Kalamazoo Gazette: ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover’ crew to visit
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The production crew of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition” will be in Kalamazoo on May 22 to film the “reveal” of Alyssa Stommen and everyone is invited, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Stommen will be featured on the third season of the reality TV show that follows a group of people for 12 months as they try to lose weight. The 5-foot-6 Stommen, 22, said recently that she weighed more than 400 pounds when her “journey” started nine-and-a-half months ago. Stommen signed a contract with ABC and is not able to talk specifically about her appearance.
Excerpt: “Anyone who personally knows me says I’ve lost an amazing, incredible amount of weight,” she said.
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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
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