29 March 2024

What a Night! Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Honoring Leo Passage

Beauty Changes Lives. Of course it does. It always has and it always will. This is why the beauty industry’s elite came together tonight in a wonderful gathering in the city of Chicago, where the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation posthumously honored the legendary Leo Passage with the 2015 Legacy Award.

The event, hosted by Cosmetologists Chicago, America’s Beauty Show, and Pivot Point International, Inc., commemorated the outstanding life and accomplishments of Leo Passage, the founder of Pivot Point International, Inc., for his contributions to the beauty industry and his remarkable vision in cultivating NextGen talent.

His wife Lenie and son Robert Passage received the Legacy Award from Beauty Changes Lives founder Lynelle Lynch, and explained how Leo was instrumental in changing the face of our industry forever, paving the way for thousands of young hairdressers students around the world who are working steadily towards a brilliant future in the beauty industry.

The evening also afforded everyone an opportunity to view The Art Institute’s Modern European Galleries, home to many of the Bauhaus works that inspired Leo Passage during his early years in Chicago.

Beauty Changes Lives Night featured a Trilogy of Beauty after-dark fashion presentation by event sponsors. Models depicting StreetWear, Underground and AvantGarde/Haute Couture styled by NextGen talents, and mentored by well-known beauty icons, really showed what a career in beauty is all about:

American Crew presented Patrick Chai; mentored by Sarah Adams.

Aquage presented Lindsay Balkovec, Nicole Gary and Tausha Ostrander; mentored by Luis Alvarez.

CND presented Heather Davis, Ashley Craig and Lavette Cephus; mentored by Amanda Fontanarrosa & Shelena Robinson.

DevaCurl presented Bryan K. Hawthorne Jr, LaToya Moore and Dennielle LaForte; mentored by Isabella Vasquez.

Hattori Hanzo presented Joey Rodriguez and Bo Brinkman; mentored by Diana Schmidke.

Keune presented Taylor Herbermann; mentored by Christopher Sulimay.

Matrix presented Meghan Moran, Patrick Heid and Timmy Willy; mentored Chrystofer Benson.

Mizani presented Wura Kolawole “Miss Wu”; mentored by Cesar Ramirez.

Moroccanoil presented Shelby Connell; mentored by Kevin Hughes.

Redken presented Ellen Devine; mentored by Sam Villa.

TIGI presented Carly Rae Lawrenson; mentored by Thomas Osborn.

Wella Professionals presented Stephanie Hernandez, Amanda Zawacki and Sabrina Hagenmuller; mentored by John Gialluisi.

 

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