A busy day it was! I arrived at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center promptly at 4:00 p.m. to get the models rehearsed for our fashion show. I had approximately 20 girls to manage for this multi-cultural segment so I made sure to pre-plan everything to make sure that it went smoothly.
As the doors opened for the gala, all of us changed into our formal outfits. It was lovely to be able to dress up every once in a while. Makes me feel like I'm going to prom again. Duy Beck (the event organizer) scheduled me to be the first speaker of the program. I spoke about my pageant director, Agnes's AMH Breakfast Feeding Program, which is a non-profit organization that aims at feeding underprivileged children in the Philippines at various elementary schools. I had the pleasure of interviewing her the week before to understand more about her cause. It was my honor to speak on behalf of her charity! :)
The food was delicious as well! I really appreciate Duy for making sure that all of the models got fed.
I also want to give a shoutout to Sosimbo Photography (Vissal and Harry) for donating their photography services and photobooth for the gala. They always do such a great job and us girls had such a blast being silly with each other.
Halfway through the program, us girls finished up our food and went backstage to change. I absolutely loved everyone's costumes and was so excited for them to showcase their cultures to the audience.
Our fashion show included wardrobe from Arabia, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Japan, Native America, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam. It was such a great turnout. I'm so proud of these ladies. We pulled it off with just one rehearsal!
Our community just grows and grows. Acquaintances turn into friends. And friends turn into family. I'll never get tired of this group :)
Once again. I would like to thank Duy Beck for inviting me to direct this wonderful fashion show for the Virtua Foundation's annual H.UG.S for Tugs' "Live and Love with Faith" gala; all of the models for donating your time and effort to making this fashion show possible; and everyone else for the support and encouragement in making this event possible. Everything we did will help the Virtua Foundations accomplish their missions. God bless! :)
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