Tonight on 20/20 ` 20/20 is going to Vegas. Not Rotovegas, the actual Las Vegas. We head backstage with the Kiwi girls... Everybody watch 20/20. We're in Las Vegas, in Michael Jackson's One. Everybody watch 20/20. We're in Las Vegas, in Michael Jackson's One. CHEERING ...hitting the big-time with a global phenomenon. # Beat it, beat it... # They're in love... I had male genitalia, but everything else was feminine. ...and they're both... You know, I've still got breasts and the female biological genitalia. ...transgender. Don't you dare tell anyone you're a virgin! Keep your pants on! And a girl who's not backing down from extreme sex ed. School's supposed to be a place where you're safe and not where you should be shamed for what you have or haven't done. Captions by TVNZ Access Services. www.tvnz.co.nz/access-services Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013 Kia ora. I'm Sonya Wilson. OK, everyone, so take your seats, put those tray tables away, and do up your seatbelt tight, cos we're taking you on a trip ` a trip to the place they call Sin City ` Las Vegas. If you haven't been there before, just like our Erin Conroy hadn't, be prepared to have your senses assaulted. 20/20 got an exclusive invitation to an exceptional show, where there's a very special Kiwi connection. ENERGETIC DANCE MUSIC 20/20 is going to Vegas ` not Rotovegas, not Ashvegas ` the actual Las Vegas. DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES We've been invited to the world premiere of the brand-new Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show. # Little party never killed nobody. We get to go on the red carpet. First red carpet I've ever done. DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES The Jackson family's coming. The Jackson family. Hi, guys. Hi, guys. ALL SQUEAL And we catch up with the Kiwi dancers who are living the dream. All of this in just 48 hours. # All we got, all we got, all we got, all we got, all we got... I don't know what I've got myself in for, but I'm pretty bloody excited. DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES HYPNOTIC DANCE MUSIC First time to Vegas. This is World News. Tonight the record heat wave. Is there any relief coming? The record-breaking heat is dangerously baking the south-west. Everything is extreme,... What kind of place is this? ...even the weather. Oh my God. Oh my God. It is so hot. (CHUCKLES) Apparently it's 43 degrees. It was 11 when we left Auckland, so, you know... just a small increase of 32 degrees. (LAUGHS) Oh my God. (LAUGHS) It is so hot. And this is home for tonight. BIG BAND MUSIC First on the agenda, we catch up with the talented Kiwi girls whose dancing dreams began in a small South Auckland studio and has landed them, well, here. Hi, guys. Hi, guys. ALL SQUEAL How are you? Hi. Hi. Good to see you. BIG BAND MUSIC CONTINUES Good to see you too. So this is home now? Good to see you too. So this is home now? ALL: Yeah. < Is it what you thought it was gonna be? < Is it what you thought it was gonna be? Yep, it's awesome. And so much more. And so much more. ALL: Yeah, and more. It's incredible. This is actually like a dream, eh? > Well, first things first, as you do, a few treats from home. Well, first things first, as you do, a few treats from home. CHEERING, APPLAUSE, SQUEALING Holy heck! Milk bottles! ALL: Oh my God! Are you even allowed to eat these, or are you on some sort of special Cirque diet? Nah, we eat everything and anything. Nah, we eat everything and anything. NZ lollies are an exception. GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC Rewind 10 months. Six girls from NZ auditioned for the brand-new Cirque du Soleil show. They've just found out they've been successful. We're about to go to move to Las Vegas to work for Cirque du Soleil in a Michael Jackson tribute show, earning more money than I ever thought I would earn at 21, let alone she's 18. Sisters Malaena and Colette are leaving home for the first time. Nervous about their big adventure, but coming as close as they can to their dream job. Michael Jackson ` have we got a couple of fans here? Michael Jackson ` have we got a couple of fans here? BOTH: Huge. Hello? Hello? Huge. My whole life, I've` we've both wanted to back-up dance for MJ. What did you do as a job before any of this? What did you do as a job before any of this? I worked at Number One Shoes. 21-year-old Ngavaine from Norton, Hamilton, was selected too. So when you realised that instead of just working in a shop, you're gonna be dancing in an international show for two years and being paid heaps, how do you feel? Uh, better when you say that. (LAUGHS) So it's happened, Ngavaine. We talked about it, and here we are. Can you quite believe that this is happening? Sometimes, it` You know, I'll have a moment to myself, and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh. 'I'm in Vegas. I'm in my dream job. 