Queen Latifah Performs Free Concert In Her Home Town

Tuesday, July 19, 2005
By: brooklyniteOne

Queen Latifah opened up the Curvation Project Confindence Awards with a free mini-concert featuring a full band in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Secaucus, NJ.

"It was exciting to offer a free concert in my home state, so close to where I grew up, for a cause that's so close to my heart: encouraging women to project confidence and to share the gift of confidence with others," said Queen Latifah.

The Confindence Awards is a nationwide search to recognize women who personify and project the power of confidence. Queen Latifah is the inspiration, spokesperson, and creative consultant for the VF Intimates' Curvation brand of intimate apparel for today's curvaceous women.

Curvation is also sponsoring Queen Latifah's first national tour in eight years, which also features neo-soul artists Jill Scott and Erykah Badu .

"I credit much of who I am today to the confidence I was given as a child," Queen Latifah told the crowd. "Strong, independent women like my mother and grandmother showed me the power of believing in myself and now I want to pass this message on. I know that if we can help women build their confidence, we can help them live more fulfilling lives."

"I encourage you to nominate women who have inspired you to feel more confident, or who have been instrumental in creating or participating in programs that help women embrace the power of confidence," Queen Latifah told the crowd.

Five finalists will be chosen by Queen Latifah and a panel of experts.

The finalists will receive a $2,000 grant towards the program or cause with which they are affiliated, so that they can continue their work in building women's confidence. The panel will choose one grand prize winner who will be awarded an additional $10,000 grant to support her project or program. All
finalists will be honored at a luncheon hosted by Queen Latifah in early 2006.

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