Hollie Charles
Atlanta, Georgia
A young woman with big dreams and great potential. Miss Charles grew up on the twin islands, Trinidad and Tobago. Upon graduating from Naparima Girls' High School in 2008, she was awarded the National Self Help Trophy for Visual Arts. She chose to attend Claflin University in South Carolina where she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing.
Throughout her matriculation at the institution, she took advantage of several opportunities and held several leadership positions. In 2011 she studied at Florence University of the Arts in Florence, Italy for five months. This was undoubtedly, the highlight of her college experience. While in Italy, she explored the world of fashion and developed a keen interest in marketing luxury. With the guidance of her Strategic Luxury Brand Management professor, Dr. Francesco Sommariva, she completed her thesis, "An Investigation into the Luxury Marketing Strategies of Gucci".
She graduated from Claflin University in May 2012 and has begun developing her own brand of fashion accessories. Miss Charles has begun pursuing an MFA in Luxury Fashion Management at Savannah College of Art and Design and hopes to graduate with honors in the year 2015. She has also started her own business as an Independent Beauty Consultant at Mary Kay Cosmetics. To visit her website click here.