Category: Girl Power

Tyra Banks, Alex Morgan And Camille Kostek Are Revealed As Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2019 Cover Models

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (SI Swimsuit) reveals this year’s covers, each one featuring a single model: Tyra Banks, supermodel, entrepreneur and media mogul; Alex Morgan, US National Women’s Soccer team star and Olympic gold medalist; and Camille Kostek, 2018 SI Swimsuit Model Search winner and SI Swimsuit Rookie this year. SI Swimsuit hits newsstands on Wednesday, […]

Journalist Nita Wiggins Tackles Bias in Television Broadcasting

Before Nita Wiggins began teaching journalism in Paris ten years ago, she spent 21 years as a full-time news reporter and sportscaster working for ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox network affiliates in such cities as Dallas, Seattle, and Memphis. As a woman of color, Wiggins found that her dream of covering professional sports came with […]

Join the Celebration of girls building self-esteem through sport

Beginning on May 7th, with the support of Scotiabank, FitSpirit Celebrations will be held in eight cities across Ontario and Québec to inspire girls to come together and rediscover the joys of physical activity through a range of exciting challenges and activities. The Celebrations are open to girls ages 12-17 and are designed to encourage […]

Women’s National Softball Team Trains for Gold with New Compression Recovery Technology

USA Softball announced today that NormaTec, the industry leader in compression recovery technology for athletes, has joined the National Team supplier pool as an Official Supplier of USA Softball through February, 2021. With this partnership, NormaTec Recovery Systems will be available to members of the USA Softball National Teams for enhanced recovery benefits for staff […]

Actress Martha Madison to Raise Awareness of Young-Onset Dementia

Actress Martha Madison (Days of Our Lives), whose mother is living with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), will share her family’s young-onset dementia journey as the Keynote Speaker for The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration’s 2019 Education Conference. The event, which will be attended by more than 400 people, will be held Friday, May 3 at the LAX […]

Marie Kondo Celebrated at Japan America Society of Southern California 110th Anniversary Dinner & Gala

The Japan America Society of Southern California (JASSC) is proud to present its 110th Anniversary Dinner & Gala Celebration at Angel Stadium, 2000 East Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, CA 92806, on Thursday, July 11, 2019. JASSC, established as a membership organization in 1909 to build meaningful relationships between Japanese and Americans, will honor two individuals […]

War Veteran Laura Meza Discusses her Hope to Return to America

Laura Meza was honorably discharged from the U.S. military after being raped and involved in active warfare. Later, she was deported to Costa Rica for crimes she committed while self-medicating away her traumas. Born in Costa Rica, Laura Meza was brought to the U.S. by her family at 5-years-old. She grew up in Maryland, received […]

Dr. Leslie Norins Introduces “Beehive Theory” to study Alzheimers

Microbes may be responsible for the deterioration in brain function seen years after participation in football, boxing, soccer and other contact sports, and in soldiers who survive blast injuries, asserts Leslie Norins, M.D., Ph.D. in his new “Beehive Theory.” His formulation was recently published in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Medical Hypotheses. The serous late sequelae […]

Kendall Jenner Celebrates New Collaboration

Conceived and founded by visionary Shaun Neff, MOON™ started with the idea that it was finally time for oral care to be reimagined in a way that would elevate your oral care routine. MOON takes the traditional, decades-old oral care routine into uncharted territory. With better design and only the best ingredients, the collection elevates […]

Guardian of Social Startups

Actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Zoe Saldana, has been announced as a judge of the Chivas Venture – a global competition that gives away $1 million in no-strings funding every year to the hottest social startups from around the world. The Avatar and Avengers star will join a panel of expert judges at the Chivas Venture […]