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Anya Ayoung-Chee
Anya Ayoung-Chee (born October 17, 1981) is a Trinidadian fashion designer, model and television host. She was Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2008 and was a contestant in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant. She was the winner of ''Project Runway''s ninth season in 2011. She founded the fashion lines Anya de Rouge and Pilar and the online fashion retailer cANYAval. Early life Anya Ayoung-Chee was born to Trinidadian parents in New York City but moved to Trinidad at the age of two; she therefore holds dual Trinidadian and American citizenship. She is the only daughter in a family of eight. From an early age she pursued classical ballet training. During her attendance at an all-girls secondary school, St. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain, that she became passionate about art and design. She continued her education in London and New York, studying graphic and interior design at Parsons School of Design and Central St Martins School of Art and Design. She remained in New York unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe Trinidad And Tobago
Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago is a beauty pageant held annually since 1963, a year after Trinidad & Tobago's independence from the United Kingdom. The contest is meant to select a suitable delegate from both islands to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. History Trinidad debuted at Miss Universe in 1963 and in the time the country used "Trinidad" at Miss Universe. The first candidate was Jean Stodart. She competed at Miss Universe 1963 in the United States. Began in 1966 Trinidad and Tobago began to compete as Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Universe pageant. International winners The country's representative in 1977, Janelle Commissiong, became the first person of African ethnicity to win the Miss Universe contest, which was hosted in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam captured the Miss Universe title in Hawaii, USA. She is the second woman from Trinidad and Tobago to win the coveted title after Janelle “Penny” Commissiong. Miss Universe 1999 In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenisha Thom
Miss Universe 2006 was the 55th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States on July 23, 2006. At the end of the event, Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 2006. It is Puerto Rico's fifth victory in the pageant's history. After the show, Rivera passed out but quickly recovered. Contestants from 86 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 84 contestants in 1999. The pageant was hosted by Carlos Ponce and Nancy O'Dell, with Queer Eye's Carson Kressley and Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey providing commentary and analysis throughout the event. American singer-rapper Chelo and Italian operatic tenor Vittorio Grigolo performed in this year's pageant. Background Location and date Due to the lack of interest of several cities from hosting the pageant, the Miss Universe Organization decided to hold the pageant in July instead of May. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Sholokhov
Dmitry Sholokhov (born Dzmitry Sholakhau, February 23, 1980) is an American Artist and Fashion Designer, best known as the winner of tenth season of ''Project Runway,'' and the fourth season of '' Project Runway: All Stars''. Life and career Dmitry Sholokhov was born in Belarus, to a physician mother and architect father of Lithuanian descent. He was a professional ballroom dancer as a teenager. He moved to New York City at the age of 18, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design. Dmitry Sholokhov had worked for several design companies, including The Jones Group, before trying out for the tenth season of ''Project Runway'' in 2012. He then competed in and won the fourth season of '' Project Runway: All Stars'' in 2015. Since then he has worked as an instructor at his alma mater, the Parsons School of Design. He is also a Founder and a Creative Director of his fashion label Dmitry Sholokhov. In 2019, Sholokhov competed in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Jones
Gretchen Jones is an American fashion designer, who won the eighth season of ''Project Runway''. ''Project Runway'' During her run in ''Project Runway'', Jones placed in the top two in the first three challenges, winning the first two. She was accused of manipulating and bullying her team during one of the challenges. Throughout the season, she admitted she got tired, and lost some of her inspiration. After struggling to regain her position at the top of the competition midway through the season, her collection at New York Fashion Week made her the winner of Season 8 in October 2010. The finale became memorable due to the longer-than-usual judging process and the heated debate between judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, who were clearly in favor of Gretchen's collection, and Heidi Klum and Jessica Simpson, who favored Mondo's collection over Gretchen's. Jones is regarded as the most controversial winner of the series since Project Runway's inception. Tim Gunn among others has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyatt Gallery
Wyatt Gallery is an American photographer. Early life and education Born in Philadelphia, he now lives between New York City and Trinidad & Tobago. Gallery graduated high school from the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 1993. He has a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he received the Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship in 1997. He received a Fulbright Fellowship in Trinidad in 1999. Work Gallery has produced a variety of photo series in various Caribbean nations. He frequently documents many places following natural disasters, such as New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Haiti following a 2010 earthquake. These works have contributed to relief funds for the local communities. Gallery, along with Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, and Michelle Woo, founded For Freedoms in 2016. It is an "artist-led platform... dedicated to impacting collective change through civic engagement, discourse, and direct action." Gallery wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Runway All Stars