'And I'm representing Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil... in Vegas.' Look. This is your show! (SQUEALS) (SQUEALS) As if by magic... Yay! How different is your life compared to what it was back in NZ? How different is your life compared to what it was back in NZ? Completely different. I can't explain. I didn't have an income like I do right now. I didn't get the opportunity to perform for a wide international crowd two times a night. I don't think I would be living on my own without any family around at 21. Are you managing to save any money? The first thing I thought of straight away is sending money home, so ever since I got my first pay check, money goes home to my grandparents, my family. Money ` it doesn't buy you happiness, or, like, stuff like that, but in ways it fills in that gap that you, like` that I don't need to worry any more. For the next two years Vegas is home for the girls, and they've set up house together. We all live in, like, an apartment complex together, so we're, um, flatting in twos. Pay your own bills` Pay your own bills` Which I hate. Pay your own bills` Which I hate. ...which sucks. Pay rent. Pay rent. Yeah, can't cook. (LAUGHS) But it's adult life ` #adultlife now. Yeah. Cos this town throws up all kinds of opportunities to get into a bit of mischief. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER < Do you get into a bit of mischief? I don't think we have time to get into mischief. I don't think we have time to get into mischief. Oh, speak for yourself. LAUGHTER Cos doing two shows a night really, like, exhausts you. Like, on our two days off, all I wanna do is, like, sleep, sunbathe, swim and sleep. GENTLE URBAN MUSIC It's the day before the big opening. The world's media arrive for their official briefing. But the Kiwi crew get special treatment. That's our dressing room in there. That's our dressing room in there. Oh, look. Look, look, look, look, look, look. Famous. Famous. The girls give us our own personal guided tour of their Cirque world. ALL: Hi. URBAN MUSIC CONTINUES This is mine. This is mine. No way. This is mine. No way. This is mine. Whoa. I'm sorry. How MJ is that? URBAN MUSIC CONTINUES These are our jewels for our faces. We put them on. These are our jewels for our faces. We put them on. Every night. Swarovski jewels, by the way. Just putting it out there. Swarovski jewels, by the way. Just putting it out there. Whoa. Are you serious? ALL: Yes. ALL: Yes. Not just stick-ons from the $2 Shop? ALL: Yes. Not just stick-ons from the $2 Shop? LAUGHTER So last time we spoke, you said you wanted to be back-up dancers for Michael Jackson. We were obsessed. How does this compare? Is this the next best thing? How does this compare? Is this the next best thing? Definitely. Sometimes I think of that and I'm like, 'Oh my Gosh, I remember when me and Malaena were 8 years old 'and we were, like, making dances to Michael Jackson.' When you think of stuff like that, it's, like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm doing it for real, like...' And now Michael Jackson's family is coming to watch you dance. Mm. Yeah. It's very... Wow. What if we just freeze and we, like, forget all the choreography? What if we just freeze and we, like, forget all the choreography? LAUGHTER Please, no. That it's not going to happen. Are they good? > Are they good? > They're fantastic. Jamie King, the director of the show, handpicked the girls. They belong in this show. Such great team players, great work ethic, and real joys, meaning, like, joyful in the process. Because it can get really difficult. The hours are long, it's hard on the body, you know, you can easily become a complainer or a whiner. And these girls never do. What is up with you in NZ? OK, we need some of that medicine here. We have a bit of a tagline here, and it's spoken by Mr Jamie King. And it's 'keep it tight.' And, um, we just say that, like, before we go onstage, before we eat. So if I were to say keep it tight,... (LAUGHS) Oh, you know about this? I can't believe it! (LAUGHS) Oh, you know about this? I can't believe it! ...what would I be meaning? > (LAUGHS) 'Keep it tight' is a phrase I use, but it can mean many things. But it's more about being their personal best. Keeping it tight and being your personal best, so that when you're on that stage, your dance moves are tight, your attitude is tight and right, and you feel great about your body. So... keep it tight. FAST DANCE MUSIC Coming up ` learning the red carpet ropes. You're from NZ, they are not going to fuck with you. And NZ gets a chance to experience the MJ Cirque magic. # Cos this is thriller. # Thriller at night. # And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike. A DRIVING CLASSICAL MUSIC When the Cirque machine gets into full swing, you know about it, and the machine is moving towards us in NZ. SOTTO VOCE: That's Jamie King. He's the creator of the shows. He's literally worked with everyone under the sun. Look at this list: Madonna, Mariah, Britney, Riri, Ricky, Avril, Shakira, the Spice Girls. He is a superstar in his own right. The show coming our way is called Immortal. # Annie, are you OK? Are you OK, Annie? It's the original collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and the Jackson estate. 