So I’m very lucky to be working with a great partner like Massy. We have quite a lot of resources in the Caribbean that is not necessarily being directed in the right ways. POSH: How important are partnerships of this kind to the work you are doing in the region?ĪNYA: Over 12 years of being an entrepreneur myself, starting many small businesses I know the struggle of trying to bring a company to life. That’s the mainstay of my work at the moment supporting entrepreneurs. That is an MSMEs micro small and medium support business network with Massy, which is a very large company in the Caribbean. POSH: What motivated your participation in the Momentum 2022 event?ĪNYA: I’m here today at Momentum because I also co-founded an entity called Nudge Caribbean. That’s directly connected to the Livelihood Initiative Photo Credit: R. It’s evolved a lot over the pandemic into being a digital fashion brand. More recently I’ve been very involved in web 3 technology. We’re sort of all in with the Meta-verse fashion arena and bringing more and more designers into that space. POSH: How has the emerging new web technology influenced your work?ĪNYA: I also have a clothing line called WYLD FLWR which is festival wear. So, right now I’ve developed a Woman’s Livelihood Initiative that’s supporting women in both Trinidad and Venezuelan migrants teaching women how to sew for carnival, and for fashion. POSH: How did you fuse your fashion for activism with your work in fashion?ĪNYA: I knew that was the direction I wanted to go in, but I wanted to do it in my own field. I got to know what it felt like to do more purpose-driven work. I became very involved in activism and raising awareness about socialist views in the Caribbean that was around 2016. POSH: how did this influence the direction of your work in the industry?ĪNYA: I started a foundation called Together Wi. It was a venue, it was also a café, and we were incubating young creative talents. Then I opened a co-working space HOME) with a boutique representing all the Caribbean designers across the region, and a variety of other brands. I had my clothing line that was primarily resort wear. For a few years after Project Runway, I took the traditional fashion route. POSH: How has your work evolved since then?ĪNYA: It’s been quite a journey since then. It’s been 11 years and still, people tell me how inspired they were to go after their dream, whatever that dream was. People who said they never even thought they could become a designer became a designer people who didn’t know they had this inner desire to be part of the industry not even in fashion but creativity, in general, I get messages up till today. It felt like I was representing something much bigger than myself. Just incredibly supportive is the wrong word. We were able to chat with Anya about her work before the start of the panel: Walk Like A Champion: The Cost To Be Ah Boss.ĪNYA: Oh my God, not only Trinidad but the whole region. Anya has also been in web 3 technology and NFTs. Anya was one of the industry professionals speaking on strategies for building Caribbean small business opportunities. On June 25th, she was one of the panelists at the Carib Biz Network Momentum 2022 Business and Culture Expo. Since then, she has been starting small businesses and venturing into more purpose-driven projects. Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith who chaired the tourism marketing committee meeting told reporters later that Anya was very enthusiastic about her plans and will meet with the committee in a week’s time to flesh them out.Trinidadian fashion designer and social entrepreneur Anya Ayoung Chee had the Caribbean cheering when she won Project Runway in 2011. London said: “We were particularly pleased when she labelled her final presentation “Tobago Love” and that might have been the clincher.” She said she was particularly encouraged by the Chief Secretary’s support to develop the island’s fashion industry. Visit us for free full-length Pornstar XXX videos to. She was even taught to sew Tobagonian Daylia Alleyne, who accompanied her on the visit.Īnya’s stop at Goodwood High gave the students an opportunity to display their modelling skills to fellow students and the visitors. Watch nude Anya Ayoung-Chee fuck hard in anal sex, threesome, lesbian and POV porn videos on xHamster. So much was her love for the island that she named her winning design “Tobago Love”. She later met with members of a tripartite committee comprising the Tourism Ministry, THA Tourism Division and hoteliers to discuss the tourism marketing plans for the country.Īnya told reporters at the office of the Chief Secretary that she was very much inspired by Tobago’s sand, sea and culture and whenever she visited she did not want to leave. Photo THA Info Dept.Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung Chee had a busy day in Tobago on Monday meeting with THA Chief Secretary Orville London and students of the Goodwood High School in east Tobago. THA Chief Secretary Orville London presents Anya Ayoung Chee with a copy of the “Capital of Paradise” during their meeting at his office on Monday.
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