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OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL AWARD 2023

SELLING KAPE, MANI AND HOPIA
FROM FOOTWEAR TO SKINCARE SELLING KAPE, MANI AND HOPIA
FROM FOOTWEAR TO SKINCARE
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parents’ footwear shop eventually went bankrupt and their C hr i s t i a n w o u ld s e l l co ff e e , m a ni a n d h o p i a t o t h eir w o r k m a t es
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family lost their business, their home, and the life that they o n t h e p r o d uc t io n flo o r t o a ug m en t t h eir m e a g er in co m e .
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on the production floor to augment their meager income.
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F acin g t hi s h a r d s hi p a t a n e a r l y a g e m o t i va t e d Ms. Sa ra h no matter how small – while being a full-time employee
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Facing this hardship at an early age motivated Ms. Sarah
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would someday inspire her to encourage Queenderas to
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to help her parents and her family to not only recover w o u ld s o m e d a y in s p ir e h er t o en co ura g e Q ue en dera s t o
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make more than their monthly salary by selling QUEEN
everything that they lost, but to have more than what they
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