This week’s ‘Ladybrille Woman Quote’ is from Ladybrille Woman alum Busie Matsiko-Andan. She shares what it means to be a brilliant woman. “A brilliant woman is someone who sees no boundaries to success and is quick to adapt to various situations and roles while being comfortable with her femininity and mindful of others.” Read her …
This week’s ‘Ladybrille Woman Quote’ is from Kara Goldin, Founder, and CEO of Hint Inc. producers of Hint Water. Kara Goldin went from a startup with very limited funding to a thriving business raking in over $50million in revenue, annually. She shares what it means to be a brilliant woman. “To be a brilliant woman means …
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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A running feature for 12 years on Ladybrille.com, The ‘Ladybrille Woman of the Month’ celebrates women in business and leadership, who empower themselves and others through their contributions and actions in their local and international communities. In 2014, the feature expanded to include a podcast show. If you would like to nominate a woman to be celebrated, please email editor@ladybrille.com.
This week’s ‘Ladybrille Woman Quote’ is from Thami Ngubeni, CEO, and Founder of Thamzin Productions and a respected South African TV/Media personality. She explains what it means to be a brilliant woman. “A brilliant woman knows where and what the source of her strength is. The source of her strength determines her sustainability and the …
This week’s ‘Ladybrille Woman Quote’ is from Joanna Riley-Weidenmiller, CEO and Co-Founder of 1-Page, the first Silicon Valley company to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. She defines what it means to be a brilliant woman. “A brilliant (woman)…interests everyone, she executes, she is witty, and she observes. She is never scared of asking …
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.
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A running feature for 12 years on Ladybrille.com, The ‘Ladybrille Woman of the Month’ celebrates women in business and leadership, who empower themselves and others through their contributions and actions in their local and international communities. In 2014, the feature expanded to include a podcast show. If you would like to nominate a woman to be celebrated, please email editor@ladybrille.com.