We'd like to extend a sincere thank you to our judges—teen experts from various fields, including editors and publishers of teen magazines, websites and charitable organizations, and a teen celebrity. Collectively, they chose the winners for our Real Teens 2010 contest. Find out more about our panel:
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Paul Caine
President and group publisher of Time Inc.’s Style & Entertainment Group -
Taylor Gildersleeve
Actress, "Haute and Bothered 2" on AlloyTV -
Kent Haehl
Chief Executive Officer, Channel One Network, an Alloy Media & Marketing Company -
Nancy Lublin
CEO of DoSomething.org and Founder of Dress for Success -
Ann Shoket
EIC of Seventeen Magazine and guest judge on America's Next Top Model
Paul Caine
Paul Caine, president and group publisher of Time Inc.’s Style & Entertainment Group since October 2008, oversees six of Time Inc.’s leading magazine brands and their websites, including PEOPLE, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, ESSENCE, People en Español and PEOPLE StyleWatch.
Time Inc.’s Style & Entertainment Group reaches more than 66 million consumers, generates 894 million page views and brings in more than $1.8 billion in PIB ad revenue each year. Generating $726 million in consumer revenue in 2008, the Group is #1 across all U.S. magazines. Through official partnerships with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG Awards), The Recording Academy (Grammy Awards), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe Awards), and the Sundance Film Festival, the Group has unparalleled access to the biggest entertainment events each year. In addition to branded showcase events like the Essence Music Festival and Fiesta, the Group executes more than 12,000 retail promotions and events each year.
Under Caine’s leadership, PEOPLE has been recognized with some of the industry’s most prestigious accolades including Advertising Age’s “Magazine of the Year,” Adweek’s “Hot List” and Capell’s Circulation Report’s “Best Performers In Circulation.” In 2008, People.com was named Adweek’s “Magazine Website of the Year;” PEOPLE StyleWatch earned a spot on Advertising Age’s “A-List;” Entertainment Weekly was featured on Adweek’s “Brand Leaders” list and ESSENCE received an Advertising Age “American Magazine Vanguard Award.” People en Español was featured on Adweek’s “10 Under 50 Hot List” for four consecutive years.
Throughout his 20-year career at Time Inc., Caine has served in various positions including publisher at Teen People, Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, the PEOPLE Group, and most recently as president and group publisher of the Time Inc. Entertainment Group. He successfully launched Teen People and PEOPLE StyleWatch and played an integral role in the relaunch of People.com. Prior to joining Time Inc., he worked for USA Today and J. Walter Thompson.
Caine has been honored with many professional awards including: Crain’s New York’s “40 Under 40” (2002); the AAF’s “Advertising Hall of Achievement” and Jack Avrett Volunteer Spirit Award (2004); the AD Club’s President’s Award (2006) and the Time Inc. Presidents Award (2006). Last year, he was named MIN’s Sales Team Leader of the Year. He is also on the board of NexCen.
In addition to his professional work, Caine is dedicated to a variety of philanthropic causes including MusicCares, for which he sits on the board. In 2007 he and his wife started Griffin’s Giving Fund, to provide specialized children’s books and educational aids to families faced with the illness or death of a child, in memory of their son, Griffin Matthew. Caine is also the president of Tenafly Youth Soccer.
A graduate of Indiana University with a BS in Business Communication, Caine resides in New Jersey with his wife and three children.
Taylor Gildersleeve
Taylor Gildersleeve - Actress, "Haute and Bothered 2" on AlloyTV
Taylor Gildersleeve, star of AlloyTV's popular web series "Haute and Bothered 2", started her career at the age of 15, when she landed the role of Sydney on "All My Children". This season Taylor has appeared on "30 Rock", "One Life to Live" and "Law & Order". She held the title of "Miss Teen New York" in 2009. Currently Taylor resides in Manhattan while attending NYU.
