THE UK

Los Angeles, January 27, 2006 -- MGA Entertainment, a leading consumer entertainment products company and
manufacturer of the wildly popular BRATZ™ brand of fashion dolls and accessories, announced that BRATZ Babyz™
have won the Fashion Doll of the Year Award in the UK. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the brand has won this award.

“We are very proud of this award! The credit goes to our innovative designers at MGA and to our partners at Vivid Imaginations
for their great marketing and sales efforts in the UK,” said Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA Entertainment.
“We already see excellent sales growth in response to our new 2006 line from consumers in the USA and elsewhere around
the world. We expect our market share to increase even further in 2006.”


http://www.bratzworld.tv

Dionne Quan, voice of Yasmin, inspiring person :)

She is a truly inspiring person and she is a mentor now for others to help
reach their dreams. Just a truly cool and Bratzy person :)
:)
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Direct link
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=267&DocumentID=
3004

Dionne Quan
Voice-Over Actress

The Job: Acting and much, much more...

The Story: With hard work and a never-give-up spirit, dreams do come true!
Dionne Quan, a fiercely imaginative 27-year-old, best known for her role as
cowboy-booted, spunky Kimi Finster, on the Emmy-award-winning Rugrats,
as well as Yasmin in the animated series BRATZ, is also an AFB
CareerConnect® mentor! Below she recalls acting out characters aloud from
storybooks as a kid and describes a typical day at work.

Although born almost entirely blind, a crystal-clear image of myself as an
actress led me undaunted down a career path beginning in childhood. I
would do different voices for all the characters in any story. I just love the
freedom that acting and in particular voice-over gives me. Kimi is edgy and a
bit of a tomboy. She's also fearless and very confident and I like that!

With the help and encouragement of my parents, I enrolled in acting classes
at age 10. (By the way, speaking of parents, I play Trixie Tang on
Nickelodeon's hit series The Fairly Odd Parents.) There was really no
courage involved, at least on my part. It was just fun because I love singing
and acting. My passion for hard work and performance was validated when I
received the Shining Star Award from American Women in Radio and
Television. Another gratifying role I've enjoyed was the opportunity to star in
the Nickelodeon spin-off series All Grown Up featuring the Rugrats' teen
years, and appearing in the Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures movie release
Rugrats Go Wild!

Although I originally envisioned a career in musical theater and trod the
boards with chorus roles for a couple of years, the obstacles were obvious. It
didn't work well because, although it really was never a problem for me,
people were worried about me walking around the stage. Also, in community
theater, I was always cast as somebody blind, Asian, or blind and Asian!

The solution to realizing my dream seemed apparent when my dad happened
to tune in to a radio talk show featuring a local voice-over instructor. He
promptly enrolled me in the instructor's class, and there I found my niche. My
first paying job was a national radio spot for an HMO at age 14 and various
commercial voice-overs followed, along with many other opportunities.

In my line of work, not only do I get to create unique voices and in many ways
unique characters, I'm able to passionately enliven fellow cast members by
my ability to portray such characters from an almost innocent place. Actually,
most don't even realize I'm non-sighted. About the only implication is an
adjustment to my microphone so it doesn't pick up the sound of my fingers
moving across the braille script. My hope is to give people around the world
inspiration through my imagination and God-given talent.

Now that you know what I do and how I got into this line of work, let me tell
you what a typical work day is like. My driver and I begin the day by going to
morning voice-over auditions at my voice-over agency in order to keep the
day open for any voice-over jobs that may come in at the last minute or
scheduled jobs already set for the day. Once those auditions are recorded I
am off to my first session. Each day varies greatly as this kind of career is
never set to a 9-5 time frame.

If it is an animated series voice-over session, the script is brought to life by
all
the cast members in the recording studio. Cue lines and my lines are
translated into braille the night before. Some animation sessions are
scheduled to read each voice-over talent separately (or "wild" as it is called)
and some like to schedule the entire cast together for a more natural flow to
the script. An animation session can take about 3-4 hours per half-hour show,
which can be around 30 pages of dialogue give or take. The voice-over
director lets the cast know if their lines need to have a different inflection,
pace, etc., and I take that interpretation and deliver the lines accordingly
until
the director believes he or she has the perfect take. In most cases, the voice-
over work is done first so the animation can be drawn around the voice
sessions. Often times, the voice-over talent's work and personality inspire the
animators to breathe a lot more life into their characters' movement.

If I am booked for a TV or radio commercial voice-over session, the time
allotted is one and a half to two hours (if not less) per commercial spot. The
commercial voice-over jobs are usually much quicker to complete than an
animated session due to a commercial spot being 60 seconds in length at the
most, in comparison to the complexities of a half-hour animated show.

Once I have completed my last session for the day, I check in with my voice-
over agency (or vice versa) to find out how my schedule for the next day is
shaping up audition and/or session-wise. Just remember this type of career is
very up and down. It is about working hard all day one day and perhaps not
working or auditioning at all the next. But, to me, the love of the work is very

much worth the wait!

www.bratzworld.tv

www.bratzworld.tv.


Testing for something ignore :)

The LJ Hour: Bratz Come To Life Through Photos - By Lani Joan

The LJ Hour: Bratz Come To Life Through Photos - By Lani Joan

New Bratz! www.bratzworld.tv

Log on for all the newest Bratz stuff you will be going broke over this year :)