Empowering Through Beauty Expo 2014: A Celebration of Beauty is a fundraising event on January 18, 2014 celebrating the intelligence, strength, courage and determination of women and girls and the beauty professionals who inspire our community. Launched by CEO Tanisha Akinloye, the evening event will include celebrities, fashion, music, shopping, beauty makeovers, networking, empowerment and more. Guests will include R&B artist Jazmine Sullivan, actor/R&B singer Tony Grant, host/actress Trisha Mann Grant, Miss Teen USA Logan West, GoldStar Properties CEO/President and Women Doing it Big Founder Tiana Von Johnson and many others. The expo will be held from 5:30 to 11pm at the Trumbull Marriott.

The mission of Empowering Through Beauty, Inc. (ETBINC), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is to empower people to live a vibrant future by restoring hope, dignity and self-confidence to create a pathway to wellbeing, employability and self-sufficiency. The organization teams with shelters, churches, schools, senior living and non-profit associations to create awareness using beauty services and products, educate the public, increase collaboration between beauty professionals and community outreach and create empowerment opportunities. All proceeds from the expo will go towards continuing this mission.

Location: Trumbull Marriott, 180 Hawley Ln, Trumbull, CT. For more information, visit ETBexpo.com and EmpoweringThroughBeauty.org or contact [email protected].