Topaz page green biography

Topaz Page-Green

South African model

Topaz Page-Green is a fashion model and the founder[1] and president of the non-profit corporation The Lunchbox Fund.[2]

Early life and education

Topaz Page-Green was born in [3] and raised near Johannesburg, South Africa.

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    • Her father and mother were geologists.[4]

    She attended Kingsmead College, an all-girls private school in Johannesburg.[citation needed]

    Career

    After graduating high school, Page-Green began her career in modelling after moving to London.[5] While travelling on London's Underground she was noticed by a model scout and signed soon after with a talent agency.

    On a trip home to South Africa in [3] she was confronted with the extreme poverty of her country, and decided to do something about it. In , she launched The Lunchbox Fund as her response to this poverty. The fund raises money to provide one meal a day to poor and at-risk students in township high schools in South Africa.[6]

    She studied Africa, sociology, and human rights at the New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.[7]

    The Lunchbox Fund

    Page-Green founded The Lunchbox Fund in The fund provides one meal each day to 22, underprivileged high school students, totaling more than million meals a year.[8] The Lunchbox Fund began in the historically at-risk Soweto district of Johannesburg.[9]

    Feedie

    Page-Green created Feedie, an app which is credited as being the “first philanthropic food app.” Designed to be used by ‘foodies’ and others, the Feedie application uses social media to transform people's passion for sharing their photos of food into the sharing of actual food with school children in need via The Lunchbox Fund.[10]

    Recognition

    In September fashion designerKenneth Cole included Page-Green in his “Courageous Class” ad campaign re-affirming his brand's motto, “Look Good, For Good.” [11]

    Forbes included Topaz Page-Green in their list of the “World’s Most Powerful Business Women” in [12]

    Personal life and style

    Page-Green lives in an apartment in New York City's East Village.

    She has lived in New York since [7] Page-Green is a vegetarian, and eats “mostly vegan” food.[7][3] She was in a relationship with actor Joaquin Phoenix from to [13]

    Page-Green has a son with her partner Emmanuel Roman.[14]

    References

    1. ^"Mario Batali: How I'm Helping to Feed Orphans".

      Topaz page green biography death She has guided me through much of life and was a major influence for me when I started The Lunchbox Fund. Retrieved 16 December Living in New York, she often gets homesick, but her sunny South African disposition stays with her. He was dashing and charismatic.

      BloombergBusiness. 23 September Retrieved 16 December

    2. ^Suh, Seunghee (2 November ). "The Lunchbox Fund Gets a Little Help from Its Friends". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 December
    3. ^ abcClaxton, Eve.

      "The Interview: Topaz Page-Green". Net-A-Porter.

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    4. ^Magwood, Michele (2 November ). "Jinns & Tonic: Michele Magwood Talks to Salman Rushdie About His New Book, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights". Books Live. Retrieved 16 December
    5. ^Edelson, Sharon (1 March ).

      Topaz page green biography wife: When she returned to South Africa after a several-year absence, she was shocked by what she saw. See All Trends Style Designers. Please provide your email address. Personal life and style [ edit ].

      "Topaz Page-Green: Model Citizen". WWD. Retrieved 16 December

    6. ^"The Lunchbox Fund:Our Mission". The Lunchbox Fund. Archived from the original on 8 May Retrieved 16 December
    7. ^ abcSmith, Erin Geiger (21 October ).

      "Topaz Page-Green, a Reluctant Model, Embraces Her Activism". The New York Times.

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      Retrieved 16 December

    8. ^Baugh, Maria (30 November ). "Holiday Giving: 7 Children's Charities You Should Know About". Forbes. Retrieved 16 December
    9. ^"The Lunchbox Fund:Where We Work". The Lunchbox Fund. Retrieved 16 December
    10. ^Wyrick, Christopher (13 August ).

      "Rose McGowan Co-Hosts 'Feedie' Dinner At The Standard In Downtown L.A." The Lunchbox Fund. Retrieved 16 December

    11. ^Guerrere, Michelle (10 September ).

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      15. "Kenneth Cole's Newest Campaign Features Real-Life Heroes". Marie Claire. Retrieved 16 December

    15. ^Guerrere (27 May ). "Forbes:World's Most Powerful Business Women". Forbes.

      Topaz page green biography Nearly 10 years strong, the organization — whose board of directors includes everyone from Mario Batali and Joaquin Phoenix to Salman Rushdie — is dedicated to providing daily meals for impoverished students in South Africa and now includes a genius app called Feedie , which turns your restaurant food photos into donations to the fund. Feeding children is integral to championing the potential of Africa. Search Close. Privacy Policy.

      Archived from the original on 22 December Retrieved 16 December

    16. ^"Topaz Page Green and Joaquin Phoenix". ImageCollect. Retrieved 11 June
    17. ^Shah, Oliver (3 November ). "Interview: Manny Roman — the Pimco boss who traded Notting Hill for LA". The Sunday Times.