"IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HEART": Ms. America Oksana Vovk Attends UC Irvine 11th Annual Red Dress Gala to Help Fight Heart Disease!

  NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA - 03/05/2017 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

Newport Beach, Orange County, California – Ms. America 2017 Oksana Vovk was a special quest at the 11^th Annual Red Dress Gala organized by UC Irvine Alpha Phi at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Newport Beach.

“I felt compelled to attend this beautiful and meaningful event”, Vovk said. “I inquired with the organizers and received an immediate response and invitation to the event that aimed to raise funds to fight heart disease, to which I lost my father 3.5 years ago. Today heart disease is a number one killer of women in the United States”, Vovk continued, “cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease, hypertension and stroke, is the number one killer of women, according to the American Heart Association. It kills half a million American women each year, and that figure exceeds the next seven causes of death combined.”

Vovk, who was crowned as Ms. America 2017 on September 3, 2016 at the Curtis Theatre in Brea, California, is a busy defense attorney and a single mother of a 20-year-old son with autism.  As Ms. America 2017 and a national titleholder, she is advocating her platform on fight against autism and promotion of organic living.

The Mission of the Ms. America Pageant is to celebrate the accomplishments of women, encourage them to be involved in community service, as well as use the “Crown for a Purpose” to make a difference.   The pageant is open to women 26 years of age and up who are single, divorced or married.  For more information about the Ms. America® Pageant visit the website at: www.MsAmericaPageant.com.  The Ms. America ® Pageant is a registered federal trademark with the USPTO in Washington DC since February 2000 and ranks as one of the top pageant trademarks in the United States.

“The event raised over $62,000 through ticket sales, silent and live auctions”, Vovk said. “It was very refreshing to see that young generation of America is thinking objectively and for the benefit of others. I am already invited to the next year’s event and I will definitely attend again. It’s all about the heart.”

In the photo with UCI students at the event.

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