- Title: L'Oreal celebrates female empowerment with glamorous runway show
- Date: 28th September 2019
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) KOREAN-AMERICAN MODEL, SOO JOO PARK, SAYING: "It's such an honour (to be L'Oreal's first Asian-American spokesmodel). I really couldn't believe it, because I grew up in American since I was 10 years old, and I remember watching so many commercials and campaigns and magazines and just thinking, like, these women are so strong and so talented, you know, women like Helen Mirren or Jane Fonda now, or people like Gwen Stefani - she's from my hometown, Anaheim, and she worked with L'Oreal for a long time too, so it's just like kind of a dream come true."
- Embargoed: 12th October 2019 20:13
- Keywords: Paris Fashion Week Eva Longoria Amber Heard Soo Joo Park L'Oreal fashion show beauty Monnaie de Paris
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Fashion
- Reuters ID: LVA007AYKM63D
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: French cosmetics brand L'Oreal hosted its annual runway show on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week on Saturday (September 28), featuring an all-star cast of movie stars, singers and supermodels.
Celebrities including British supermodel Naomi Campbell sat on the front row for the show, held in the inner courtyard of the Paris Mint.
Actress Amber Heard and pop star Camilla Cabello strutted the circular catwalk in their first-ever appearances at the show, alongside long-time brand ambassador Eva Longoria, actress Andie McDowell, model Doutzen Kroes, and former Spice Girl Geri Horner.
A barefoot and smiling Helen Mirren closed the show in a floral dress, running joyfully on stage.
L'Oreal, an official sponsor of Paris Fashion Week, collaborated with fashion houses such as Balmain, Elie Saab, Karl Lagerfeld and Giambattista Valli to dress its high-profile models.
The world's biggest beauty manufacturer, behind labels such as Maybelline and Armani, said that it wanted promote female empowerment and diversity in the third edition of the show.
"Self-worth is very important, it is more than a lipstick or a hair colour", she said. "Just knowing that you're worth more and you're worth the best," said Longoria.
Paris Fashion Week runs until Oct. 1.
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