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BREAKING NEWS!
STF superstar Lindsay Brown, creator of the tie-dye cupcake fundraising craze and president of the She’s the First*{Notre Dame} chapter — out of 35,000 entries, she WON Seventeen‘s “Pretty Amazing” Reader Model Cover Contest!
Thank you to the contest judges — Ann Shoket, Jared Eng, and Emma Roberts, and all the Seventeen readers who voted — for recognizing that Lindsay’s story can inspire millions of girls to take action for education equality worldwide.
Why is this cover so exciting?! Well…
- It’s academic! Lindsay will receive a $20,000 scholarship (very well-deserved given that she’s spent so much of her own money traveling to Nepal…she also plans to go to Kenya over winter break, to implement her girls’ empowerment soccer program!).
- It’s bigger than one person. The girls Lindsay sponsors in Nepal — especially 13-year-old Hima — are going to flip out when they see their stories in the magazine, too! If this doesn’t prove to them that crazy dreams can come true, we don’t know what does! Lindsay also represents what it means to be a She’s the First*{Campus} leader, before a huge national audience of college-bound teens.
- It’s actionable. Most of all, any American girl who picks up Seventeen and says, “I want to be like Lindsay Brown!” can do just that, right now. None of us needs to wait to be the change we wish to see. Sign ups for our Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off movement in November have begun! We congratulate you, Lindsay, and celebrate the work of you and your fellow She’s the First*{Campus} presidents across the U.S. do–there’s 35 of you now!
We also would like to recognize the founder of our Nepal partner school, Maggie Doyne…because without her, there would be no “Pretty Amazing” story, there would be no Hima to inspire this “girl effect.” We are humbled that we get to write the happy ending with all of you.
Want to see something pretty amazing?
Seventeen Magazine has a new webisode featuring Lindsay Brown! Watch when Editor-In-Chief Ann Shoket called Lindsay to tell her she had been chosen to be a finalist & listen to Lindsay share her story and passion!
The voting has closed and we can’t wait until next month’s issue. Maybe we will see Lindsay’s face on the cover!
During their stay in NYC, The Pretty Amazing finalists and Seventeen staff members took a private twilight boat cruise along the Hudson River.
A special thanks to CitySightsNY, it was an amazing way to see a beautiful Manhattan!
Photos by: Chris Eckert
Check it out! Tie-dye cupcake inspirer, soccer superstar, and all-around pretty amazing young woman Lindsay Brown with Seventeen Magazine on a twilight cruise in NYC!
@librown10:Back where they belong…FIRST day of school for these girls @shesthefirst @girleffect
Straight from Lindsay Brown’s twitter, here are some of the girls that she is working with this summer. As an intern for an NGO fighting against child trafficking in Cambodia, they have helped these girls escape danger and are now having their FIRST day at school!
So inspiring!
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And what makes life pretty amazing is the people in it and the passion and inspiration they share. Lindsay Brown is pretty amazing, and not only do we think so but so Seventeen Magazine!
practice makes perfect…
An amazing video Lindsay made while she spent time in Nepal teaching Kopila Valley soccer! It’s amazing things like this that make Lindsay pretty amazing.
Check out her blog to read her personal posts about the time she spend in Nepal!