'SMOOTH CRIMINAL' CONTINUES They knew Jamie was the man for the job. He'd worked alongside Michael and knows how to put on a show. CROWD CHEERS PERCUSSIVE FLOURISHES He's the blonde one. PERCUSSIVE FLOURISH, CROWD CHEERS This was his creation ` Madonna's Super Bowl half-time performance. # Let your body move to the music. # Move to the music. # So, we've got one of your shows coming to NZ. So, we've got one of your shows coming to NZ. < So cool. Immortal. Um, certainly that show was the first show that I-I-I did with Cirque du Soleil, where they asked me to create a show based around Michael Jackson and his music and his life. And that show, I love. # Let me out into the night time. There's a lot of emotion in that show, because for me that was really an opportunity for me to say goodbye to Michael. I think you'll feel it in the show. And also really for the fans around the world to really say their goodbyes to Michael, so... I love that show. I'm very proud of it. So what's the difference between the two shows? Um, what is the difference? Well, certainly, they are, um` one is a rock-style show, meaning that it's in arenas. That's Immortal, and that's what you'll see. Um, that is, you know, meant to be viewed by anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000 people in arenas in a rock-and-roll-type way, like Michael Jackson toured around the world. It's meant to feel like a Michael-esque show. UP-TEMPO POP MUSIC It's so huge. How does it tour? How does it actually work? Lots of buses, lots of trucks, lots of aeroplanes, you know. That's really the way` And also really great, you know, a really great group of technicians and cast who really, night after night, make it work, you know. They build those sets in, like, record time. It's incredible. 36 shipping containers, to be precise, all arriving here in NZ transforming this arena into a Cirque extravaganza. Dozens of performers, hundreds of props, even an 11-piece band ` all bringing to life 20 of MJ's biggest hits. # I just can't control my feet. # I want you to perform like you leave your body, your soul, your heart on the dance floor, on the stage, cos that's how Michael did it. For me it was really` God, it was a really emotional show, actually, to put together. We have a responsibility to do it like Michael. # Annie, are you OK? # Will you tell us that you're OK? What do you reckon Kiwis are gonna think of all of this? What do you reckon Kiwis are gonna think of all of this? The Cirque show's going to NZ? Oh my gosh, just go. Music, Michael Jackson in your ear is amazing. And then, um, Cirque's interpretation of the music on stage. # With the force, don't stop. Don't stop till you get enough. So happy that something is going to NZ, cos we're so tiny at the bottom of the world. (LAUGHS) When the shows finish, what do you want the audience to leave feeling? I'd like them to feel... like they just were with Michael Jackson. That they just spent time with Michael. So what is left to do tonight? Are we all ready? We're almost there. It's in a few hours. Oh my G` I gotta change. I don't know if I should wear white or black. I don't know if I should wear white or black. (GASPS) White or black. The decisions are so hard. The decisions are so hard. It don't matter if you're black or white. BOTH LAUGH BOTH LAUGH Sorry, too cheesy, too cheesy. BOTH LAUGH Sorry, too cheesy, too cheesy. Nah, it's OK. Yeah. Keep it tight. Yeah. Keep it tight. Keep it tight. SOTTO VOCE: My God, Jamie. He's a bit of a babe. # I got this feeling on a summer day when you were gone. # I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn. Before the stars hit the red carpet, we check out the town the girls now call home. Vegas! # I don't care. I love it. Vegas! Bang, bang, bang. A city in the middle of the desert where people come to gamble,... Are you winning? Are we winning? ...get hitched... Were you sober when you said, 'I do'? Were you sober when you said, 'I do'? Yes, absolutely. ...or just... I got hammered. he said it ` get hammered. # I don't care. I love it. It's the place they call Sin City. Touch my titties. Touch my titties. I'm touching! I'm touching! As a top holiday destination in America, all the best acts get booked here. Bieber, Beyonce and Bruno all playing around the opening of Cirque du Soleil. # I love it. The world premiere. The world premiere. Hey! (LAUGHS) This is what we've all been working towards. This is what we've all been working towards. Yeah, totally. Like, this is the big thing. Tonight it's our girls' show that's lighting up the billboards. Here we go! Here are your red carpet credentials. Here are your red carpet credentials. OK. The red carpet, the press, with lots of experience in superstar interviews. Please tell me, what's a good red carpet tip? Good red carpet tip? Um, you're from NZ? They are not gonna fuck with you, because guess what? You don't fuck with a NZer. I think the NZers are tougher. In fact, you scare me right there. According to the list, there are some big names on their way. OK, this is who we've got on the menu tonight: the Jackson brothers. Katherine Jackson, his mum. Pammy Anderson? Wow. LA Reid. Justin Bieber. We're gonna get to see Justin Bieber! And the first celeb arrives. The man whose poster I had on the wall when I was growing up. You're very flattering. You're beautiful, too. What's your name? OK. Moving on. Hi, we're from NZ. We've come all the way... Please, come. