Women in high heels race for shopping cash prize

(6 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Limousine carrying girls arriving at event 2. Various of girls getting out of car in their stilettos 3. Various of stilettos 4. Close of stilettos tilt up to girl wearing them 5. Close-up of stilettos 6. Wide of starting line with girls 7. Wide of starting line with girls, AUDIO: starting siren 8. Various of girls running 9. Finish banner with girls running towards it 10. Close of winner Tamara Ruben, zoom out to winner’s podium 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tamara Ruben, winner: “I hoped to win, but well I tried to run so fast as possible.“ 12. Ruben walking down street with another woman and entering store with her winner’s cheque STORYLINE: One hundred and fifty young women thundered down Amsterdam’s most famed fashion street in stiletto heels on Thursday, racing for a 10-thousand euro (15-thousand US dollar) prize. The annual race on the P.C. Hooft street called the “Stiletto Run“ is only three-years-old but has quickly grown in popularity and spawned imitation races in Germany, Sweden, Poland and Russia. Sponsored by Glamour magazine, the race’s motto is “Shopping is a Sport,“ and friendly competition is encouraged. To be allowed to compete women had to wear heels with a minimum height of nine centimetres (3.5 inches). Tamara Ruben, 25, from the town of Veenendaal, claimed first prize in the 350 metre race. “I hoped to win, but well I tried to run so fast as possible,“ she told AP Television. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: