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Ha vea l s owor kwi t hAme r i c a nI dol Al umFr e nc hi e Da vi s&Bl a keLe wi sTheKl ubj umpe r se a r ne da Vi s ua lSoundsa wa r dwi t hSa l meDa hl s t r om’ s “ C’ mon Y’ a l l ”f or2013BESTMUSI CUSEi nCove rGi r l s I nt e ns eSha dowBl a s tc omme r c i a lf e a t ur i ngDr e w Ba r r ymor e . The i rpr oduc t i onont hi ss ongwa sa l s o f e a t ur e di nac omme r c i a lf orSuba r ua ndt heTe l e vi s i onSe r i e s“ Cha r l i e sAnge l s ”a nd“ Sa vi ngHope . ” I twa sa l s of e a t ur e di nt heBl oc kbus t e rmovi e“ Eve r y

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Da y”s t a r r i ngHe l e nHunt . Wi t ht hemus i cbus i ne s s goi ngt hr oughs oma nyc ha nge s ,i t ' se a s yt os a yt ha t t he i rde di c a t i oni sunma t c he d,t heKl ubj umpe r sha ve ma i nt a i ne dt he i rr e l e va nc ebys t a yi ngc ur r e ntwi t h t he i re xpl os i ves ounda nds t yl e !The yc ont i nuet o pr oduc ehi t sa ndha vema nyhugemus i ca ndmovi e pr oj e c t si ns t or e ,s os t a yt une d!Youc a nf i ndt he i r l a t e s tHi t / Of f i c i a lr e mi x,“ Suda ”byMe l a ni ePf i r r ma n f e a t .Pi t bul la ndI AMCHI NOonMa i ns t r e a mFM Ra di o.

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Ms . Do mi ng ue zi sno to nl y awo nde r f ulda nc e r , but s hei sa l s oamo de l , a c t r e s s , a ndade di c a t e ds t ude nt t ha tg o e st oYo ungWo me n’ s Le a de r s hi pAc a de my . She i si nma nyo r g a ni z a t i o ns , l i keNa t i o na lHo no rSo c i e t y , Spa ni s hHo no rSo c i e t y , Sc i e nc eHo no rSo c i e t ya nd aHi g hSc ho o lSc ho l a r So c i e t yme mbe rbe c a us es he de mo ns t r a t e sl e a de r s hi p, c o mmi t me nt , a ndde t e r mi na t i o n. Shee nj o y sdo i ng ne wt hi ng s , s uc ha smo de l i ng a nda c t i ng , a ss heha swa l ke d f o rt heBe a ut yWe e kFa s hi o n Sho wf o rt hebr a ndAme r i c a n Ea g l e , SAFa s hi o nWe e kSho w f o rt het a l e nt e dPr i s c i l l a Ma r t i ne z , a ndMLKYo ut h Cha r i t yFa s hi o nGa l af o rt he br a ndAl a niTa y l o r , a swe l la s s ho o t i nga ndda nc i ngi na c o mme r c i a lf o rt hebr a nd Me l r o s e . De ni s eha sr e c e i v e d as c ho l a r s hi pt oPho e ni xFi r e i nNe wYo r kCi t y . De ni s e Do mi ng ue zi ss t i l lbl o s s o mi ng a ndbe c o mi ngt hebe s tda nc e r a ndag r e a tr o l emo de l .

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SAM:How do you thi nkwomen todaydefi nesuccess? IknowhowIde f i nei t . Toha vec r e a t e da c ompa nyt ha tl e t smel i vet hel i f eIc hoos e , bef i na nc i a l l ys uc c e s s f ul ,a ndbei nc ha r ge ofmyownde s t i ny .

SAM:Whatthreepi ecesofadvi ce would you gi veotherwomen i n busi nesstoday? Ha vee xpe r i e nc ei nt hei ndus t r yyouc hoos e . Doyourhome wor ka ndduedi l i ge nc e . Ge tame nt or . SAM:Whati sthemostsati sfyi ng quali tyaboutyourj ob? Gi vi ngj obsa ndf e e di ngpe opl e . SAM:Whatwould you sayareyour greatestchallengesi n yourj ob? Hi r i nga ndr e t a i ni nge mpl oye e s . Do you thi nkwomen feeli nti mi dated i n busi ness? It hi nka nyone ,ma norwoma n,c a nf e e li nt i mi da t e d a tonet i meora not he r .I nbus i ne s s ,wea r eof t e n e nc ount e r i ngunknownst ha tl e a dust oha vet o s e a r c hf ora ns we r sors ol ut i ons .Some t i me sour s e a r c ht a ke susoutofourc omf or tz onel e a di ng ust oapl a c eofi nt i mi da t i on.Wha tIdoknowi s t ha tf a c i ngt hei nt i mi da t i onma ke susmuc hs t r onge r i nt hel ongr un.

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SAM:How do women todayachi eveworkli febalance? I ti sv e r yd i f f i c u l tf o rme b e c a u s eIa mi na2 4 h o u r b u s i n e s st h a tn e v e rs l e e p s . Th eo n l ywa yIh a v eb e e n a b l et oa c h i e v es o met y p e o fb a l a n c ei st os c h e d u l et h e t h i n g st h a tr e a l l yma t t e r o nac a l e n d a ra n ds t i c kt oi t . SAM:W hathaveyou learned aboutleadershi p ,entrepreneurshi p and mentori ng others? Th a ti ti si mp o r t a n tt op a r t i c i p a t e i na l lo ft h ea b o v e . I ti so u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t yt ot e a c h , me n t o r a n dg i v eb a c k , f o rn o n eo fu s g o twh e r ewea r eb yo u r s e l v e s . SAM:Runni ng yourown busi nessrequi resdedi cati on,di sci pli neand passi on.W hi ch i smost i mportantto you? Â

Al lt h r e ea r ei mp o r t a n t , bu t wi t h o u tp a s s i o ni ti sh a r dt o a c h i e vet h eo t h e r s . SAM:Haveyou run your own busi nessbefore? Â

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