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(Lauren Conrad, Stylized Portrait by Tiner). (Kristen Cavalleri, Stylized Portrait by Tiner). ...Blonds or Brunettes? ...Well I prefer both. ...It's amazing how much my small beach community changed in four years after MTV's Laguna Beach TV Show . From a resident's perspective it accelerated our town's annual tourism and solidified the town's brand equity. From a marketing perspective, it put "LC," "Kristen," "Stephen" and "Laguna Beach" on the talking tongues of Gen-Y , a consumer base of over 20 million. During my freshman year at Brown , when a Gen-Y would ask me where I was from and I responded with Laguna Beach . ...They would say ...Where's that? ...My response ...A small beach community between LA and San Diego. ...Three years latter ...The responses were much different. "....No way, that's where you are from?" "...You went to school with them?" "...Is it like that in real life?...