Thursday, August 11, 2011
Pretty princesses grace stage at Miami Rescue Mission fashion show
Children enrolled in the Miami Rescue Mission’s summer program participate in a fashion show sponsored by a local designer.
By Perry Stein
Jailyn Dixon strutted down the runway in a sparkly blue pleated dress--a dress she says is unlike any she has ever owned.
“I love it,” she said. “I like the color.”
The newly tapped 6-year-old model was one of 20 girls in the Miami Rescue Mission’s summer program to participate in a fashion show sponsored by Davie based Bella Fashion Designs, which primped the girls with sparkly and jeweled gowns to wear on the runway.
The Miami Rescue Mission provides services to the homeless and needy in Dade and Broward Counties.
“They look fabulous, it really touches me,” said Nora Marvilli, owner of Bella Fashion Designs. “I want to offer all these things to the kids, not for them to get impressed, but for them to get and happy and see how they can reach their goals.”
Dressed in a palette of pastels, this was most of the girls first time hitting the runway.
“I thought I was going to fall,” said 11-year-old Antonia Gibson. “Everyone was calling my name. It was scary at the time.”
But with group huddles and squeals of excitements, the girls made it through the pre-performance jitters and the show went smoothly.
Parents and more than 80 other campers were in the audience as each girl struck a pose and had their solo time on the runway.
Jasmine Smith, 6, said she thought up her pose in a spur-of-the-moment decision on stage at the Miami Rescue Mission community center.
She went with the classic one hand on the hip, one hand on her head sideway pose.
“I got to be pretty on the stage,” she said.
The fashion show’s emcees were two local teen pageant winners who encouraged the kids to always be themselves and serve their communities.
“No one is the same, everyone has a different sense of fashion,” said Milena Rodriguez, Miss Fort Lauderdale Teen U.S.A.
Rachel Marvilli, Miss Weston Teen USA and Nora Marvilli’s daughter, was the other host.
After the show, Marvilli donated jeans and other clothing items to the children, including a gown to a teenager who was about to celebrate her sweet 16 birthday.
Casey Angel, communication manager for Miami Rescue Mission, said that Rescue Mission’s camp and after school programs serve children who need places to go when school is not in session.
“This is here because we want to stop the cycle of homelessness,” Angel said.
“I love it,” she said. “I like the color.”
The newly tapped 6-year-old model was one of 20 girls in the Miami Rescue Mission’s summer program to participate in a fashion show sponsored by Davie based Bella Fashion Designs, which primped the girls with sparkly and jeweled gowns to wear on the runway.
The Miami Rescue Mission provides services to the homeless and needy in Dade and Broward Counties.
“They look fabulous, it really touches me,” said Nora Marvilli, owner of Bella Fashion Designs. “I want to offer all these things to the kids, not for them to get impressed, but for them to get and happy and see how they can reach their goals.”
Dressed in a palette of pastels, this was most of the girls first time hitting the runway.
“I thought I was going to fall,” said 11-year-old Antonia Gibson. “Everyone was calling my name. It was scary at the time.”
But with group huddles and squeals of excitements, the girls made it through the pre-performance jitters and the show went smoothly.
Parents and more than 80 other campers were in the audience as each girl struck a pose and had their solo time on the runway.
Jasmine Smith, 6, said she thought up her pose in a spur-of-the-moment decision on stage at the Miami Rescue Mission community center.
She went with the classic one hand on the hip, one hand on her head sideway pose.
“I got to be pretty on the stage,” she said.
The fashion show’s emcees were two local teen pageant winners who encouraged the kids to always be themselves and serve their communities.
“No one is the same, everyone has a different sense of fashion,” said Milena Rodriguez, Miss Fort Lauderdale Teen U.S.A.
Rachel Marvilli, Miss Weston Teen USA and Nora Marvilli’s daughter, was the other host.
After the show, Marvilli donated jeans and other clothing items to the children, including a gown to a teenager who was about to celebrate her sweet 16 birthday.
Casey Angel, communication manager for Miami Rescue Mission, said that Rescue Mission’s camp and after school programs serve children who need places to go when school is not in session.
“This is here because we want to stop the cycle of homelessness,” Angel said.
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