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Last Saturday, The Global Down Syndrome Foundation (Global) raised a record breaking $2.5 million at their Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show, held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. The star-studded event, now in its 11th year, was attended by A-List celebrities like Jamie Foxx, Amanda Booth, Henry Winkler, Laura Linney, Eric Dane, Quincy Jones and John C. McGinley. 

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After 22 brilliant models who happen to have Down syndrome rocked the runway, Quincy Jones himself helped present the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Awards (Q-Award) to supermodel Amanda Booth, who is also a mother to Micah who happens to have Down syndrome, and TV star and entrepreneur Megan Bomgaars

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As the largest fundraiser for Down syndrome in the world, the BBBY fashion show has now raised a cumulative $20 million. Proceeds from the event help underwrite life-changing and life-saving research and medical care at Global’s affiliates — the Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and Rocky Mountain Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

Global Down Syndrome Foundation, visit www.globaldownsyndrome.org