Cherie Corso is a wife & mother, with a passion for marketing, art and fashion. On TV, she is a national patenting & commonsense lifestyle expert appearing on Fox & Friends, Dr Oz, CNN. A blogger who has inspired stories for NewYork Post (give your kid a debit card and mommy and me ) . Entrepreneurship is her specialty, having developed and sold two successful businesses. She has been a national spokesperson for Wedderspoon Honey and Crocs just to name a few. She volunteers her time to assist entrepreneurs in developing business at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business She is also an environmentalist that likes to support people’s health and wellness. For more information go to www.cheriecorso.com
Model Dr Elisa Handbag Avadora Mimouni Collection Photography GettyImages Dr Elisa Handbag Avadora Mimouni Collection
Recipient of NAMI 2021 Multicultural award and named, “Shirley Chisholm Phenomenal Woman” by Senator Jesse Hamilton, Mayor Eric Adams, and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo. Dr. Elisa is a Clinical Social Worker and mental health expert and advocate. Dr. Elisa is a frequent media guest on Fox 5 NY and Hot 97.1 (Street Soldiers). Most recently featured in CSU Global, she has been featured in a variety of media outlets around the country, including CNN and Bloomberg News. Her direct advice has appeared in Real Health Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, Bergen Record, Amsterdam News and Voice of America. She has presented at conferences around the country to include National Urban League, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Congressional Caucus.
Photographer Priscilla Periut Avadora Mimouni Purse by Priscilla Periut
Fashion photographer Priscilla Periut began her fashion career by photographing portraits at some of the most prestigious fashion shows in New York City. Based in Harrison, New Jersey her fashion runway portraits and editorials have made an impact in the fashion industry and are one of a kind. A classic, bold, and luxury style can be seen in her work. Priscilla is renowned for her creativity and collaborating with designers, models, make up artists and stylists in order to create elegant and bold looks.
Farzana Lorraine Silvetz Representing Avadora Mimouni Collection @ The Farzana Foundation Lorraine Silvetz & Flora
Farzana is a passionate and accomplished veteran of the Healthcare Service Industry who, for the first fifteen years of her career, worked as a senior registered nurse at some of the most prestigious hospitals in the city of Hamburg, Germany, where her family settled after fleeing the ravages of war in her birth country of Afghanistan. Her initial experiences with complex surgery, focusing on managing the internal wellness of an individual, provided an invaluable foundation for her to then focus on the external wellness of the individual through attention to Skincare.
Farzana came to the U.S. from Hamburg in 2011, where she shifted her focus from medicine to becoming a full-time Skincare Specialist (NY licensed aesthetician) and celebrity makeup artist. Additionally, as a consequence of her own experience with domestic violence, she has become an advocate for Woman Empowerment, that reinforced her existing sensitivity to the plight of woman in Afghanistan. She has been an outspoken public speaker on this topic with the goal of providing woman with a greater sense of unification and cohesiveness. This has included presentations to both The Miss Immigrant Contest and The Sher Group in New York, an organization dedicated to the furtherance of Women Empowerment.
Donna Sousa, Founder ,CEO & lead artist, of Makeover Artistry by Donna Sousa Productions is a Celebrity hair and makeup artist. Award Winning and Internationally published. She has had years of makeup artist training with well known makeup companies. Donna’s production company, “Makeover Artistry by Donna Sousa Productions” creates concepts, organizes venues, chooses the models, photographers, beauty team and works with designers, one on one, to realize their vision in private publications as well as on social media.
Donna’s interest in the beauty industry started when she was a child. She began styling her friends and families’ hair at the early age of nine. Her passion for doing makeup and hair is inspired by her desire to make people look and feel more beautiful .She accomplished her goal with great flair and talent.
She has been working tirelessly in the makeup and hair industry for decades never losing her enthusiasm for creating beauty. She serves as CEO of Makeover Artistry which she founded in 2000. She works with private clients at her studio that is located at the Salons at RGE in Warwick RI . After owning several salons, over the course of her career, she changed direction in her career path slightly. Donna established MakeoverArtistry by Donna Sousa to concentrate on her crafts as hairstylist, colorist , and makeup artist. She developed a luxury bridal business . She and her team of experts extensively work with brides helping their dreams reach reality for their wedding day. The luxury bridal portion of the company has been a great success. Among her many accomplishments include bringing her expertise to fashion weeks around the country,especially New York. She has done much of the same for her editorial productions and has worked with an array of well known designers.
Makeover Artistry’s Productions spearheads a project by first finding a location and venue. They then develop a concept for the editorial theme and choose which models and designers are best suited to realize her vision. She then finds the photographer, videographer, jeweler, accessories and depending on the project sometimes even a florist. Once this is done, then the production is ready to come to life. Her work has been featured in Vogue Italia, Vogue UK, Seventeen magazine, Red Silk Carpet International Publication, and the Red luxury life to name a few. Her work has appeared on many magazine covers as well. Donna has also been recognized for the Best of the Grammys 2018 for her work that was published in the Vogue blog. She has been in charge of NY Fashion Week back rooms for the creative side. Lead Makeup Director for several designers and genres of New York fashion week/worldwide including Couture, Society, EPN NY Fashion Week, plus many more …She served as lead artist for an array of designers including Patricia Fields , Cynthia Rowley, Adam lippes , DA by Daniel / Daniel Alexander, Yumi Katsura, Prashant Goyal, Elie Balleh, Glenkora Comte,Kent Stetson, Avadora Mimouni , Isabel Original, among others.
