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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.
Here is the second Pretty Amazing webisode from Seventeen Magazine!
Watch Lindsay present her speech to a room full of people - inlcuding the Pretty Amazing judges and finalists and Seventeen Editor-in-Chief Ann Shoket.
Lindsay speaks about her time spent at her internship in Cambodia working with young girls who were rescued from sex trafficking, and she says, “I’m not the pretty amazing one, it’s these girls and to think what being on the cover of Seventeen Magazine would do for them… it’s insane.”
We’ll find out next month of Lindsay will be on the cover, but in the meantime we love these webisodes!
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!
Pick up the latest edition of Seventeen Magazine and check out Lindsay Brown inside! Here she is with the other Pretty Amazing Finalists and Editor-In-Chief Ann Shoket!
Check out Lindsay Brown with her fellow finalists for the Seventeen Magazine Pretty Amazing Contest! She is looking radiant as she takes pictures with one of the judges, actress Emma Roberts, and with the other finalists!
You can still vote for her here! Let’s keep showing her our support - her win would not only mean incredible things for her, but also for She’s the First!
Erica Dasher from ABC Family’s hit tv show Jane By Design made a video for Seventeen Magazine’s Pretty Amazing Cover Contest!
Check it out and see her talk about Lindsay Brown’s incredible work with She’s the First!
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!
Our amazing summer volunteer, Meaghan O’Connor, interviewed Lindsay Brown about the Pretty Amazing Cover Contest, her work with She’s the First, and how the Tie-Dye Cupcake Craze all started! Below is the interview, but you can read more at Meaghan’s blog http://mybigdreamsbigcity.blogspot.com/ (which also has daily posts about Meaghan’s life in the STF HQ as a volunteer! Definitely a must read!) A big thanks to Meaghan and Lindsay!
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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!
