Marty Wolff, Amy Hildreth and Kae Whang Kick Off 'The Biggest Loser' Million-Pound Tour, Presented by MSN, at the Gurnee Mills Mall

Marty Wolff, Amy Hildreth and Kae Whang Kick Off 'The Biggest Loser' Million-Pound Tour, Presented by MSN, at the Gurnee Mills Mall

MSN and NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' come to Gurnee, Ill., to encourage Americans to lose 1 million pounds collectively.

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Who: "The Biggest Loser" Season Three contestants Marty Wolff and Amy
Hildreth and popular Season Four contestant Kae Whang, along with
MSN Health & Fitness and local fitness experts, will be at the
Gurnee Mills Mall to discuss "The Biggest Loser" Million Pound
Match-Up sweepstakes, at http://biggestloser.msn.com/, a challenge
to Americans to collectively lose 1 million pounds during the
course of the show "The Biggest Loser: Couples."

What: On Jan. 12 and 13, the MSN Health & Fitness team, along with Marty
Wolff, Amy Hildreth and Kae Whang of "The Biggest Loser," will be
available to answer questions and provide advice on weight loss.
Participants will have the opportunity to receive free body mass
index and blood pressure tests and free giveaways from MSN and
NBC's "The Biggest Loser" team.

Why: To help inspire and motivate Americans, MSN Health & Fitness is
teaming up with NBC's "The Biggest Loser" to launch "The Biggest
Loser" Million Pound Match-Up to help provide a place where
Americans can work together to lose weight and have fun while they
do it.

Where: People interested in participating in "The Biggest Loser" Million
Pound Match-Up can sign up for the contest in person at Gurnee
Mills Mall on Jan. 12 and 13 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. They can
also review full rules and details and register online at

http://biggestloser.msn.com/.

About MSN and Windows Live

MSN attracts more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering compelling programmed content experiences to consumers and online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. Windows Live, a set of personal Internet services and software, is designed to bring together in one place all the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web. MSN and Windows Live are offered alongside each other as complementary services. Some Windows Live services entered an early beta phase on Nov. 1, 2005; these and future beta updates can be found at http://ideas.live.com/. Windows Live is available at http://www.live.com/. MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com/. MSN worldwide sites are located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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