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BYOU Fashion Show! Thursday, July 28

Calling girls ages 6-15 in the Denver area! Would you like to be in a BYOU “Be Your Own You’ Fashion Show? We have openings for additional models for our fashion show this THURSDAY, JULY 28, at 6:00 PM at the Grand Opening of the Fashion Pavilion at the Denver County Fair in the National [...]


Monday July 25 2011

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A Symptom of Low Self-Esteem: Cutting

With recent news of one of Disney’s sweethearts, Demi Lovato, admitting having body image and low self-esteem issues, resulting in her seeking treatment for reoccurring “cutting” behavior, I felt I wanted to address and educate on this (unfortunately) “trendy” behavior. Having heard Demi’s name mentioned in the news, my eight-year-old daughter’s ears perked up and [...]


Tuesday November 9 2010

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Oprah? It can happen!

Yes, Oprah! And I need YOUR help to make it happen! I just uploaded a video on the Oprah website auditioning to have my own TV talk show to help girls around the world on Oprah Winfrey’s new network, OWN. If there was ever a time you wanted to stand behind the mission to empower girls [...]


Saturday June 26 2010

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Building self-esteem: Would you like to help?

As you may know, I’m quite passionate about building the self-esteem of young girls, and as a national speaker and the author of the Heartlight Girls series, I’ve always felt the motivation to do so. Yet as I write this today on my daughter’s eighth birthday (Happy Birthday Ella!), it is in my role as [...]


Monday May 24 2010

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Help Stop Unhealthy Advertising for Girls!

This past fall, I’ve been blogging, as well as commenting on my Twitter and Facebook pages, about the dangerously skinny photoshopped ads by designer Ralph Lauren and the firing of his loyal size 4 model for being "too fat." (see earlier posts). Maybe I’m sensitive to all of this due to my years of modeling [...]


Thursday December 10 2009

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