April 6, 201510 yr The outfit I've probably worn most in my life #HappyMonday instagram.com/toni_garrn
April 6, 201510 yr http://models.com/mdx/toni-garrn/ Top model Toni Garrn has accomplished much in her stellar career. With work with some of the biggest fashion and beauty brands like Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger, L’Oreal, & Victoria’s Secret, she has been able to solidify many industry accomplishments, all before the tender age of 22. But her latest venture has nothing to do with fitting into a sample size frock or doing her best back-bending pose — it’s about saving the world, one jean at a time. The model has teamed up as an ambassador with Plan International and their committed efforts towards educating girls throughout the World, specifically the recently tormented, Burkina Faso. We caught up with Toni to hear about her personal connection to the “Because I Am A Girl” project, more about the fundraiser campaign she’s done with Closed, and exactly what good the purchase of vintage designer trade can go towards. How did you get involved? Why did you choose the campaign as your first charity? My brother used to live in Capetown and just seeing what was going on in the real world compared to my “fashion” world, I really felt like they were big opposites. The more I modeled, the more you have free time as well because once I finished high school then I started working only twice a week and not everyday. I started getting enough money from modeling that I began sponsoring two children through the organization, Plan International. I would get updates about when they moved and the like. As I got older, I stayed with that charity because I felt like they did a good job and I reached out to them in the hopes of doing more than just sponsoring children. So tell me more about the “Because I am a Girl” campaign? Where do proceeds go? How have you raised money for the charity? This project partners German clothing brand, Closed, with Plan International and is focused on contributing proceeds from sales in order to provide an increase in the proportion of female teachers at schools in Burkina Faso. I designed jeans and t-shirts with them with proceeds going towards the “Because I Am A Girl” campaign. It’s a three-year scholarship and they needed about 600 women to become teachers to help educate the youth population. We started selling the pieces last September and now we’re at 588 teachers being educated. The women are between 20-25 years old. The site is a great way for consumers throughout the World to contribute to a great cause. I also had a flea market during fashion week. I asked if the campaign budget was full and their response was there was still more to be done. I’ve been collecting clothes and accessories since I was 14 a lot of it was trade that I got from fashion shows and I put away. I had several suitcases at some point. I just thought I can’t give this away, there has to be a way to make this bigger and get money to help from it. I emailed every model friend I had and I got so much stuff. Kasia Struss, Arlenis Sosa, Karlie, Constance, Rianne Tenhaken, Sigrid, Christy Turlington. Liya gave me some nice pieces of her Lem Lem collection. It’s nice to make room in our NY apartments for a good reason. Spring Studios gave me a space, which is amazing. I steamed and tagged everything for a week and Google-d how much everything was worth in today’s market. In one day, we raised $20,000. People who came said “I wish I had heard about this sooner. I wish I could have given you more” so next time I think I’ll do it for at least 2-3 days. Is there a plan in place as far as raising money for the charity in the future? The problem is now that Ebola hit and the military took over at the end of the year, it has slowed things down. I haven’t been able to go back. It worries me but I want to try and help as much as I can. Now I’m going to Zimbabwe this coming August to continue the work we’ve started. What was it like traveling to Burkina Faso? It was insane. I’ve never been anywhere like that. It is one of the 5 poorest countries in the world so basically no infrastructure. No streets, no houses, nothing. The road is basically the city. But I saw these beautiful women doing everything with this stunning clothing wrapped around them. It’s hard because there is so much to do and you get overwhelmed by everything that is needed in order to improve. What kind of advice does “Because I am a Girl” offer to people throughout the world? How do people support the organization? Any kind of money helps because in Burkina Faso alone, Plan International has 180 people working there. UNICEF has more. As soon as funds come in, they build a school and educate. Of course awareness is great but really people just talking about it doesn’t help that much. If anyone wants to support the easiest way is to visit online to donate at becauseiamagirl.ca, plan.de, or planusa.org. What’s on the horizon for the “Because I am a Girl” organization? Plan International helps all over the world. For my ambassador position, I want to continue to focus on Africa as I see so much potential to grow and simply find it the most inspiring and beautiful place I’ve ever been to. I want to give the help I can and it’s also given me pleasure and purpose. I feel that I grow most by meeting different cultures and experiencing from the source. To purchase pieces from the Toni Garrn for Closed line, please visit Closed.
