UNITED KINGDOM: AROUND 8,000 'BRA-CLAD' WOMEN TAKE PART IN MIDNIGHT CHARITY "POWER WALK" MARATHON THROUGH LONDON

Record ID: 338266

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: AROUND 8,000 'BRA-CLAD' WOMEN TAKE PART IN MIDNIGHT CHARITY "POWER WALK" MARATHON THROUGH LONDON
  • Date: 12th May 2001
  • Summary: (U1) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 12-13, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF WARM-UP BEFORE WALK, MEN WEARING T-SHIRTS WITH PRINTED BRA'S (9 SHOTS) 0.48 2. PAN: WOMEN TAKING OFF THEIR T-SHIRTS TO REVEAL DECORATED BRAS 0.56 3. SCU: WOMAN WITH SIGN ON HER BACK READING "YOUR BREASTS NEED YOU" 1.00 4. LV: CROWD GATHERED AT START OF RUN 1.05 5. SV: "WALK THE WALK" ORGANISER NINA BAROUGH TALKING TO PERSON IN CROWD 1.11 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER NINA BAROUGH, SAYING: "I can only look at my own situation and I was very, very frightened when I had cancer, as most people are, and rightly so. But I think, if you can take a little bit of fear away and you can encourage women to act quickly and be really body-aware, and keep themselves fitter and look at what they're eating, these things contribute to less women dying of breast cancer. I think already now, although there are more cases, there are more women surviving and less people dying and that's a tremendous result. And hopefully, "Walk the Walk" will have its bit to play in that." 1.45 7. MV/SCU: COUNTDOWN TO THE START OF THE WALK (2 SHOTS) 1.52 8. HAS/PAN: PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH STARTING LINE 2.10 9. VARIOUS OF WOMEN IN BRAS WALKING AND ILLUMINOUS CAPS (2 SHOTS) 2.26 10. SV: MEN AND WOMEN DRESSED IN FURRY BRAS AND WEARING HELMETS 2.34 11. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANTS SAYING: "Yeah, it's good actually. Raising money for a good cause and having fun at the same time. It's a really good atmosphere -- people being really friendly." 2.40 12. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT SAYING: "We've come here to raise money for breast cancer and we're the tractor girls because we're from Ipswich and we support Ipswich town football team. And we walked round the pitch at Portman Road on Monday and raised loads of money, and we're going to raise loads more tonight." 2.51 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT EXPLAINING WHY SHE HAS TAKEN PART IN THE MARATHON, SAYING: "My mother had breast cancer and six years now she's in the clear. So, for my family" 2.58 14. SV: WALKERS' FEET 3.05 15. PAN: CARS DRIVING ALONG AND SOUNDING THEIR HORNS IN SUPPORT OF THE WALKERS 3.10 16. SV: PEOPLE WATCHING THE WALKERS FROM THE PAVEMENT 3.15 17. PAN: WALKERS APPROACHING TOWER BRIDGE 3.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th May 2001 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLISH, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAD2XMWALIRG6H5GLCQYS1EM2XJ
  • Story Text: Some 8,000 women have put on a brave front by stripping
    down to their bras and taking part in a midnight charity
    marathon through London.


    After a strenuous warm up, the women began their 26.2
    mile "power walk" marathon in London's Battersea Park on
    Saturday (May 12) evening.

    Participants were encouraged to decorate their
    cleavage-enhancing underwear to foster a carnival spirit.

    And they did -- in anything from feathers, fairy lights and
    glitter to fluffy animals and "Viking style" fur. The more
    modest walkers wore white t-shirts with bright pink bras
    printed on the front.

    The women were accompanied by around 500 boyfriends,
    husbands and other men supporting the cause, many of whom got
    into the spirit of things and sported padded bras themselves.

    The event was sponsored by the charity "Walk the Walk",
    which originally began as a one-woman crusade to raise money
    for breast cancer four years ago.

    Nina Barough, a London-based fashion stylist, suffered
    from cancer herself, and said that the event is an opportunity
    to raise awareness about the disease.

    "I think, if you can take a little bit of fear away, and
    you can encourage women to act quickly and be really
    body-aware and keep themselves fitter and look at what they're
    eating, these things contribute to less women dying of breast
    cancer" she said. "I think already now, although there are
    more cases, there are more women surviving and less people
    dying and that's a tremendous result. And hopefully, "Walk the
    Walk" will have its bit to play in that."
    This year's "Moonwalk" was the fourth annual event
    organised by Barough. In previous years, she led small teams
    of bra-wearing women through marathons in London and New York,
    leading to the current stand-alone event.

    Barough hopes to raise over one million pounds (1,420,500
    U.S. dollars) from the event.
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