5th Annual Fashion Gives Back
Benefiting Miami Children's Health Foundation

In addition to the dazzling runway show, the event also counted with some special guests, including Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones, who assisted in the program by announcing the names of raffle winners. The guest of honor however, was Nicklaus Children’s Hospital patient Astry, who came out at the end of the fashion show and brought all guests to their feet when she walked the runway. Astry was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was 3 months old, and it wasn’t until she was 4 years old that she was able to take her first steps. She was supposed to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life, but after undergoing 10 years of therapy at Nicklaus Children’s, Astry is now able to walk with the assistance of a walker.
Serving as this year’s honorary chairs for Fashion Gives Back were Farrell and Patel, Attorneys at Law, while event founder Ricky Patel served as co-chair alongside Zak Mann. Other sponsors included Coral Gables Kitchen & Bath, First Service Residential, FPL, Hotwire Communications, JP Morgan, ParkOne of Florida, REM Hospitality, East Hotel, RPJ, Inc., Stellar Adjusting, Super Restorations, Neiman Marcus Bal Harbour, A&M Productions, MG Catering, Waste Management, Miami Design District, Miami Modern Luxury Magazine and Worldmedia Interactive, among others.
Ana Florencia Iglesias, Travis Ruane, Laura Gonzalez
Lucy Morillo, Nicklaus Children's patient Astry, and Ricky Patel
Fashion presented by Neiman Marcus Bal Harbour
Xiomara Blanco, Sasha Viecco
Kevin King, Tricia King, Vladi Yurovsky
Pimal Patel, Channing Tang, Dolores Lozano, Danielle Hardman
Nicklaus Children's Hospital patient Astry
Jenelle & Carlos Garcia
Ricky Patel and Wes Farrell
Sean Esteves, Taylor Pena, Cristiana Esteves
Cullen Jones, Rupi Desai, Ricky Patel
Fashion Gives Back Host Committee with Nicklaus Children's Hospital patient Astry
Joey Mccall, Jeff Granger
Cindy & Daniel Vargas
Mike Kontomanolis, Alexia Ayars
Zak Mann speaking to the audience
Anthony Tejeda, Amy Martinez
Maria Romero, Seema Patel, Lydia Scerpella
Wes and Helen Farrell
Veronica Tejeda, Paul Zelenski
Fashion Presented by Neiman Marcus Bal Harbour
Sarah Ferguson-Brown, Whitney Connell
Arti and Ricky Patel
Moe Brown, Carla Maria, Viviana Arboleda