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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Press Release</SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Top Jamaican International Supermodel Nadine Willis addresses girls at Milner Elementary School</SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hartford, CT, November 10, 2006:</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Top Jamaican international supermodel Nadine Willis will speak to 4<SUP>th</SUP>, 5<SUP>th</SUP>, and 6<SUP>th</SUP> grade girls at Milner Elementary school on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. </SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ms. Willis will address the need for young ladies to empower themselves by</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“getting a good education, overcoming obstacles and going after your dreams”.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> In a recent interview Nadine was quoted as saying,</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"The birth of my baby was a sweet and joyful moment because I love children; I love to be with them and to see them happy”.</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ms. Willis grew up in the impoverished Kingston neighborhood of Waterhouse. </SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Jamaican born supermodel is no stranger to adversity, abandoned by her mother as a child, a teen parent by the age of 21, she worked hard to make ends meet and was discovered at the age of 25.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ranked one of the top 50 models in the world.</SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In 2003 the PULSE SUPERMODEL defied the odds and emerged from her inner-city background to the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the process, she became the most successful Jamaican model and the first black woman to do a campaign for Gucci.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Ms. Willis has</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">appeared on the catwalk for designers such as Bill Blass, Perry Ellis, Miguel Androver, Catherine Malandrino, Frost French and Blaak. </SPAN><P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“We are excited to have Ms. Willis visit our school and share her inspiring life story,” says Sheryl Jackson, principal at Milner Elementary School.</SPAN>