Kent Haehl
Kent Haehl - Chief Executive Officer, Channel One Network, an Alloy Media & Marketing Company
As Chief Executive Officer of Channel One Network, Kent Haehl leads the strategic direction and development of Channel One News, the George Foster Peabody award-winning news program now in its twentieth year, and its related media services. Kent leads the network in its efforts to deliver the highest standards of news content and educational resources to over six million teens in more than 8,000 middle schools and high schools across the country. Kent brings to this role more than 20 years experience within the media industry and a keen perspective on news media for young people.
Kent has been instrumental to the growth of the Channel One Network and in shaping its current vision to inform, educate and inspire America's youth.
With his guidance, the network successfully introduced Channel One's emergent user-generated video platform, You Tell It (www.YouTellIt.com), providing teens with a unique channel in which they may share newsworthy experiences affecting their generation. In Fall 2009, Channel One News commenced a partnership with CBS News Productions to co-produce Channel One's award-winning news broadcast.
Prior to his time at Channel One, Kent has held senior-level positions in media development and strategy at In Store Broadcasting Network and the Meredith Corporation, where he also held prominent leadership positions working in the local television industry.
Kent lives in Fairfield, Connecticut with his wife and two teen-aged children.
Nancy Lublin
Nancy Lublin - CEO of DoSomething.org and Founder of Dress for Success
Nancy Lublin is the CEO and Chief Old Person of DoSomething.org, the largest organization in America for young people and social change. She is also the founder of Dress for Success, the organization that helps women transition from welfare to work. She created Dress for Success with a $5,000 inheritance she received from her "Poppy Max." Dress for Success now exists in 96 cities in 8 countries and has helped nearly 1 million women reclaim their destinies. Nancy received her BA from Brown University, an M.Litt. from Oxford University where she was a Marshall Scholar, and a law degree from NYU where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar. She writes a column for Fast Company magazine and is the author of Zilch "More Bang Less Buck The Power of Zero in Business" to be published in June 2010 by Penguin. Nancy is proud to have been selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and to be the mother of two young children who love broccoli.
Ann Shoket
Ann Shoket - EIC of Seventeen Magazine and guest judge on America's Next Top Model
Ann Shoket was named editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine in January 2007. Under her helm, the fashion and beauty icon publication for teen girls continues to represent an important rite of passage, helping more than 13 million readers grow up to be confident, self-assured young women. Shoket has grown the brand beyond the pages of the magazine so that teen girls can be a part of the Seventeen universe wherever they are: on our Web site, in print, on partner sites, social networking platforms and on Seventeen Fashion Finder, the recently launched iPhone application.
For the past two years Shoket was named as the one of the most powerful magazine editors on the Forbes Most Powerful U.S. Fashion Magazine Editors annual list. She currently serves on the Media Advisory Board for The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. She also participates in the Benefit Committee for the Fresh Air Fund and as a teen advisor for Step Up Women's Network.
Shoket made her mark on the iconic brand by implementing fun interactive editorial programs that inspire confidence among Seventeen readers and celebrate real girl experts in fashion, beauty and college. One of the most buzz-worthy programs is the "Seventeen Body Peace Project," am ongoing initiative to help girls stop obsessing about what their body looks like, start appreciating it for what it can do, and, and ultimately make peace with their bodies. Seventeen also launched the ground-breaking integrated print and Web reality program "Freshman 15," which gives millions of teens an inside scoop on the often overwhelming emotional and lifestyle changes taking place at college.
Prior to Seventeen, Shoket was executive editor of CosmoGIRL! magazine since October 2003, and originally joined as senior editor at its launch in 1999.
While there, Shoket oversaw CosmoGIRL!'s leadership program Project 2024 that aimed to put readers in the White House by the year 2024. In 2000, she was tapped as Web editorial director to re-define Cosmogirl.com. A year later, MIN Magazine named the Web site the year's "Best Web Play." Under her watch, traffic tripled and online subscription sales increased 30 percent.
Before CosmoGIRL!, Shoket was senior editor with the Parade family of publications, where she launched the style section for Parade's teen news magazine, React. At the beginning of the dot-com boom, she created the independent Web magazine Tag, which gave voice to an online community of artists and writers. She began her career as a reporter with renowned journalist Steve Brill at The American Lawyer. She has a B.A., cum laude, from New York University and a certificate in Media Management from The New School.