Bristol Palin Got $262,500 For Advocating Against Teen Pregnancy

The former Dancing With The Stars contestant Bristol Palin was paid more than $260,500 advocating against teen pregnancy in 2009, tax documents released on Tuesday show.

The 20-year-old Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned $262,500 for her work advocating that teens abstain from sex, according to information posted on the Internet by GuideStar, which monitors the finances of nonprofit groups.

A nonprofit organization, the Candie's Foundation, that seeks to raise awareness of teen pregnancy and parenting issues, reported Bristol Palin's earnings to the Internal Revenue Service.

We know that Bristol Palin's work has had a positive effect on creating awareness about teen pregnancy, Ali Tyrangel, a spokeswoman for the foundation.

Ali Tyrangel said an independent survey of 1,000 teens comparing Bristol Palin public-service announcements with those of another organization using non-famous teens found that the Palin spots were much more powerful and attention-getting.

She said, Bristol Palin has been a courageous and powerful partner to the Foundation as we attempt to discourage teen pregnancy.

The Representatives for Bristol Palin and Candie's could not immediately be reached for comment.




Bristol Palin then (18), was pregnant during the 2008 presidential campaign and her son was born in the month after the election. She and the boy's father, Levi Johnston, had a much-publicized breakup.

The Both young parents have embarked on separate celebrity careers.

Bristol Palin was a contestant on ABC's television program 'Dancing With the Stars' and went on the lecture circuit.

Levi Johnston has been promoting a proposed reality television show and posed, shortly after the 2008 election, for Playgirl magazine.

The former contestant Bristol Palin is still featured prominently on the Candie's Foundation web site, along with several other celebrity spokespeople such as actresses Hilary Duff, Hayden Panettiere and Vanessa Milano.
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Bristol Palin To Publish The Book_ Not Afraid of Life

Bristol Palin, daughter of Republican politician Sarah Palin and a 'Dancing With the Stars' alum, is set to publish a memoir called 'Not Afraid of Life', which is set to hit stores this summer.

Bristol Palin, the 20-year-old, has been a tabloid favorite ever since her mother's 2008 vice presidential campaign. At the time, Bristol Palin was pregnant with her then-fiance Levi Johnston's son Tripp and later gave birth out of wedlock. She has since become a teenage pregnancy prevention advocate.

Her new book will contain details about her life as a young mother, how she coped with her mother's political journey, her time on 'Dancing With the Stars' last year and her childhood in Alaska, publisher William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, said in a statement.

The statement said, She speaks candidly of her aspirations for the future and the deep religious faith that gives her strength and inspiration. Plainspoken and disarmingly down to earth, Bristol offers new insight and understanding of who she is and what she values most.



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