Girl Power

Mikaela Shiffrin, alpine ski world champion, joined Swiss watchmaker Longines at Macy's Herald Square on March 21 to present her new sport watch for the first time in the United States: the Conquest Chronograph by Mikaela Shiffrin. The exciting event followed Shiffrin's thrilling recent victories as the 24-year-old skier surpassed the world record with seventeen wins in a single world cup season and won her third straight FIS Alpine World […]

Triple Daytime EMMY® winner Gaby Natale made history Wednesday, March 20 when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated the SuperLatina host to a fourth consecutive Daytime EMMY® Award in the Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program category. "When I launched SuperLatina from a carpet warehouse in Odessa, Texas almost 12 years ago, the media business was very different, but one thing has remained constant throughout […]

Television personality on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York City", philanthropist, fashion lifestyle entrepreneur and mom, Sonja Morgan, continues her partnership with CoolSculpting, owned by Allergan plc, to talk about "Bikini Denial." Bikini Denial identifies the feeling that many woman get when realizing that swimsuit season has snuck up on her and she is not prepared to bare it all at the beach or pool until she frees herself […]

Plastic Oceans International and Breathe Conservation, two global nonprofit organizations dedicated to solving the plastic pollution problem, announced that South African endurance swimmer, Sarah Ferguson, set a new world record—becoming the first person to swim around the entire perimeter of Easter Island—as part of Swim Against Plastic, a global campaign to help end plastic pollution organized by the organizations. Sarah achieved the world-record swim around Easter Island on Saturday, March […]

Tarana Burke was born September 12, 1973. She's a a civil rights activist from The Bronx, New York and also founded the Me Too movement. In 2006, Burke began using the phrase "Me Too" to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society, and the phrase developed into a broader movement, following the 2017 use of #MeToo as a hashtag following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse […]

Yvette Noel-Schure, highly-regarded music and entertainment PR executive, was presented with Berklee's first Master of Global Entertainment Award by María Martínez Iturriaga, executive director of Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain. The award was presented at a March 14 event in Noel-Schure's honor at Berklee Valencia. The respected industry veteran is known for her work with Beyoncé, Prince, John Legend and many others. "Yvette Noel-Schure is the most relevant PR professional […]

Tracy Davidson, NBC 10 News Today anchor and 11-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, will be presented with the 2019 Women United Award during United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey's (UWGPSNJ) annual Women United Gala at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia on March 27, 2019. This award is presented annually to a female leader who has given her time, talent and resources to support the work of United […]

Kate Middleton put all rumors of a royal feud to rest by greeting Meghan Markle with a very British cheek-kiss at Commonwealth Day for everyone to see. An inside source spoke with Vanity Fair, and said that her actions were a deliberate move on Kate’s part. She knew the cameras would be watching them. The source said that because it was Meghan’s last official appearance before she has her baby, […]

In its 34th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced Azzi Fudd of St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. is the 2018-19 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Fudd won the award for her accomplishments on and off the court, joining a group of former Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year winners that includes two WNBA […]