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EPIC Awards November 2003 2003 EPIC Honorees

The 2003 EPIC Film Honorees: Bend It Like Beckham, Blue Vinyl, Frida, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Rabbit Proof Fence, Real Women Have Curves, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and Whale Rider and were introduced by Susan Taylor, editorial director Essence magazine.

2003 EPIC Advertising Honorees: Commercials from MasterCard International and McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, Reebok International Ltd. and Berlin Cameron Red Cell and the Girls Scouts and Kaplan Thaler Group. EPIC awards in this category were presented by corporate leader Pamela Thomas Graham, president of CNBC.

2003 EPIC Television Movies and Series Honorees: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charms for the Easy Life, Damaged Care, Homeless to Harvard, and The Division were presented by actress Kathleen Turner.

2003 EPIC Sports Honoree: Julie Foudy, Captain, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team presented by Donna de Varona

Special thanks to Eve Ensler for her performance

Special thanks to Jenny Warburg for photographing the event

Special thanks to our donors:

Chairs

Barbara and Eric Dobkin MasterCard International Deborah Slaner Larkin

Vice Chairs

Abby Disney JP Morgan Chase & Co. The Friedrike Merck Fund in the New York Community

Patrons

Beth Comstock Frank About Women, the Advertising to Women Consultants at Mullen General Electric Ms. Foundation for Women Starbucks Coffee

Sponsors

American Legacy Foundation Carole Black Ernst and Young HBO Kay Koplovitz Nancy Lee Lifetime Television McCann-Erickson, Inc Oxygen Media The Principal Financial Group Solera Capital/Latina Media Ventures United Federation of Teachers Suzyn Waldman

EPIC Inaugural Awards Dinner - October 2002 We held our inaugural EPIC Awards dinner in New York City on Tuesday, October 15, 2002. It was a smashing success. Leaders and celebrities from the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, and the media gathered with us to toast the "culture changers" in their midst. The EPIC (Enhancing Perceptions in Culture) Awards recognize those who present positive images of women leaders in pop culture venues.

Why does WHP work with the entertainment industry? WHP recognizes the immense power the entertainment industry has to influence the public’s vision and to help Americans become comfortable with the idea of women at all levels of business and politics by portraying women as leaders in films and on television.