Red Carpet Corres-PAW-ndents Sofia FURgara and PAWz Dean Represent Helen Woodward Animal Center as Award Show Beneficiaries
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Mar. 7, 2023) – For the past several years, the Hollywood Beauty Awards has not only awarded the most esteemed in the world of FILM, TV, and MUSIC’s makeup, styling, hair, and wellness, the elegant event has also made a point of reminding those in Tinsel Town that fur often covers the faces of those fairest. Thanks to founder Michele Elyzabeth, Helen Woodward Animal Center is honored to once again participate as the beneficiary of the 8th annual Hollywood Beauty Awards, this Thursday, Mar. 9, 2023, at the Taglyan in Los Angeles. This year, fuzzy orphan Center representatives and special Red Carpet Corres-PAW-ndents, Sofia FURgara and PAWz Dean, will be right in the heart of some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
The elegant, star-studded award show has become one of Hollywood’s topmost celebrations, drawing major stars and celebrities to the glamorous ceremony which recognizes the architects of beauty; talent in hair, makeup, photography, styling, and more. The tie-in to animal welfare is not an obvious one, but one close to the heart of the event’s founder & CEO Michele Elyzabeth who is an avid rescuer and believer in pets’ ability to make the world a more beautiful place.
Elyzabeth invited Helen Woodward Animal Center to the Hollywood Beauty Awards as a beneficiary in 2017 following the Center’s extensive rescue efforts during Hurricane Harvey and the beautiful partnership has continued for six years. The idea to include orphan puppy corres-PAW-ndents on the red carpet seemed a natural way to connect the event’s star power to the beauty of the beneficiary’s mission. This year, Sofia FURgara a 1-year-old Terrier blend who came from rescue partners in Los Angeles, and PAWz Dean, a 15-week-old Schnauzer blend who arrived from an overcrowded shelter in the Houston, Texas area will rub furry noses with the stars.
Also aligning with the Center’s mission is this year’s global Ambassador for the award ceremony, Chaz Dean. Renowned as a hairstylist and founder of WEN Hair & Body Care, Dean is also an animal activist who established truly cruelty-free hair products. In addition to requiring that no testing of finished products or ingredients is done on animals, the WEN products require that their suppliers and any third parties do no animal testing and WEN products are not sold where animal testing is required by law. Recently, he even added pet products to his haircare line, in honor of his beloved canines. Orphan pup PAWz Dean was named in honor of the special ceremony Ambassador who keeps the furry ones in his focus.
The exposure and reminder to adopt at this year’s Hollywood Beauty Awards are especially important to Helen Woodward Animal Center as the need for adoption skyrockets across the country. The pandemic’s lasting effect on the shelter world can be seen in the large number of available animals, a direct result of the drastic drop-off in number of spays and neuters performed throughout 2020 and 2021.
“There’s no way to accurately describe our gratitude in getting our animals and our message in front of such influential celebrities who have the eyes and ears of the world,” explained Helen Woodward Animal Center VP of Development Renee Resko. “Every time one of those stars tells us that they rescue and that they’ll encourage others to do the same, we know they’re helping us save lives, and that is the most beautiful thing.”
On the list of just a few of the big-name honorees and presenters at this year’s event are A.J. Cook (CBS’s Criminal Minds), Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Aida Rodriquez, Amy Brenneman (NYPD Blue, Judging Amy), Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day, Four Weddings and a Funeral), Andra Day (Grammy Award and Golden Globe Winner), Anne Hathaway (Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award Winner), Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby, She Said), Cassandra Freeman, Cesar Deleon Ramirez, Charlize Theron (Academy Award and Golden Globe Award Winner), Chase, Stokes, Chaz Dean, Ciara, Danielle Deadwyler, Devon Diep (Netflix’s Bling Empire), Grey Damon, Jenny Cho, Jo Baker, Joe Mantegna (Tony Award Winner, Three Amigos, CBS’s Criminal Minds), Joel Harlow, John Stapleton, Kevin Kreider, Larry Sims, Lionel Richie (4 time Grammy Award Winner), Malin Akerman, Mary Fitzgerald, Paul Adelstein (Fox’s Prison Break, ABC’s Private Practice), Rainey Qualley, Raviv Ullman (Disney Channel’s Phil of the Future), Rick Baker (7 time Academy Award Winner for Best Makeup), Sofia Vergara (ABC’s Modern Family), Sonequa Martin-Green (Startrek: Discovery, Walking Dead), Viola Davis (EGOT – Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Winner), Yolanda Frederick and many more.
As for the rest of the furry friends at Helen Woodward Animal Center, they are simply touched that the glitzy award ceremony – full of Tinsel-Town’s most gorgeous – recognizes a different kind of beauty.
This year, audiences around the world will be able to stream the red-carpet arrivals with honorees, nominees, special honorees, and celebrity presenters, as well as virtually join the full show in a Hollywood Beauty Awards Metaverse world designed by NFT Oasis. www.nftoasis.co/c/hollywood-beauty-awards-2023
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