Patricia Velasquez Celebrates Straight Walk Release at No. 8 + Launches Auction Benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS

Thu Feb 12 11:40:45 CST 2015

Patricia Velasquez Celebrates the Release of
Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey To Finding Her Truth
With Star-Studded Event at No. 8 in NYC

Straight Walk is Out Now via Post Hill Press

Kicks Off Paddle8 Auction Featuring Rare Photo by Sante D'Orazio
All Proceeds Benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS
PRESS HERE<http://paddle8.com/auction/broadwaycares> for More Information

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Iman, Patricia Velasquez, and Jay Manuel at No. 8 for the Straight Walk Release Party
(Photo Credit: Debora Spencer)

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Straight Walk Party at No. 8 in NYC
(Photo Credit: Debora Spencer)

Latina supermodel, businesswoman, actress, and philanthropist Patricia Velasquez celebrated the release of her first book Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey To Finding Her Truth (out now via Post Hill Press) with a fabulous party at NYC's renowned No. 8. Notable attendees included Iman, Jay Manuel, GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis and more.

To mark the release of her personal memoir, Patricia Velasquez has launched an auction on Paddle8 featuring a rare photograph of her taken by Sante D'Orazio, featured on the book's back cover (see image below), along with some other fantastic items with all proceeds benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS. PRESS HERE<http://paddle8.com/auction/broadwaycares> for more information.

In Straight Walk, Velasquez recalls firsthand her remarkable career and compelling coming out story. While poignantly recounting how she worked to lift her family out of poverty, Patricia shares a message of compassion and acceptance, hoping to empower others to realize their own potential. PRESS HERE<http://www.amazon.com/Straight-Walk-Supermodels-Journey-Finding/dp/1618689355> to purchase Straight Walk on Amazon.

[Patricia Smaller Photo]
Photo by Sante D'Orazio

About Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS helps ensure that the most vulnerable among us receive life-saving medication and health care, nutritious meals, counseling and emergency financial assistance. Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic of The Actors Fund. In 2014, BC/EFA awarded more than $10.6 million in grants to AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states throughout the country. broadwaycares.org

About Patricia Velasquez

Patricia Velasquez was a runway model for Chanel, Gucci, and Carolina Herrera.  She has appeared on countless magazine covers including Cosmopolitan and Latina, and posed for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and Victoria's Secret several times.  Her acting credits include box-office successes such as The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. She has starred in and produced many independent films including Liz in September.  Her numerous television credits include Ugly Betty, CSI: Miami, Arrested Development, Rescue Me, Ed, and American Family among others.  A career highlight for Velasquez was starring in the lead role of School of the Americas, a play produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman for the Public Theater in New York.

Velasquez also built and runs The Wayuu Taya Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the living conditions of Latin American indigenous groups while maintaining respect their culture.  She is also a UNESCO Artist for Peace and has been frequently recognized for her charity work by multiple organizations including the United Nations.

A savvy entrepreneur, at HSN, Velasquez launched a line of organic hair care products called Taya Beauty, using ingredients from the indigenous communities of the Amazon through environmentally friendly and sustainable programs.  She lives in Los Angeles and New York.

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Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding Her Truth
Patricia Velasquez
Published by Post Hill Press
February 10, 2015
Hardcover/$27
ISBN: 9781618689351

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