{"id":5166,"date":"2022-10-17T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T18:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T18:42:59","slug":"rgv-meets-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/rgv-meets-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>RGV meets Paris<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Rio Grande Valley Women Go to Paris For Fashion Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5167\" width=\"879\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2-666x666.jpg 666w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGVParis2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><figcaption><em>Pictured: Women from the RGV posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. <\/em><br><em>&nbsp;Photo courtesy:&nbsp;&nbsp;Dayanna Ramirez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RGV-meets-Paris-tim.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Twice a year fashion week takes place in Paris France, but this time around, local women from the Rio Grande Valley took the 12-hour flight across the ocean to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nineteen-year-old UTRGV student, Fabiola Ramirez, is one of the girls who got the opportunity to go to Paris. She talked about how she began her modeling career earlier this year, and within a short amount of time she considered this to be a hobby she enjoyed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt [modeling] has its pros and cons but it helps you become more confident in yourself and have more experience in the community, with yourself and how to talk to others, you know, just be out in the public,\u201d said Ramirez.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She mentioned Alicia Monje, a designer from the Valley whose work was strutted by the RGV models across the runway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cShe wanted for her signature models to attend Paris fashion week, for us to model her designs and her art and creative process of her dresses and the line and everything she created,\u201d said Ramirez.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But Ramirez did not get where she is at in her career without working towards it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou get better by practicing, obviously, by putting yourself out there and practicing confidence because as a model you need to have a lot of confidence,\u201d said Ramirez.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rio Grande Valley model Abbi Castro said that being able to make it to the big stage of modeling was a dream come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt definitely was a big honor, I love fashion already, it constantly inspires me to be part of the artist&#8217;s experience and to help bring her work to life. I mean it was just a dream,\u201d said Castro.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She also gave advice for women interested in modeling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cFor other future models or just any artist in any field, don\u2019t give up on your dream and on yourself. You never know where life can take you, just like this opportunity, it presented itself. 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