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, of course. Hey, so it looks like you can moonwalk. Oh, don't make me do it again. I'll grab my junk for you. Bye. UPBEAT MUSIC Are you keeping it tight? Are you keeping it tight? I am trying. On a scale of one to 10, how nervous are you right now? I'm not nervous. I'm excited. I'm anxious. I am ready. And finally the ones we've all been waiting for. I'm about to interview the Jackson family. What do you think Michael would think of tonight? For the turnout and the fans appreciating the music, I think he would love it. We've got the Immortal show coming to NZ really soon. What do you think we can expect? The Immortal show? It's a good show. The Immortal show? It's a good show. I hope you enjoy it and have a great time. You've got Michael Jackson's genius plus the creativity of Cirque du Soleil. When you put two greats together like that, it should be something fantastic. Six NZ dancers. Six NZ dancers. Oh, really? Six NZ dancers. Oh, really? In this show. Yeah! Yeah! LAUGHTER Yeah! Yeah! Gimme some too. MUSICAL FLOURISH In just moments the curtain will rise on the biggest night in our girls' career. OMINOUS MUSIC Meet the family. MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'BEAT IT' PLAYS # Beat it, beat it. # Beat it, beat it. Bursting on to stage with a front-and-centre position is Malaena in the purple wig and Ngavaine in yellow. # It doesn't matter who's wrong or right. As soon as the show starts it's clear GUITAR SOLO these girls aren't just some bit part. # No one wants to be defeated. They are stars. # Showin' how funky strong is your fight # It doesn't matter who's wrong or right. # Whoo-hoo! GUITAR CHORDS As the premiere builds to its finale, 20/20 gets a special invitation. # I believe in miracles # and a miracle has happened tonight. Just found out we are the first crew ever been allowed backstage at this show. Awesome. MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'BLACK OR WHITE' CONTINUES # Can you feel it? # And if you're thinking of being my brother it don't matter if you're black or white. # AUDIENCE APPLAUDS, CHEERS Listen to that crowd. They absolutely loved it. CHEERING CONTINUES ALL SQUEAL You look amazing. We're just sweaty Skittles. How was that? How was that? ALL: Amazing. Being with these girls on the stage, we would look at each other and, like, do the, like, smile like, 'Holy crap. Like, this is it right now,' so it's the time of our life, I think. The most intense feeling in the world. And you can't really describe it or put a certain word to it, but it's just phenomenal. ALL CHEER Amazing. Um, Cirque du Soleil's Immortal show will be at Auckland's Vector Arena from the 30th of October until the 3rd of November later this year. Next up on 20/20 ` a boy-meets-girl story with a twist. Walks like a man, talks like a man, he is a man, even if he has breasts or a vagina. It doesn't matter. And it is so ironic because the parts that you want, you had. And now you` you got rid of them. We even told 'em. We were just like, 'It would just be perfect if we just switched because, you know`' I was like, 'You can have my uterus.' Yeah, he had the perfect breast size that I wanted. I said, 'Well, you can have my penis.' a Welcome back. Katie Hill, 18, and her boyfriend, Arin Andrews (17), are crazy in love. They're like any other teenage couple except that they were both born the opposite sex. Before they transitioned, each endured years of bullying, isolation and thoughts of suicide. Deborah Roberts reports. UPBEAT MUSIC It's Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 18-year-old Katie and 17-year-old boyfriend Arin are getting ready for a night on the town. There's nothing. The young sweethearts have been dating for a year and clearly remember the first moment they met. She walked in, and I was, like, 'Who's that girl?' He was just so handsome. I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. He would look out and see me, and I'd look away. On the dance floor, I'd be dancing, I'd turn around and he'd be there. Instant attraction? Instant attraction? Oh yeah. Instant attraction? Oh yeah. BOTH: Instant, yeah. Katie and Arin are like any other teenage couple in love, except ` and it's a big except ` they were each born the opposite sex. That's right, Arin was born a girl; Katie, a boy. They're transgender. Last year, Katie had her body transformed with gender-reassignment surgery. For now, Arin is simply taking male hormones. When you undress, though, you still have female genitalia. From face up, I look male. And when I get my clothes off at home, I've still got breasts and the female biological genitalia. He walks like a man, talks like a man. He is a man, even if he has breasts or a vagina. