Kim Estes Selected as Master of Ceremonies for International Women's Day Gala for 2024
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LOS ANGELES - Washingtoner -- Kim Estes received the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. He is currently serving as one of the members of the Board of Directors for the Academy of Televison Arts and Sciences - he is serving as Governor for the Performers Peer Group. His television credits include 'The Company You Keep", "Fatal Attraction", "American Auto", "9-1-1", "The Resident", "This Is Us", "How To Get Away With Murder", "I'm Dying Up Here", "Brooklyn 99", etc. Kim has also starred in many films and short forms series.
Attendees at this Gala will be entertained by internationally acclaimed performers from around the world, such as international recording artist Eugene Cole, accomplished recording musician Michael Raye, April Diamond, a Billboard Charting Recording Artist who was #1 on the National New Music Radio Charts in 2021, Mezzo Soprano Hiroko Yoshinaga, and up-and-coming artist Natasha Mar.

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Red carpet and Happy hour is from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Come join us for a unique, magical International Women's Day Gala, a 5 Course Dinner with a specially prepared menu, live music and a fashion show highlighting the designs of international fashion designer Gordana Gehlhausen (GOGA), a Project Runway finalist, Rohini Bedi, Oksana Grigorenko, and international fashion designer and creative director Tommy Le along with Art by VLADI, from 6:30 - 10:00 pm.
The Key-note speaker will be Katherine Sellery, world renown parenting expert and best- selling author. At the heart of the Gala will be the Women's Inspiration Awards which honors women who have made contributions in their communities as well as in the world at large. Some of the honorees who will receive the Women's Inspiration Award include Ava Kaufman, Gail Gibson, Gloria Shulman, Lori Boody, Pam Atwal, Sansu Ramsey, Susan Irvine and Starla Lewis.
This year's event will be benefitting Ava's Heart Foundation, a 501c3, which helps people who require a heart transplant to meet their six-month residency requirement to be able to live near a Heart Transplant Center in order to be able to get on the heart transplant list.

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