She has been part of RI Styleweek, Boston Fashion Week, Mass Fashion week, Society Fashion Week, New Orleans Fashion Week, New Hampshire Fashion Week, New England Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week & Couture Fashion Week.
Donna specializes in complete makeovers, weddings, photo shoots, television and film. She has worked for several magazine publications and continues to do so. Currently, she is executive artistic director of Aspiring Magazine, Creative director for EPN New York fashion week magazine, Key Makeup Artist and Director of Editorial Content For Original living magazine, Features editor for the Red Luxury Life magazine.
Donna is also an Award winning Bridal artist where she has had the honor of receiving the Hall of Fame Award for Excellence. Her list of magazine experience includes being Creative director for The Magazine Lifestyle Publication/ Creative director and director of content for The Wagner Group of magazines/including Bella Rose Bridal/ Inspirational lifestyle publications, Creative Director and lead artist @Bon Chance Worldwide. Artistic Director for Fashion and Fame magazine ,Creative editorial coordinator for Original Living Publication, Executive Creative Director and Editorial Producer for Aspiring Magazine and last but not least, Developer and CEO for Makeover Artistry by Donna Sousa Productions. As her career evolved she recognized she has a gift for connecting people. She is also a great motivator helping make people feel better about themselves. She has acted as a catalyst for many clients – expanding their careersthrough her vast connections.Kindness is her key to good leadership and helping others. While running teams, behind the scenes for NY Fashion Week she does her best to coordinate dozens of artists and models. She accomplishes this by always coming from a place of creative Patience while leading the artists to achieve the designer’s Inspirations. Additional Awards and Recognition include: Winner of Red Silk Carpet International Award for Best Makeup Artist & Best Creative Editorial Producer Couples Choice Awards 2013 thru 2021 (Wedding Wire) Brides Choice Awards 2013 thru 2021 ( The Knot) Hall of Fame Award Boston Fashion Awards
Emma Falesto is 17, and a senior in high school. She is a model, a cheerleader and a coach .She has been a model since January 2021, and a cheerleader for 7 years. Emma fell in love with fashion at a young age, and has always thought she was thinking too big when thinking of becoming a model. Now, she has walked in 4 fashion shows, 2 including NYFW. She won the Top Model competition in her division in March of 2021. At NYFW, she participated in a campaign to stop human trafficking along with her Top Model Family. Other than modeling, Emma has cheered for pop warner, all star , and high school cheer. She has earned several national titles, as well as grand champs in the 2021 section 1 cheer championship. Emma is a senior in high school, and is planning on going to a university next year. She is also a volunteer cheer coach to girls of the ages 9-12. Follow her social media: Instagram- Emmafalesto
Jessie Terry is a published children’s book author, a model, a kickboxer and a John Maxwell leadership coach. Jessie recently launched an international playground foundation “Playtime with a Purpose” that installs playgrounds for children all over the world. Many of those children are in a very low income situation, and many have lost their sense of childhood due to situations beyond their control. Jessie walks the runway, gets in the cage and transforms lives. Ebenezersjournal.com Facebook- Playtime with a Purpose
Trisha is 11 years old and is from Tennessee. Trisha loves every opportunity to learn art, be creative and bring a smile to others. She enjoys Dance, Performing Arts, Music, and helping others. She is an agency-represented Actor and Model and recently had an opportunity to be part of Bank of America Commercial. She has also appeared in LifeWay Short film along with the LifeWay kids rebranding campaign. She is a brand ambassador of multiple companies along with having a Brand deal with James Ward Mansion, Lush Cosmetics, Amika, etc. She continues to rediscover her talent through every event or competition. She was crowned Miss South Asia World 2020 Preteen Runner up, Worlds Pre-Teen Miss United Nations 2021, and Worlds Pre-Teen Miss Volunteer State Tourism 2021. Trisha discovered her talent in the Modeling and Fashion Industry being a Brand Ambassador for great designers and in her recent runway in NYFW. She traveled to New York and worked with different designers and photographers, gaining experience and developing more Modeling interests. She will be traveling to Paris for Paris Fashion Week next year. Trisha is an editorial model; she takes directions well and works well with others. She has appeared in multiple magazines, including Cover Model for All Eyes Magazine and Model of the Month for Wild Child Magazine. She is always grateful for her supporters, photographers, and agents; she takes every challenge with her determination and enthusiasm and aspires to dream big. She is the Student Governor in her class and loves to help others, volunteer, and be involved in community-building activities. She wants to be a role model to others in giving back to the community.
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