GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION

Denver

News: Actors Rob Lowe (9-1-1 Lonestar), Laura Linney Ozark), John C. McGinley (Scrubs) and Caterina Scorsone (Grey’s Anatomy) will join football great Terrell Davis and supermodels Beverly Johnson and Amanda Booth as celebrity guests for the 15th annual Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show.

The Nov. 18 gala, chaired by Luisa Law and Amanda Precourt, is both the signature fundraiser for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL) and the world’s largest fundraiser for Down syndrome. The 2023 edition is dedicated to the memory of Anna Sie, co-founder of the Denver-based foundation that has made many transformative differences for those living with Down syndrome. She died on Sept. 20, following a long and valiant battle with cancer.

Anna Sie and her husband, John J. Sie, founded GLOBAL following the birth of their granddaughter, Sophia. Their goal was to ensure that Sophia and all people with Down syndrome had a brighter future.

The couple also founded several related entities, including the Crnic Institute, the Sie Center for Down Syndrome, the Alzheimer’s & Cognition Center and the GLOBAL Inclusive Program.

The Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show, to be held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, features dinner, live and silent auctions, presentation of the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award and a fashion show, where the celebrity guests walk the runway with 21 youngsters who have Down syndrome.

9News anchor Kim Christiansen and retired anchor Mark Koebrich will be the masters of ceremony.

Bobby Farrelly, a director, screenwriter and producer known for such movies as Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, and self-advocate Madison Tevlin, whose cover of John Legend’s “All of Me” went viral when she was 12, will receive the Quincy Jones Award. She also appeared alongside Woody Harrelson in the Farrelly Brothers comedy, Champions.

Tickets and sponsorship information can be obtained by visiting bebeautifulbeyourself.org.

About the organization: The Global Down Syndrome Foundation is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to save lives and dramatically improve health outcomes for people with Down syndrome. Since its founding, it has given more than $32 million to establish the first Down syndrome research institute, supporting some 400 scientists and over 2,400 patients from 33 states and 10 countries.

Website: globaldownsyndrome.org

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