''Project Runway All Stars'' is a spin-off of ''Project Runway'', featuring returning designers competing for grand prizes. Angela Lindvall and Carolyn Murphy have each hosted one season before Alyssa Milano became the staple host of the past five seasons. As on ''Project Runway'', the designers are judged by the host, two permanent judges and guest judges throughout the season. The permanent ''All Stars'' judges have been designers Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi. Joanna Coles mentored the designers throughout seasons one and two, Zanna Roberts Rassi replaced her in season three to five and Anne Fulenwider mentored season six and season seven. In May, 2016, Lifetime renewed ''Project Runway All Stars'' for two more seasons (six and seven) in a deal with The Weinstein Company. Following the 2017 allegations against Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company filed for bankruptcy, ''Project Runway'' was picked up by its original broadcaster Bravo, but no comment has been made abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Runway All Stars (season 7)
Project Runway All Stars (season 7) is the seventh season of the ''Project Runway'' spin-off series ''Project Runway All Stars''. The concept of the edition was ''Champions''. It featured fourteen winning designers - seven being winners of the American version of ''Project Runway'', and seven being winners of foreign versions of ''Project Runway''. This was the last season of ''Project Runway'' to air on Lifetime. Alyssa Milano returned as host and both Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi likewise returned as judges, along with one to three guest judges each week. The show premiered on January 2, 2019 on Lifetime. Judges In addition to Alyssa Milano both Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi returned as judges for this season. The mentor for this season was Anne Fulenwider. Some of the celebrity guest judges for season 7 were Debra Messing, Vanessa Williams, Anna Camp, Andrew Rannells, Andrea Riseborough, Cynthia Erivo, Asia Kate Dillon, Wendy Williams, Tamron Hall, Danica Patrick, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Gunn
Timothy MacKenzie Gunn (born July 29, 1953) is an American author, academic, and television personality. He served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne (now Kate Spade & Company) as its chief creative officer. Over 16 seasons, Gunn has become well known as the on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program '' Project Runway''. Gunn's popularity on ''Project Runway'' led to two spin-off shows; Bravo's '' Tim Gunn's Guide to Style'' and Lifetime's ''Under the Gunn'', as well as five books. In addition to being an executive producer, Gunn has served as mentor for the teen designers on '' Project Runway: Junior''. He also provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward in the Disney Junior television show ''Sofia the First'' and narrated the sitcom ''Mixology''. Early life Gunn was born in Washington, D.C. His father worked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Gunn
''Under the Gunn'' (also known as ''Project Runway: Under the Gunn'') is an American reality competition series that premiered January 16, 2014, on Lifetime. Production of the series began in November 2013, with the finale filmed on December 17, 2013. The series was filmed at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. Guest judges included: Heidi Klum, Neil Patrick Harris, Macklemore, Jaimie Alexander, Zoey Deutch, Zendaya, Georgina Chapman, Sarah Hyland, Trina Turk, and Wendy Partridge. Synopsis Hosted by Tim Gunn, ''Under the Gunn'' follows ''Project Runway'' alumni Mondo Guerra, Anya Ayoung-Chee, and Nick Verreos as they are handed the task of managing, coaching, and directing 15 designers. Designer Rachel Roy, celebrity stylist Jen Rade, and ''Marie Claire'' senior fashion editor Zanna Roberts Rassi serve as the judges. Within the first two episodes, Tim Gunn presents a challenge to the designers while Guerra, Chee, and Verreos analyze the skill lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 series of instruction sets, the instruction sets found in most personal computers (PCs). Incorporated in Delaware, Intel ranked No. 45 in the 2020 ''Fortune'' 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for nearly a decade, from 2007 to 2016 fiscal years. Intel supplies microprocessors for computer system manufacturers such as Acer, Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Intel (''int''egrated and ''el''ectronics) was founded on July 18, 1968, by semiconductor pioneers Gordon Moore (of Moore's law) and Robert Noy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components, as well as software and related services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses ( SMBs), and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939, and initially produced a line of electronic test and measurement equipment. The HP Garage at 367 Addison Avenue is now designated an official California Historical Landmark, and is marked with a plaque calling it the "Birthplace of 'Silicon Valley'". The company won its first big contract in 1938 to provide test and measurement instruments for Walt Disney's production of the animated film ''Fantasia'', which allowed Hewlett and Packard to formally es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