April 7, 201510 yr from TFS : She'll be on the next episode of Germany's Next Top Model, which airs next Thursday. ok-magazin
April 7, 201510 yr tonigarrn il y a 15 minutes Thank you so much models.com for covering my work with Plan International! @modelsdot #PlanInternational#YouAndMeGirl #BecauseImAGirl@alique_photography
April 7, 201510 yr From Germany's next top model; Toni Garrn looks in on Heidi Models stern.de Considering how many times she has said that these shows are "just for the viewers", I'm surprised she doing whatever it is she's doing.
April 7, 201510 yr via anaa lpz on tFS: She'll be on the next episode of Germany's Next Top Model, which airs next Thursday. ok-magazin
April 8, 201510 yr The Best Beauty Looks of the Week: April 6, 2015 WHO: Toni Garrn WHERE: A private event, New York City WHEN: 3rd April, 2015 vogue.com
April 8, 201510 yr From Germany's next top model; Toni Garrn looks in on Heidi Models stern.de Considering how many times she has said that these shows are "just for the viewers", I'm surprised she doing whatever it is she's doing. I think she is doing it for exposure , she has a jeans line for her charity so its good to keep her face in the media
April 9, 201510 yr When your brothers still embarrassed to dance with his sister #Disss #FamilyVaca #Caribbean instagram.com/tonigarrn
April 9, 201510 yr DailyMail made an article about the superrolemodel compaing with lindex : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3030639/Christy-Turlington-Liya-Kebede-Toni-Garrn-fitting-faces-inspirational-superrolemodel-campaign-clothing-brand-selling-T-shirts-charity.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
April 9, 201510 yr Really enjoyed being a guest at Germany's next Topmodel!! Tune in tonight and watch @thomashayoand me help out the girls during this crazy and cold mud shoot!! Viel Glück Mädels! #GNTM #Pro7 instagram.com/tonigarrn
April 10, 201510 yr Little break with Toni Garrn @tonigarrn #sayuribloomdairy #germanysnexttopmodel #gntm #football #shoot #backstage #behindthescene #selfie #armystyle #americanfootball #losangeles #somewhere #lovemyjob #beautiful #tonigarrn #topmodel #fashionmodel #sunkissed #HAPPY #instapic #instafun #smile instagram.com/sayuri_bloom April 2015 Portrait of @tonigarrn photo by @mauriziobavutti make-up by @emikanekomakeup hair by me. #tonigarrn instagram.com/braydon_nelson Love the second pic :wub2: . Can't wait for HQ.
April 10, 201510 yr More caps from sore on tFS: More and without ProSieben logo She was actually really nice and likable. We know this is not always her strong suit... I burst out laughing when she said "I'm so excited to be here, I have never met anybody who has participated in a show like this" - No a very good sign for Heidi's previous winners.
April 10, 201510 yr https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t50.2886-16/11104701_1374963016167685_908721444_n.mp4 @tonigarrn singt euch den Durchhaltesong für Freitag!! @thomashayo #gntm #spaßbeimshooting #behindthescenes #eyeofthetiger #rocky #survivor #wochenende #tgif #freitag #durchhalten #pro7 #prosieben #wltey #welove instagram.com/prosieben Loooovvvve this video . I would love to meet Toni, bet she's so funny and lovely (Y) . instagram.com/tonigarrnlover
April 10, 201510 yr http://videos-f-8.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t50.2886-16/11090137_426369647536908_163700347_n.mp4instagram.com/maxwebertotalbeauty
April 10, 201510 yr Spend so much time getting to the sun to then hide from it instagram.com/tonigarrn Those eyes
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