4 out of 5 American women say they’re dissatisfied with the way they look. That will change this spring. SHAPE magazine, the #1 women’s active lifestyle magazine, is excited to announce its first ever “Bikini Body Tour.”

SHAPE will hit the hottest beaches with forty exhilarating fitness classes, sand-tastic games, sizzling prizes and special guest, Victoria’s Secret Supermodel, Marisa Miller. The cover model of the special Summer Issue, will be on-hand as women push themselves to the limit with muscle-burning moves on the beach. Those sexy beach bodies that women covet all year long can now be achieved with the help of the tour’s intensive exercise classes! Once they’ve got the bod, they can check out the hottest looks at an exclusive summer fashion show hosted by SHAPE’s Executive Style Director, Jacqui Stafford.

An internationally-known brand name, New York Times best-selling author, and the woman dubbed “the Lenny Bruce of Wellness” by Shape magazine, Susan Powter’s “Stop the Insanity” mantra was a self-help sensation in the 1990s. Her personal story of losing over l30 pounds as a single mother of two babies inspired millions and changed the diet and fitness industry forever. Now, recently returned to public life from a ten year self-imposed exile, in her most radical book to date, THE POLITICS OF STUPID: The Cure for Obesity (Atria Books; May 6, 2008), Susan Powter challenges food manufacturers, governments, fitness and diet industries in order to teach women how to find the motivation to alter their lifestyles in search of well-being and weight loss.