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BACARDI® LIMÓN™ EXPRESS YOUR STYLE COMPETITION WINNER Holly Dunlap – HOLLYWOULD, Jayne Chase - "A Fashionable Life Radio”, Jennifer Goodkind - "A Fashionable Life Radio”, Hillary Townsend – 24Seven Inc., Tanya Jensen-Hawver – THE DAILY, Patricia Samaniego – winner, Louis A Sarmiento – Associate Publisher of the DAILY MINI, Vanessa Minnillo - MTV VJ and ET correspondent, Natalia Iglesias – BACARDI USA | |  | | |
Steven Hoffman, Kurt Smith, Patricia Samaniego – winner, Carly J. Cais, Aeran Park
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Patricia Samaniego, the winner of BACARDI Limon’s Express Your Style Fashion Design Competition, couldn’t stop smiling as she was awarded $5,000, a two-week internship with the design label HOLLYWOULD and a portfolio critique and job placement opportunity from 24Seven, Inc. The announcement took place in New York last week with judges including Vanessa Minnillo, MTV VJ and Entertainment Tonight correspondent, Holly Dunlap, designer and founder, HOLLYWOULD, Tanya Jensen-Hawver, Fashion Editor, The DAILY, Ernie Buffalino, VP of Creative for 24Seven, Inc. and Jennifer Goodkind and Jayne Chase of "A Fashionable Life Radio”. | |  | | |
Mark Eckstrom – Fashion Director, THE DAILY, Brandusa Niro – Editor in Chief, THE DAILY, Kathryn Nave - Universal McCann, Louis A Sarmiento, Michelle Starin - Universal McCann, Julie DeMaio – Universal McCann
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The judges were on-hand to observe the contestants during the live 'Cut and Sew' portion of the competition. Here, the contestants had to demonstrate their dressmaking skills in a reality show environment. They needed to trace, cut, sew, baste and drape their fabrics in front of a live audience. Patricia was one of five finalists who were chosen out of a pool of more than 350 entrants. Patricia’s lemony chiffon and satin bubble dress impressed everyone including Dunlap, “I’m so excited to have Patricia, she is so talented and her design is actually very HOLLYWOULD." | |  | | |
DJ Sky Nellor & Vanessa Minnillo
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The glam winner, who was flown from Las Vegas for the competition, was thrilled to accept award. “I’m extremely excited, I really wasn’t expecting to win. I would absolutely love to move back to New York since I went to FIT,” gushed Samaniego already clad in gold HOLLYWOULD shoes. Everyone had the chance to meet the fash-insider panel of judges, including runners-up, Carly J. Cais, Steven Hoffman, Aeran Park and Kurt Smith who also designed stunning BACARDI Limon-inspired creations. "Our magazine, The MINI, is all about bringing the inside world of fashion to passionate readers everywhere,” said Brandusa Niro, Editor in Chief of Fashion MINI. “And now, thanks to Bacardi Limon's amazing initiative, we were able to offer our readers a way to express their design talent in front of the New York fashion media. We are so pleased with this event." |  | | |
Patricia Samaniego – winner
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Photos By: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com ...AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS 24Seven, Inc. 24 Seven is the leading talent recruitment agency for the biggest names in fashion, retail, beauty, marketing, advertising, and entertainment. They represent the best talent in the industries that we serve, and their recruiters have the professional experience necessary to guarantee clients that we make the right match for your business. With one call, they can fill the freelance or full time jobs you need-quickly and effectively. No request is too big or too small. No time frame too demanding. And true to our name, they're always here for you.
www.24seveninc.com A Fashionable Life Radio The “it” show on1490 WGCH radio. Described as the best resource for everything chic and fashionable on the scene. The Fashionable Life radio is an interview format show, reporting on up-to-the-minute information from experts on fashion, beauty, health, wellness, entertaining, decorating, collecting and more.
www.fashionableliferadio.com Career Gear Career Gear is a nonprofit organization that fills the gap between job-training programs and employment by providing men with interview clothing, motivation and follow-up support that helps them get and keep jobs.
www.careergear.org Fashiontribes.com Fashiontribes.com is a monthly web format fashion magazine customized by readers' fashion and beauty interests. Their website contains current lifestyle and fashion trends, beauty advice and more. Fashion & lifestyle expert Lesley Scott is the Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of Fashiontribes.com. She also runs the "Fashiontribes Daily" blog, which includes regular videoblogs & podcasts, and the “Fashiontribes Daily 5 Minute Podcast Show” on the Podcaster News Network.
www.fashiontribes.com Garment Industry Development Corporation The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) has worked tirelessly in their mission to strengthen, support, and protect New York City’s apparel industry, and in doing so, to retain and improve the tens of thousands of good manufacturing jobs that this industry provides. GIDC was founded in a spirit of industry-wide cooperation as a partnership between government, business, and labor. GIDC has grown from a largely Manhattan-focused training provider into a citywide organization that offers comprehensive services to every segment of the New York City industry.
www.gidc.org Hollywould Designer Holly Dunlap's Hollywould collection includes luxury clothing and must-have shoes and bags. The colorful, flirty collection of Hollywould dresses debuted for Resort 2004, and the Hollywould clothing collection is now available at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. The Hollywould New York store is located at198 Elizabeth Street in Nolita and the Florida store is located at 36 Via Mizner in Palm Beach.
www.ilovehollywould.com M&J Trimming Decorative fabric and trim from M & J Trimming is available in a wide variety of fabrics, styles, and designs for clothing trim and decorative projects. With a large global network of resources, M&J’s rhinestone crystals are from Austria, their silk Jacquards from France, their hand-cast metal buttons from Italy, and their handmade wood-beaded fringes are from India. They believe that "freedom in selection gives freedom in design," and continue to add daily to their offering of over one million products.
www.mjtrim.com Styleaholics Styleaholics Productions is both a company and a lifestyle - a multifaceted organization that produces unique lifestyle experiences within fashion, entertainment and New Media. Styleaholics Productions commits itself to distinct talents to enrich the socio-culture of today’s stylish and progressive consumer. Styleaholics Productions integrates unique products and services such as video podcasting, blogging, and lifestyle fetes to promote the growth of emerging and creative entrepreneurs.
www.styleaholics.com Women's Alliance The Women's Alliance is a national organization of independent community-based members who provide professional attire, career skills training and related services to low-income women seeking employment. The Women's Alliance strengthens their members through organizational and program development, marketing and public relations.
www.thewomensalliance.org
...AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR BLOGGERS WHO HELPED SPREAD THE WORD(click here) About BACARDI LIMÓN BACARDI LIMÓN is a unique blend of BACARDI® Rum infused with an artful combination of lemon, lime and grapefruit essences. Since its introduction, BACARDI LIMÓN has been associated with Fashion and Emerging Style. The brand was launched with a groundbreaking fashion campaign more than 11 years ago and continues to be involved in the fashion scene. |
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