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| Gorgeous Gal's, (Our lovely MC for the day, Liezel van der Westhuizen, Me, the ever beautiful Kerishnie Naiker, and Good Housekeeping's Carmen Clegg). |
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| Lovely Friends, (Miss Fabulous Natasha Clark) |
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| and Inspirational Woman! (Me and and Jane Raphaely, the Managing Director for Associated Media Publishing. I have to brag - sorry but it must be done - When I saw her at The Loeries, she said I was wearing the best dress she had seen!!! AAaaannnddd, why this was so huge was because I was wearing the dress I made!!! I felt so deeply flattered). |
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| (Sorry I couldn't help myself, I was beaming with pride! Me with Andrew Human - I'm wearing my dress and a pair of hot Steve Madden heels) |
Yip, these ladies are just a few of the fab guests who surrounded me last week on friday when I attended the
What Is Think Red?
While HIV/AIDS and cancer loom large on South Africans’ awareness radar, most people give little thought to the world’s number one killer:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD).
(Did you guys know that? I didn't! So scary!)
To show that no-one is immune, the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA (HSFSA) together with Unilever has launched a hard-hitting new awareness campaign, Think Red. This day was all about raising awareness - and it worked!
As I arrived I was greeted with large friendly smiles, fresh strawberry juice and hands that waved me into a room where my boots where removed and my BMI was promptly worked out (I'm all good - shew!) Tash found me bare foot negotiating half a centimeter of hight that I knew was mine and should count towards my BMI, right? When you are my height every millimeter counts!
And then we were off to the Clarin's corner.
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| Tash (Real name: Natasha Clark) looked so cute in her little red number and black leggings |
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| For some reason me and the make-up artists couldn't stop laughing, we were in stitches! |
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| The lovely people at the Vital stand not only gave me fantastic nutritional information but they even let me be a brat and baby sat my hand bag under their table while I took a few pic's - Thanks Guys! |
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| The dining hall just looked gorgeous, a gold shell filled with white and red - lovely. |
Loved the centre pieces and table decor
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| How Yummy does my salad look? And it was! |
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| HSFSA CEO Dr Vash Mungal-Singh spoke to us all about the severity of the situation. |
Sorry but you need to know This!
Can you believe that every year cardiovascular disease kills 2.5 times as many people as do all cancers combined!!! That is a shocking and disturbing fact, that means it is now the biggest single killer-disease worldwide.
*THE GOOD NEWS*
80% of these deaths are preventable with diet and lifestyle changes.
(Ok on with the happy stuff)
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| Kerishnie Naiker, Shan Biesman-Simons, Stan Henkeman and Liezel van der Westhuizen, discussed the importance of living a heart-healthy life and spoke from the heart about their personal experiences and how they had been affected by the disease. |
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| Yum, Yum, Yum! |
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| There was a cook off!Table Bay chef Jocelyn Myers and MasterChef SA finalist Sarel Loots showed guests how easy it is to prepare heart-healthy meals that the whole family will enjoy and what they made looked delicious! |
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| Yip that last one is carrot cake! |
And then it was time for dessert.
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| Me and Celebrity Cheff and MasterChef SA finalist Sarel Loots |
I Love this Idea!!!
You can donate your heart beats!!!
Flora is collecting heart beats and for each beat a donation is made on your behalf to upgrade cardiac facilities in SA, which could save someones life. So do it, it takes two minutes and its for an excellent cause
http://www.facebook.com/florastrongheart/app_317528101658235
All in all it was an amazing day, I left with a full stomach, full heart and very full hands! We received an incredible goodie bag filled with delicious and healthy treats - so delicious and exciting that I tucked right in and forgot to get a photo - sorry!
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| We also received a limited edition 1,2kg value pack at the Flora Heart stand - I literally needed help getting to my car, I couldn't carry everything, because I also... |
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| WON! I WON! I WON! Le Creuset hamper worth R4000! Its the first thing I have won in a long time and I love them! Thank You for picking number 24 in the raffle! |
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| The Good Housekeeping/Goeie Huishouding team in their red outfitsWell Done! The whole day was just wonderful! |
Ok sorry this shouldn't be part of this blog I guess but while I was on the GoodHousekeeping website I came across it and well, when most people enter a competition they don't tell their friends because they want to win the prize themselves, right? Well I am not most people and although I definitely want to win this competition - AMAZING - Its too good to keep to myself! So follow the link below and You Could win...
If one of you win because you followed the link from my page, please can I be your plus 1? Pretty please! If that actually comes true, it would make an amazing blog ;-D
Thank you again so much to JL, Associated Media Publishing, Good Housekeeping, Flora, together with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa (and Tash for being my other half at the event and to all the gorgeous girls - so good seeing you all) I really had such a wonderful day, I felt truly spoilt and definitely learnt a lot about the frightening facts we are all faced with. Please arm yourselves with knowledge and check out their site it has loads of interesting articles and interesting tips.
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| JL I think your Red sweater looked gorgeous! |
Ok I have to run, stay happy and healthy and I will be back soon!
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