Miss America aired as the new Miss America 2.0. Sunday's event marked a change for Miss America which dropped the swimsuit portion of its competition in June. Instead the competition, no longer referred to as a pageant, focused more on empowering women and featured its contestants supporting causes such as Miss New Jersey Jaime Gialloreto's Don't Get Nutty: Food Allergy Awareness program. Miss Michigan Emily Sioma brought attention to the Flint water crisis happening in her state while … [Read more...]
Erykah Badu to host 2017 Soul Train Awards
Erykah Badu will host the Soul Train awards for the third consecutive year, BET announced Monday. The cable channel also said Badu, "the godmother of soul," will take on writing and producing duties, in addition to hosting the annual awards show. This year's Soul Train Awards performers will focus heavily on soul and R&B with Tamar Braxton, 112, Tank and Kirk Franklin all scheduled to take the stage. BET also announced this year's nominees. Solange leads all artists with seven … [Read more...]
Rihanna calls out Internet fat-shamers
Rihanna used humor and some serious shade to respond to some body-shaming that recently made its way around the Internet. The singer took to Instagram on Monday with a meme that some followers are calling the "perfect" response to being called out for her apparent weight gain. Rapper Gucci Mane appears in two different body weights in a split photo with big block letters that says, "If you can't handle me at my 2007 Gucci Mane you don't deserve me at my 2017 Gucci Mane." Mic … [Read more...]
Selena Quintanilla series in the works at Telemundo
The show is based on the 1997 book "El Secreto de Selena." A TV series about Selena Quintanilla is in the works at Telemundo. Disney Media Distribution Latin America will produce an adaptation of the Maria Celeste Arraras book El Secreto de Selena about the late Tejano singer, Arraras announced Monday on Facebook. "For so many years I wanted to bring El Secreto de Selena to the TV screen but it took me 20 years to find the right team to do it," the Puerto Rican author and journalist … [Read more...]
Cuban artist puts on hair competition to bolster black pride
A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this weekend in a rare public commentary on racial beauty standards in Cuba, where prejudice remains widespread and largely undiscussed. Politics, particularly detente with the U.S., is a common subject matter at this year's international art fair. Few works touch on discrimination against black and mixed-race Cubans, which remains commonplace more than a half-century … [Read more...]
Austin Fashion Designer Teresa Valenzuela-Basa Launches Clothing Line
Inspired by the wind and sun of her native Chile, Austin fashion designer Teresa Valenzuela-Basa will unveil her Vento e Sole (wind and sun) clothing line at Ballet Austin this 17th of March. The clothing line, which features bold, radiant and captivating designs for today’s sophisticated young woman, will mark the coming out party for Valenzuela-Basa as she establishes herself as a premier and emerging designer in the Austin fashion scene. Renowned for her work in jewelry design, … [Read more...]
Passport to Bali
Blue Glue Bikinis celebrated their grand opening as attendees experienced the exotic world of Bali as they viewed the fabulous collection of French swimwear. 10% of sales from the evening were donated to "You Are Good Tees", an organization that helps promote and protect children who have been abused or neglected. The latest trends in swimwear were viewed from laser cut detailing to embossed fabrics. Expert stylist, Thea Wood, gave fashion advice and put together chic head-to-toe beach looks. … [Read more...]
Austin Fashion Awards 2012
This year’s Austin Fashion Week (AFW) organizers have arranged for designers Kendra Scott, Jessica Ciarla, and Ross Bennett along with local Mash-Up Teams showing at the Austin Fashion Awards presented by The CW Austin on Saturday, August 18th at Austin Music Hall. Runway will feature collections with hair and make-up by the talented team at Jackson Ruiz Salon, music by pop violinist Josh Vietti, and hosted by Sandy McIlree of mix 94.7. Golden Boot Awards will be presented to new categories … [Read more...]
Fashion before weather or weather before fashion
With summer just around the corner and spring already heating up, getting dressed in the morning has become quite a task for even the most fashionable people. As it’s time to hang up your winter knits, leathers and furs, I wonder; does the weather dictate what you wear? Am I the only fashion craved maniac still gallivanting around in all black? To nourish my curiosity, I interviewed over a dozen people around downtown Austin and UT campus. From the hippies to the stay at home mom, … [Read more...]
Brazilian bikinis burgeon to fit the fat
Tall and tan and young and ... chunky? The Girl From Ipanema has put on a few pounds, and for many sunbathers on Brazil's beaches the country's iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini just doesn't suffice anymore. A growing number of bikini manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching out to the ever-expanding ranks of heavy women with new plus-size lines. That's nothing short of a revolution in this most body-conscious of nations, where overweight ladies … [Read more...]
