Kim Estes Selected as Master of Ceremonies for International Women’s Day Inspiration Awards Gala for 2024
Emmy Award Winning Actor Kim Estes will be a Co-Master of Ceremonies at the upcoming International Women’s Day Inspiration Awards Gala for 2024, along with Lifetime TV actress Meredith Thomas
The International Women’s Day Gala presented by the Womens Empowerment Summit will be held at the opulent Taglyan Complex, 1201 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038, on Friday, March 8th, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Kim Estes received the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. He is currently serving as one of the members of the Board of Directors for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – he is serving as Governor for the Performers Peer Group. His television credits include ‘The Company You Keep”, “Fatal Attraction”, “American Auto”, “9-1-1”, “The Resident”, “This Is Us”, “How To Get Away With Murder”, “I’m Dying Up Here”, “Brooklyn 99”, etc. Kim has also starred in many films and short-form series.
Attendees at this Gala will be entertained by internationally acclaimed performers from around the world, such as international recording artist Eugene Cole, accomplished recording musician Michael Raye, April Diamond, a Billboard Charting Recording Artist who was #1 on the National New Music Radio Charts in 2021, Mezzo-Soprano Hiroko Yoshinaga, and up-and-coming artist Natasha Mar.
The evening will include a happy hour prelude and a specially curated 5-course menu, live music, and a fashion show highlighting the designs of international fashion designer Gordana Gehlhausen (GOGA), a Project Runway finalist, Rohini Bedi, Oksana Grigorenko, and international fashion designer and creative director Tommy Le along with Art by VLADI, from 6:30 – 10:00 pm.
The Keynote speaker will be Katherine Sellery, world-renowned parenting expert and best-selling author. At the heart of the Gala will be the Women’s Inspiration Awards which honors women who have contributed to their communities and the world stage. The honorees include Ava Kaufman, Gail Gibson, Gloria Shulman, Lori Boody, Pam Atwal, Sansu Ramsey, Susan Irvine, and Starla Lewis.
This year’s event will support Ava’s Heart Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) organization. The foundation assists individuals in need of a heart transplant by helping them fulfill the six-month residency requirement necessary to reside close to a Heart Transplant Center, enabling them to be placed on the heart transplant waiting list
