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June 5th, 2006

Jodi Pliszka: “Hair? Who cares!”

GMToday.com has an article up on our Official Baldiness.com Aspiring Inventor.
You may remember Jodi Pliszka from the notorious moment in which she pulled her wig off on the new ABC show “American Inventor.” How you should remember Jodi Pliszka is the way she’s taken a proverbial bushel full of life’s lemons and made one fantastic […]

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May 14th, 2006

Jodi Pliszka - Guest Post

To conclude our interview, I offered Jodi a post of her own, free reign to say whatever she wanted about whatever she wanted. Well, Jodi lost her job during the American Inventor competition. But as you’d expect from someone with her enthusiasm and optimism, she sees this as an opportunity to get a public speaking […]

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May 13th, 2006

Interview with Jodi Pliszka Part 3 - American Inventor

Today, we conclude our Mother’s Day interview with Jodi Pliszka. Part 1 and Part 2 were posted earlier in the week, and tomorrow will conclude with a guest post from Jodi. We finish the interview by discussing her experience on American Inventor.

Baldiness.com: How did you hear about the show? What pushed you to audition?
Jodi: […]

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May 12th, 2006

Interview with Jodi Pliszka Part 2 - Motherhood

Today, we continue our Mother’s Day interview with Jodi Pliszka. In Part 1, we talked about Baldness. Today we discuss Motherhood.

Baldiness.com: Tell me a little about your family life. Here’s a chance to brag about your daughter, something no parent can resist. :)
Jodi: I have the strongest relationship with my parents and of course, my […]

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May 11th, 2006

Interview with Jodi Pliszka Part 1 - Baldness

To honor Mother’s Day, I wanted to do something special here at Baldiness.com. I was delighted when Jodi Pliszka, mother, author and finalist on American Inventor, agreed to an interview. The interview will be running each afternoon over the next several days. It will conclude with a guest post from Jodi on Mother’s Day, […]

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May 4th, 2006

Jodi Doesn’t Advance to American Inventor Finale

After making the Final 12, Jodi is headed home.
Peter, her AI judge, said she is the most inspirational person he’s ever met. Her test groups - one women who lost their hair during cancer treatment; the other a group of firemen - both liked the product. In the end, though, I think it was cost […]

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May 3rd, 2006

American Inventor - Jodi’s Chance to Shine

OK, I couldn’t help the bald joke.
Anyway, we find out if Jodi makes the Finale tomorrow. She is in the first of two episodes airing back to back tonight.
Peter Jones’ group of inventors includes:
Jodi Pliszka, 39, a healthcare case manager, a wife and mother of a nine-year old daughter from Muskego, WI. Jodi suffers from […]

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April 21st, 2006

American Inventor - Profile on Jodi

Here are a couple profiles for American Inventor finalist, and Official Baldiness.com Aspiring Inventor, Jodi Pliszka. The first is a press release from PRWeb.com. Did you know that Jodi is an award-winning children’s author?
Award-winning Nightengale Press author, Jodi Pliszka, who has Alopecia Universalis herself, first wrote her books to guide and inspire children who undergo […]

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April 13th, 2006

American Inventor - Jodi’s in the Final Twelve

Jodi, Official Baldiness.com Aspiring Inventor, is thru to the final twelve. She got her $50K this evening.
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March 28th, 2006

Bald Man TV - American Inventor

Looks like there might be more “Must See” Bald TV. This Entrepreneur.com article highlights Jodi and her dispoable headliner.
And then there were the last two approved products. Darla had invented a doll (and an accompanying multimedia blitz of ideas) that speaks English, Spanish and Swahili. And Jodi, who suffers from a form of alopecia that […]

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