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. And it is so ironic, because the parts that you want, you had, and now you` and now you` She got rid of them. > It would just be perfect if we just switched, because, you know` It would just be perfect if we just switched, because, you know` I said, 'You can have my uterus.' He had the perfect breast size that I wanted. I said, 'Well, you can have my penis.' That would be great. Oddly enough, it was Katie's mom, Jazzlyn, who brought them together after seeing Arin at a local transgender teen support group. I said, 'We've got to get you two together.' And I said, 'You know, you'd be perfect for each other.' And I thought, you know, 'Who in the world would understand more of what she's feeling and what she's gone through than a boy that's going through the same thing she's going through?' Katie, born Luke, had struggled with gender identity ever since she was a toddler. I had male genitalia, but everything else was feminine. The waist, uh, the butt, the cheekbones, the hair, the eyes, everything, the voice. It was really confusing growing up. It was really confusing growing up. At what point did you feel you weren't meant to be Luke? 3 or 4. I remember, when I was 4, running into my mom's bedroom and pulling on my, you know, penis, saying, 'I want this off ` off, off, Mom. Off.' But what did you make of that as a mom? You had to think that was strange. But there was so much other stuff. When Katie was Luke, she was such an extreme, feminine little boy. Everything that he did, he swayed through it. It was very, you know, ballerina type. You know, I just started going, 'Oh, OK, 'I need to start preparing for the fact that we have a gay son.' Whenever I would go to sleep, I would dream myself wearing a white wedding dress with long flowing hair ` the perfect image of me as a woman. Just 15 miles away, Arin was the perfect image of a little girl. Her mom named her Emerald and was over the moon. When I had her, I was like, 'Yes, I got a girl.' I wanted a girl so bad. She was, like, the best thing that's ever happened. Denise put Emerald in dance and pageants. She was so proud of her daughter's accomplishments, never realizing how uncomfortable Emerald was in such a feminine world. I just felt out of my place, like I wasn't supposed to have this dress on; I was actually supposed to have pants on. I identified with the guys. I thought I was a guy. Growing up, Luke and Emerald both felt like outcasts. So you had to endure a lot at school. Um, I was bullied there for, like, 10 years. Because you were an awkward girl? Because you were an awkward girl? Because I was different. I talked and walked like a man, but I wore a skirt. He was depressed and isolated. Just like Katie. She spent her whole childhood in the corner of her room with the door closed and the lights out. Everyone hates you, and you hate yourself. You know, there's no one on your side, not even you. My first attempt at suicide, I was 7. One time, I tried to drown myself in our pool and, uh` with cinder blocks. A staggering 41% of transgenders will attempt suicide. It was Jazzlyn's worst fear. I think it was just a matter of, uh, days. You hear your kid in the other room. You hear your kid in the other room. I literally just started yelling at him. 'I know what you're getting ready to do, and I'm not going to allow it.' I said, 'Just tell me you're gay. We'll get through it. We'll figure it out. 'It's not that big of a deal.' He finally just yelled at me that he was transgender, and, you know, I just, kind of, stopped. Did you have any idea what transgender was at that point? I guess I thought transgender was transvestite. And I'm just thinking, 'OK, so, you want to wear girls' clothes. I got a whole closet in there. 'Go! If it will make you happy and it will keep you alive and it will make you laugh, you know? 'I've never seen you laugh in eight years.' She asked, 'Will this make you happy? 'Will this make it so I don't have to be afraid of coming home every day 'and being afraid that I'm gonna see you dead on the floor? And I said, 'Yes, this is going to help, Mom. This is it. This is what I need. And I said, 'You know what? Just tell me what you want. I will do anything that you want me to. The very first thing out of his mouth was, he says, 'I want bras and panties.' I said, 'Fine. We'll go to Victoria's Secret tomorrow.' I wanted to change my name. I wanted to get on hormones. I wanted to grow my hair out, be called 'she' and 'her' and 'Katie', not 'Lucas'. 