A FACINATING NEW BOOK HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED ABOUT North Dakota.

IT DOESN'T FEATURE THE BADLANDS OR PRAIRIE POTHOLES.... BUT WOMEN WHO HAVE CHANGED THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS STATE.

IT IS CALLED "BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF NORTH DAKOTA." AND THIS WEEKEND AT MOORHEAD'S ROURKE GALLERY.... 22- OF THEM FROM ACROSS THE STATE FEATURED IN THE BOOK... WILL COME FOR A STAR STUDDED AFFAIR. THE STORY FROM REPORTER KEVIN WALLEVAND.

CHRISTINE FINNEMAN OF GOLVA NORTH DAKOTA NOT ONLY RAISED 11 CHILDREN... SHE'S MADE QUILTS FOR EVERY NEWBORN IN TOWN

NAT I asked her how many quilts, hundreds, no, she said, thousands. CHRISTINE PETERSON OF Bowman... IS LIKE HER HUSBAND PREPARING FOR DEPLOYMENT.. A HARD WORKING NURSE PRACTITIONER

NAT Motivational speaker, she is just amazing. JUST TWO OF THE 22 BEAUTIFUL WOMEN FEATURED IN THE JUST RELEASED BOOK...BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF NORTH DAKOTA

Nat-you are page two. PHOTOGRAPHER BILLY BLACK AND HIS WIFE AND WRITER CHRIS LINNARES DREAMED UP THIS IDEA... TRAVELING THE STATE.... VISITING THE HOMES OF WOMEN BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT... WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD..

SOT [BILLY BLACK\PHOTOGRAPHER] IT IS NOT JUST PHOTOS WE TOOK THEY ARE MOMENTS IN TIME AND I DO SAY PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURE THE SPIRIT. [CHRIS LINNARES\WRITER] THRU THIS PROJECT AND AFTER MEETING THOSE WOMEN AND TALKING WITH THEM AND INSPIRED BY THEIR STORIES, I FEEL REALLY PROUD OF RAISING MY DAUGHTERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE AND MADE THIS BRAZILIAN SOUL LIKE ME BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE WARMENTS PLACES TO LIVE. I AM NOTJUST SAYING THAT IT IS TRUE

SOT . WHETHER IT IS LOOKING BEYOND DISABILITY OR AGE...

102 WAKES UP AT NINE AND DOES AEROBICS-BOOM SHE IS IN THE BOOK. NAT THE BOOK AND SOON TO BE RELEASED DOCUMENTARY PUT ASIDE ALL WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT PHYSICAL BEAUTY... INSTEAD... FOCUSING ON WHAT THESE WOMEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.. THE LIVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. PRAIRIE ROSE OF Fargo IS ON PAGE TWO. SOT [PRAIRIE ROSE\ONE OF "BEAUTIFUL WOMEN"] All of us have this sense of community and family that we are in this together. SOME ARE FAMOUS... OTHERS JUST SUCCESSFUL AT HOME.... AND IN A STATE WHERE WE SELDOME LIKE TO BRAG.... A BOOK NOW DOCUMENTS ITS HOMEGROWN BEAUTY

Billmemorable people and memorable times in our life.

THE 22-WOMEN WILL BE HONORED AT PRIVATE RED CARPET CEREMONY IN MOOREHEAD..SATURDAY NIGHT. watch the video | save this article / add to your favorites list