Patricia Velásquez

Creativity is more than canvas, photos, film, and media. It can also be a catalyst for philanthropy, charity, and activism. Patricia Velasquez is an award-winning model and actress who has made history. She is also a staunch philanthropist. Author activist, activist, author, and a loving mother. In any case, she has made major leaps by drawing from her intuition and deliberately paving her own way. "I think of my career as an escalator," she said. "I completed every step. It was incredible to accomplish that, as there was a long-term vigor. I simply put my head down , and made one step at a time. Then, it was over. The metaphor directly resembles an experience that is forming. The author was born in Venezuela but raised in France and Mexico, she relocated to Venezuela after a couple of years. In South America, her parents worked in education before moving their family to a cramped apartment that had no running water and no elevators. Patricia took 15 levels of stairs with heavy buckets to provide water to the building. She tried to assist her family in any way she could despite her studies in engineering and intensive dance training. She was scouted to be a model in Milan and her rise to the heights of fashion hinged on a promise to her family and friends. She remembers, "When they asked me to travel to Italy I replied"If I can pay thirty dollars a month back to Venezuela and it's worth it in the sense that it would pay for the whole building's water'." Patricia's accomplishment was a turning point in fashion when she brought attention from the fashion world to South America for the first time. In the wake of becoming "the first Karl Lagerfeld model ever photographed" She went on to feature in editorial spreads as well as front ads for Chanel as well as Dolce & Gabbana. With her worldwide fame, she appeared on Oprah and Ford Models' "Supermodel of the World" contests as well. She was also featured on the pages of Marie Claire, Bazaar and Vogue.