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NEA Fashion Show- Music Meets The Catwalk- Calling all Designers

 New York, NY – Calling all fashion designers looking to showcase their designs and fashion lines at the upcoming Nigerian Entertainment Awards, here is your chance to do so at the Music Meets the Catwalk fashion event, scheduled to take place in New York City on August 31, 2012.

As part of the line-up of events scheduled for this year’s Nigerian Entertainment Awards weekend, the organizers of the NEA Awards are partnering with a fashion house and a talent agency to host a fashion show titled Music Meets the Catwalk, and are asking interested designers to hop on-board. The NEA organizers in partnership with Nigerian designer, House of Versatile Styles (HVS) and Egbin Talent Agency will produce the show which is aimed at celebrating the fashion and entertainment industries of Nigeria, by showcasing different designer’s lines while Nigerian artists perform and thrill the audience at the same time.

Designers looking to participate and showcase their designs in this great event should contact the organizing team immediately by sending an email to designers[at]nigeriaentawards.com or by calling +1 917 541 8394 (US) or +234 802 331 2778 (Nigeria/Africa) for more information. Please keep in mind that there are a limited number of slots available, and so interested designers are advised to contact the organizers on or before July 15th, after which applications will no longer be accepted.

The Nigeria Entertainment Awards weekend is slated to take place in New York City, beginning on August 31 – September 2, 2012. Fans in Nigeria are encouraged to continue to vote for their favorite artists by texting ‘NEA AwardCategoryNumber Nominee Name’ to 32051 to help their favorite entertainer win that award. Online voting begins August 1, 2012 and fans all over the world can cast their votes for their favorite.

For all things NEA you can stay up to date by tuning in to Cool FM 96.9 (Lagos), the Official 2012 NEA Awards radio partner. Also follow the NEAs on Twitter @NEAAwards and ‘Like’ the Facebook page ‘NEA Awards’

Sandra Appiah

Sandra Appiah is the Chief Operating Officer at Face2Face Africa. She graduated with honors (Summa Cum laude) from the Newhouse School of public communications (Syracuse University, NY) and spent a lot of time in the media industry working with companies such as the New York Times, HBO, and MTV. An avid believer in Africa with an interest in showcasing the glory of the continent, Ms. Appiah is also host of “The Sandra Appiah Show”, an inspirational talk show that chronicles the journeys of Africa’s movers & shakers. Sandra has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30: Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs in 2013. With an incandescent passion matched only by her abundant ambition and prodigious talent, Ms. Appiah has been at the forefront of the mission for this generation of Africans to seize control of tools by which Africa's narrative is curated, crafted, and presented to the wider world.

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