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L'Oreal Paris and Varsity Media Group select Granite Bay High School as grand-prize winner of 'You Make the Commercial' contest.


GRANITE BAY, Calif. -- L'Oreal Paris and Varsity Media Group announced Granite Bay High School Established in 1996, Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California, a suburb northeast of Sacramento, California. The school mascot is the grizzly bear. GBHS was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a  in Granite Bay, California Granite Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. The population was 19,388 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 95746. Granite Bay is a primarily residential, upscale suburb of Sacramento located just east of Roseville and west of Folsom  as the grand-prize winner of the first "You Make the Commercial" contest. Armed with only a production kit and the challenge to create a 30 second commercial for either L'Oreal Paris Colour Juice or Studio Line "Hot" brands, Granite Bay's commercial, "Juicy," beat out over 110 entries from 92 participating schools to grab the top honors.

The contest created so much excitement among high schools that every production kit was distributed in less than a week and the top 25 commercials posted for online voting received more than a quarter million votes in less than a month.

The student production team of Marshal Downey and James Meder, along with teacher Marty Newborn, has won $3,000 for Granite Bay High School to put towards school programs and the opportunity to attend an upcoming L'Oreal Paris commercial shoot. In addition, their winning commercial will air on Varsity TV Varsity TV is owned by Varsity Media Group, Inc., a media company that provides entertainment focused on the teen demographic. Varsity TV is a network that showcases programming produced by teens themselves, along side professionally produced teen programming.  and www.VarsityWorld.com beginning in March and will run through April. "The L'Oreal/Varsity contest gave us a high mark to shoot for," said Marty Newborn, "We knew that the best schools would be after the prize and that those schools are capable of great things. It made winning the grand prize that much more exciting."

"L'Oreal Paris was thrilled to partner with Varsity Media Group and all of the participating high schools for this contest," said Carol J. Hamilton, President of L'Oreal Paris. "The level of talent and creativity displayed by each team was exceptional."

"The local, national and international exposure that these commercials have received is a testament to the quality of video production in high schools today," said Hoffman. "Varsity believes that it is important for the world to know what we have witnessed for more than seven years - that teens posses incredible talent. L'Oreal's dedication to reaching the teen demographic in dynamic ways made them the perfect partner for this contest."

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Varsity Media Group, Inc. is an entertainment media company dedicated to teenagers and young adults worldwide. Since 1999, Varsity has been a pioneer in user created content and last year became the first programmer to broadcast it on mobile devices. Last year also marked the launch of VarsityWorld.com - a social media network anchored by user created videos. Varsity has relationships with over 2,500 high schools and an extensive library of programming featuring sports series, reality shows, dramas, comedies, music shows, animation and films. Varsity brings entertainment to its audience anytime and anywhere via VarsityWorld.com, Varsity Mobile, Varsity TV and Varsity On Demand. Additionally, Varsity Media Group offers VTracks, a digital music store with over one million "live" songs available for download from today's hottest artists and indie bands, as well as Vtones, a mobile download store with the latest ringtones and wallpapers. For more information, visit www.VarsityWorld.com.
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