'And I don't care if it takes every ounce of being in my body. 'I will not stop until everything on that list is done.' And, damn, she did it. You had the cutest round cheeks. She sat my family down and said, 'Lucas is now Katie. If you have a problem, there's the door.' The defining moment for Arin came at age 14. Struggling to live life as a girl, he was kicked out of a private Christian school. I was asked to leave because I put on too many suspicions that I was a lesbian. I went home that night, and I curled up in a ball and cried. I had a knife and I tried to slit my wrists. In the depths of despair, Arin searched the internet for answers and realized he wasn't gay; he was transgender. It's like being sick for years and not knowing what you have, and when you figure out what you are, you can help yourself. You know, it's like one of those great moments. He broke the news to his mother, Denise. What is it like as a mom hearing your only daughter say that you don't really have a daughter? Well, it's... it's hard. I mean, I was losing my little baby girl. When you have friends that have had daughters with you and they're going to the prom and picking out dresses, I'm going to miss all that. She had to mourn the loss of her daughter. I mean, no parent wants to go through that. OK, is the right needle on there? Now, instead of helping Emerald prepare for dance recitals, she helps Arin with his testosterone shots. If you would've told me a year ago that I'd be in the place I am now, would have been like, 'Good joke.' You know, it's just funny where... where I've been and where I'm going. Cos I would've never known that this would've happened to me. They were robbed of their childhood. Marshmallows. Marshmallows. Marshmallows, yeah. They're just trying to catch up on life, and they're living it, and they're loving it. BOTH LAUGH Next up on 20/20 ` a young girl takes on extreme sex education in her public school. Slut shaming is the modern-day scarlet letter ` usually teens calling out other sexually active teens, and mostly online. What shocked Katelyn was that it was an adult this time slinging the arrows. It just seemed like she was going out to get anyone who'd already had sex. < And the tone she used was explicitly shaming. Girls! You're scarred for life. Tonight on 20/20 ` a Welcome back. Nearly a thousands students sat listening in an assembly, some in disbelief, as a provocative Christian guest speaker preached in their public school about abstinence. But the tone of the lecture was considered so aggressive that one 18-year-old Honours student gave it a name ` slut shaming. Here's Elizabeth Vargas. PEOPLE CHAT LOCKERS OPEN, CLOSE These are the sounds you might typically hear in the hallways of a busy high school. BELL RINGS But one early morning in April of this year, this is what the students at George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, were hearing. Oral sex is sex! Don't you dare tell anyone you're a virgin! Nearly 1000 students on their first day back from spring break sat in an assembly in disbelief as this provocative Christian speaker, Pam Stenzel, preached to them about practising abstinence. If there's a student in this gym who's had sex, let me tell you something, I am pretty sure I know about you. Stenzel is an internationally recognised, highly paid lecturer. Keep your pants on! Brash and absolutely unabashed, she travels the world, speaking to more than a half million young people each year about what she says is the importance of self-restraint. If you are here and you're a virgin, can I say this in case you don't hear it again? Please hear it from me. Good for you. Good for you! But one 18-year-old honour student named Katelyn Campbell was so outraged by Stenzel's tone, she gave it a very loaded label ` 'slut shaming'. Why did you use the word 'slut'? Why did you use the word 'slut'? Slut shaming was just the word in the vernacular of GW and the` It wasn't that you were saying that. You were coining... Yeah. Yeah. ...the vernacular, as you put it? Yeah. ...the vernacular, as you put it? Yes. It's your prerogative who you wanna have sex with. It's none of my business. Slut shaming is the modern-day scarlet letter ` usually teens calling out other sexually active teens and mostly online. What shocked Katelyn was that it was an adult this time slinging the arrows. It seemed like she was going out to get anyone who'd had sex and the tone she used was explicitly shaming. 