LBW 038: Meet Tinu, Publisher, Musician, Fashion Model and Ladybrille Woman of the Month February 2016

Happy Valentine’s Day Ladybrillers! As the world celebrates this special love day, we thought to reflect the voice of the modern day woman who puts her career first. Cn you have it all? A successful career, then a family? Tinu, our Woman of the Month for February 2016, answers that question with an emphatic ‘yes!’

Tinu is a New York City-based successful singer-songwriter, designer, photographer, publisher and philanthropist, and also dabbles in the world of yoga and fitness gymnastics. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tinu spent most of her formative years in Nigeria, West Africa. She attended Stern School of Business at New York University but also pursued a successful international modeling career. Her love of culture, aesthetics, sports and fashion created a passion for designing, which accompanied by a strong entrepreneurial spirit, led to the launch of her highly successful accessory collection. Her sense of style has been noted by Essence Magazine, New York Times and Vogue Magazine, to name a few. Shoe collecting ranks number one on her list of hobbies and traveling as a strong rival.

Tinu is the founder and president of Shoeholics Club™ and the mastermind behind the “movement” and the viral hit “Shoeholic” music video that made the term a pop culture and mainstream language. Tinu is the publisher, Editor-In-Chief and Creative Director of Shoeholics magazine, an international glossy print publication inspired by the hit music video for shoe lovers. Tinu as a publisher of the first shoe themed magazine to hit the newsstand in the world and in the process single-handedly launched a new category in the publishing world’s fashion segment.

She authored the international best selling book “The Shoeholic.”

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  • Tinu’s personal background.
  • Tinu’s successful music career.
  • Getting on the Billboard chart.
  • Her successful fashion modeling career.
  • Her work as a publisher of Shoeholic Magazine.
  • Deciding to have a child in her 30s.
  • Pregnancy.
  • The Joys of motherhood.

Where to Find Tinu

Twitter: Tinu

Facebook: Tinu

Website: www.tinuonline.com

Where to Find Host Ms. Uduak

Twitter: @uduaklaw

Website: www.msuduak.com

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LBW 037: Meet Eunice Cofie, Entrepreneur & Chemist and Ladybrille Woman of the Month January 2016

Growing up in America as the daughter of Ghanaian immigrant parents, Eunice Cofie was bullied because of her dark skin resulting in a really damaged self-esteem. It wasn’t until her father introduced her to science that it shifted her thinking from the bullying of her peers. Today, Eunice, often noted as the modern-day, Madame C.J. Walker, is making great strides in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. She is the President and Chief Cosmetic Chemist of Nuekie – an ethnic dermatology company. The company specializes in research and development of dermatological products for ethnic men and women.

Eunice is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) with a degree in chemistry/molecular biology. Her deep commitment to social causes worldwide has led her to make a positive impact across the globe, specifically in Ghana and the Philippines. While in college, Eunice spent her summers working in a village community in Ghana, West Africa implementing the Save a Million Lives HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program.

As the former Miss Black Florida USA, she spent a year promoting her platform Preventing Childhood Obesity and Diabetes through Education and Life Transforming Habits. She was able to contribute greatly to her community by inspiring young people to live healthy lifestyles.

Eunice has been featured in numerous prestigious publications. She was honored by the World Economic Forum as a 2012 Young Global Leader. Forbes.com named her as one of the “20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2012”. She was also featured in Scientific American as “What a Scientist Looks Like” and has been featured as Profile of the Week in STEMinist. The Governor of Florida and the Florida Commission on the Status of Women recognized Eunice with the prestigious Florida Achievement Award for her commitment to improving the lives of women and families in her community. Eunice was named by the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper as one of the “25 Women You Need to Know in Tallahassee”.

Eunice is a sought-after speaker and has spoken at various conferences in the medical, beauty, science and technology industries.

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  • Eunice looks back on 2015.
  • Eunice shares her personal background.
  • Eunice shares how she discovered the sciences.
  • Her journey into developing her interest in science.
  • Building her career.
  • Discovering entrepreneurship.
  • Launching Nuekie.
  • Her personal faith.
  • Business philosophy and tips for entrepreneurs.

Where to Find Eunice Cofie

Twitter: EuniceCofie

Website: www.eunicecofie.com 

Where to Find Host Ms. Uduak

Twitter: @uduaklaw

Website: www.msuduak.com

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LBW 036: Meet Anina, CEO of 360 Fashion Network and Ladybrille Woman of the Month December 2015


Ladybrillers, we close out 2015 with our celebration of Anina, a fashion model and technology entrepreneur, as our woman of the month for December. We want to say a big ‘thank you’ for sticking with us all year long and sharing your wonderful stories with our community. We will return the second week of January 2016 to carry on with a celebration of brilliant women leaders and entrepreneurs like you, globally. 

Back to our woman of the month, Anina is the founder and CEO of the 360Fashion Network, a company which organizes the largest fashion technology events in Asia. An expert on fashion technology, entrepreneurship, illuminated clothing, and China, Anina is also a worldwide public speaker on fashion technology.  She has spoken at top technology conferences including Mobile World Congress, Le Web, LIFT, DLD, China Fashion Week, China Fashion Forum, Huawei Innovation, Dutch Week of Innovation, TechNode, and PingWest SYNC.

As an international model and the only foreigner to have ever been selected to win an award at the China Fashion Awards, she has modeled for Sonia Rykiel, Dres  van Noten, Dirk Bikenberg, Salvatore Ferrragamo, traveled the world and worked in all the fashion capitals from New York, Milan, Paris, London, Sydney, and more. Anina is an expert at integrating technology into fashion clothing. She works with fashion designers and technicians to create new wearable technology in clothing and accessories.

Photocredit: Thomas Paquet

Where to Find Anina

Facebook: 360Fashion

Website: www.anina.net

Where to Find Host Ms. Uduak

Twitter: @uduaklaw

Website: www.msuduak.com

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LBW 035: Meet Susan Peters, Nollywood Multiple Award Winning Actress

Susan Peters is an entrepreneur and multiple award winning actress with over 50 credits in Nollywood (Nigerian) movies to her name. The recipient of numerous awards who is best known for her role in the Nollywood blockbuster ‘Bursting Out,’ she joins Ms. Uduak on the 35th episode of The Ladybrille Woman Show to discuss the business of film (Nollywood) and her career, among other topics. Listen and share!

Where to Find Susan Peters

Twitter: @realsusanpeters

Website: www.susanpeterslive.com

Where to Find Host Ms. Uduak

Twitter: @uduaklaw

Website: www.msuduak.com

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LBW 034: Meet Akua Naru, American Hip-hop Artist and Women Advocate


Akua Naru, “hip-hop’s spectacular global, poetic, intellectual, spiritual, political, female balance” is a guest on the 34th episode of The Ladybrille Woman Show.

The Ladybrille Woman Show is an inspiring radio podcast show celebrating the brilliant woman (Ladybrille) in business and leadership, across all industry sectors and across the globe, with an emphasis on the African woman.

Where to Find Akua Naru

Twitter: @akuanaru

Website: www.akuanaru.com

Where to Find Host Ms. Uduak

Twitter: @uduaklaw

Website: www.msuduak.com

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