m Stressed out while working at a bank in New Zealand, Junelle Kunin began searching for music paired with teachings from the Dalai Lama to calm herself down and allow herself to focus. But she couldn't find it online. That's when the musician and practicing Buddhist proposed an idea to The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Let's make an album fusing music with mantras and chants from the Tibetan spiritual leader. She was politely turned down.
m Israeli model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refaeli, 35, to serve nine months of community service while her mother, Zipi, will be sent to prison for 16 months. The two were also ordered to pay a $1.5 million fine on top of millions of back taxes owed to the state.
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Chic Black-owned fashion labels to buy from to support BLM | Daily Mail Online
Making donations to organizations that support racial equality, flight police brutality and ensure economic justice for all are incredibly important.
But a smaller action that can also effect change is redirecting your economic resources to shop Black-led businesses.
According to the Census Bureau, the U.S. is home to roughly 2.5 million. Here are a dozen fashion labels to have on your radar.
Mimi Striplin founded her business, The Tiny Tassel, in 2015 to bring joy to the women wearing her creations
From Penn State Grad To Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model: Christie Valdiserri Finds Beauty In
When Christie Valdiserri graduated from Penn State in 2016, she felt as if she had the world at her fingertips.
Still basking in post-graduation bliss, Valdiserri was preparing to go on a celebratory graduation trip with her best friend and her best friend's family. There was a tiny patch of her hair missing, but she figured whatever was causing it would pass.
Fast forward nearly four years later, Valdiserri is now Sports Illustrated Swimsuit's first bald model. The journey from blonde to bald certainly wasn't easy, but she's maintained the same fierce and driven attitude since being diagnosed with Alopecia Areata.
Hudson Valley Woman is SI Swimsuit Issue Finalist
In July, Sports Illustrated held an open casting call in Miami to find models for the 2020 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. Thousands applied including Florinda Estrada of Orange County.
"Being part of SI Swimsuit model search is so much more than just having the opportunity to work with one of the most iconic brands in the industry. It’s more than potentially getting a spread in the future. It’s more than maybe one day becoming a cover model. It’s more than glamour or beauty. Being part of this is much, much bigger," Estrada told SI.
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SI Swimsuit model Hunter McGrady says she was once called too 'big' for the industry at
Fox411: Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hunter McGrady describes pre-fame struggles, talks curvy figure
When Hunter McGrady made the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2016, she was deemed the "curviest model ever." But at the beginning of her career, she was told no a number of times.
“I had booked a job and I went with my mom to the job in downtown L.A. I was 16,” the 26-year-old McGrady told photographer Yu Tsai on IGTV . “I walked in and they were all staring at me and ... the producer came over and she said, ‘We’re so sorry, we didn’t realize how big you were.’ They didn’t even give me a chance to try on any of the garments. They didn’t give me a chance to do anything.
SI Swimsuit finalist Clarissa Bowers recalls growing up in a military family: 'I want to keep it
Clarissa Bowers was in class at Vanderbilt University when the model learned she was one of the top six finalists in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2020 Model Search.
And the 22-year-old is in good company. The student studying neuroscience joins Kathy Jacobs , Tanaye White , Jamea Lynee, Christie Valdiserri and Brielle Anyea as one of the select few who will pose for the magazine this year in hopes of becoming the final Model Search winner.
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