'Don't you dare call yourself a pure person, because you're not.' And that's what I found particularly offensive. Katelyn is no ordinary adversary. She is the student body vice-president with a 4.8 GPA that earned her a scholarship to Wellesley College in the fall. Yet Katelyn's decision to speak out against Stenzel would turn this once-popular student into a pariah when half of her classmates turned on her. It started out with people saying, you know, 'She's a slut,' 'She's a liar,' 'She's doing this for attention,' 'I bet she's being abstinent but not by choice.' ...doing it before you walk the aisle, you're gonna do it after! Past behaviour predicts future behaviour. This isn't rocket science. This is insane. Here's her message for mothers who put their daughter on the pill. This girl could end up sterile or dead. Katelyn decided to boycott Stenzel's talk at the school. But junior Carly Thaw was there, and she recorded it on her iPhone. Girls, you are scarred for life. She couldn't believe her ears. You've got scar tissue in your fallopian tubes, your ovaries, your uterus. You have pelvic inflammatory disease. She just accelerated as she started speaking and got really loud and kind of abrasive. It is unconscionable that anyone in this gym would ever have sex with another human being and not honestly tell that person everywhere you've been. She's very aggressive and very strong and forceful in her condemnation of anybody having premarital sex. For her to tell people that if you've had sex before you're married, you're impure, there's nothing you can do about it, you're screwed for life was just, like,... 'What are you saying?' According to Carly, Stenzel's assembly sparked plenty of anger and even some tears. She's sitting there telling us that we're trash and we're useless if we've had sex before. School should be a safe place and not where you should be shamed for what you have or haven't done. West Virginia has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy. We're number nine. We're number nine. Some people might argue Pam Stenzel's speech... might help a couple teenagers avoid making a bad decision. It very well might. If you are afraid of having sex, then you probably won't. But I think there's a better, more scientific way to address sex than saying, 'Just don't do it.' After seeing her friends so distraught, Katelyn went to the media and gave an interview to a local newspaper. It landed her in Principal George Aulenbacher's office, and she says he was furious. He said, 'How would you feel if I told your college what bad character you have 'and what a back stabber you are?' Your principal said this to you? Your principal said this to you? Yeah. Your principal said this to you? Yeah. Did you feel this was a real threat? I did. Katelyn says she was afraid of losing her $25,000 annual scholarship to Wellesley. But that didn't stop her from stirring up the hornet's nest. Her story went national. She appeared on CNN and in Seventeen magazine. WOMAN: A student and a principal squared off in court today. And she took Aulenbacher's perceived threat so seriously, she filed an injunction against him and the school board to prevent them from retaliating against her. Including calling Wellesley? Including calling Wellesley? Including calling Wellesley. MAN: Will you retaliate against Miss Campbell for exercising her First Amendment rights? I wouldn't retaliate against any kid. But that's when she says the community turned against her. There was even a 'Hate on Katelyn' Facebook page. As I walked down the hallway, everybody went silent. One of the football players actually spat on me. It was just really gross. Are you shocked at all that people would respond this way? I mean, I understood from the beginning that it was a really hot and difficult issue, but I never expected people to outright dislike me for that. From now on, any school speaker on the topics of sex, religion or politics must be vetted by the superintendent. Ann Shoket is the editor of Seventeen magazine. Katelyn is a hero. She is a girl who knew in her heart that she was right, who stood up for her beliefs, who stood up to authority when she was at risk. Pam Stenzel declined our request for an interview, but she continues to spread her message to teens across the country. As for Katelyn, she doesn't intend to keep silent either. While her injunction against the principal was denied, her scholarship to Wellesley is secure. The college even tweeted her a warm welcome. What did it mean to you to get that support from your new college? It was exactly the validation I needed. APPLAUSE Just last week, she received a national student leadership award, and she hopes to one day become a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. I feel like I've been given a unique position to be a vehicle for social change. I have the mike, so I might as well use it. Next up on 20/20 ` there's a new name for brats on the web, and they want you to see what they've got. Laura is just 18. She's still in school. Laura is an RKOI ` that's a Rich Kid Of Instagram ` a whole bunch of snot-nosed millionaires who post snapshots of their everyday lives on this photo-sharing social network. Tonight on 20/20 ` a Welcome back. More and more wealthy teenagers are using photo-sharing site Instagram to pull back the velvet curtain on the world of the ultra-rich. Real kids giving a glimpse of their excessive, fabulous and sometimes tasteless lives. Hi. My name is Laura, and as you can see, I live in Monaco. Welcome to a day in the life of Laura Kriisa. This is my little chihuahua, Lily, who's gonna be spending the day with us. Say hi. Here's what Laura's doing this summer. Yep, she's hanging out on a yacht in the south of France. She's an international brat-setter, a band of the bold and the brash ` ridiculously rich teenagers who were born this way. Laura, who calls Monaco home, tells us her interests include travel, VIP partying, fashion and luxury. This is really bad service. Laura likes to upload her lavish life on to Instagram. Here she is in Capri, Miami, Paris and London, staying in a hotel I could never afford. I'm in love with these ones. Should I get these ones instead? Laura is just... 18. She's still in school. Laura is an RKOI. That's a rich kid of Instagram ` a whole bunch of snot-nosed millionaires who post snapshots of their everyday lives on this photo-sharing social network. The most fantastic/awful, depending on your POV, are collected on this Tumblr page. You know, posing with private jets, stepping off yachts and a �16,000, that's nearly $25,000, bar tab run up in a London club. Yes, they really do this. And people really follow them. It's like the zoo, and it's like, 'Who are they? How do they live?' It's like studying another species. But it's interesting. Dina Gachman writes about the 1%. There's been that world always, but it's just so in our face now with social media. These kids started out posting picks for their friends, kind of like, you know, the rest of us would post shots of a great burger. They post a Bentley. It can get obnoxious. It's, like, 'All right, enough with the pictures next to your car.' I put up one picture of the private jet. I'm not going to be obnoxious and put up a million. Meet Michelle Madonna. In her teens, she almost had a pop career with a single called I'm a Brat. # I'm about to get what I want. # You can't have it if I want it. # And a short-lived reality TV career. Now she's a designer ` a real-life material girl who actually works. (CHUCKLES) I design flower headbands. Daughter of a big time businessman, she will be a fashion mogul by 30. I love being the centre of attention. Her Instagram ` bikinis, music festivals, rolling with the it girls. People get pissed off at other people having fun. But life's not always fair. Why do they show us this stuff? In their world, they're probably, like, 'I saw your yacht; here's mine.' But there are some people that you kinda get the feeling that they want to rub it in people's faces. Now, this is my favourite teenaged Instagram post of all time ` a groomed, young stallion... posing with a horse. You grew up... privileged? Blessed, I would say. We came to Orange County, California, to meet the most interesting teen in the world. My name is Bradley Scott Montgomery. These are the kind of photographs Bradley Scott Montgomery posts ` a Bentley, caviar, box-fresh croc-skin shoes. Have you ever taken a shot of something and thought, 'That's too much'? I've caught myself on a few of the Bentley pictures. Brad's parents apparently made a little money in finance. Hobbies ` business. Favourite clothes ` fine cut suits. I like Italian. What fabric is this? What fabric is this? It's cotton. What fabric is this? It's cotton. Cotton? Favourite meal ` business lunch. Who talks about business lunches? Who talks about business lunches? Brad Montgomery. Who talks about business lunches? Brad Montgomery. (LAUGHS) Just do a virgin mojito. Just do a virgin mojito. Virgin mojito. Just do a virgin mojito. Virgin mojito. Virgin. Age ` well, the kid's just 18. He's just graduated high school, and he wears French cuffs. But ` and here's the but ` sometimes teens use social media to create who they want to be. And I'm afraid we gradually realised that Brad is not all that he seems on Instagram. That horse... isn't his. The horse is actually a good friend of mine's. She has a stable in her backyard. The Bentley isn't his either. Brad actually drives a... a Ford Focus. I've gone on road trips in this. Yeah, judging by some of the staining on my seat as well. And the caviar? I still to this point haven't had caviar at all in my life. Just try and look rich? Maybe Brad just likes the online love. Good work. Now, don't get us wrong. He's well off, just not 'own your own Bentley' rich. And Brad might really make it one day if he works as hard at the investment company he just founded as he does cultivating his suave online persona. Meanwhile, back in Monaco, Laura tells us she has some vague ideas about 'creating something'. There's gonna be an opening party at the port tonight. I'm gonna need to buy heels. Laura, I suppose, has already made it in life without even trying. What can you say? Now, if you want to see any of tonight's stories again, you can head to our website... You can also email us... Or, of course, go to our Facebook page. 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