Glamour’s competition for Women of the Year: Readers’ Choice Award 2012 is down to the final four, and it’s up to you to cast a vote for your favorite contestant! These are some amazing women in the running, and you can click here to read their inspirational stories! Here’s a quick glimpse of who they are and what they’re doing today:
- Allyson Ahlstrom, 17, Santa Rosa, CA: Her ‘Threads for Teens’ project has raised more than $100,000 in donations and $45,000 in cash, enabling more than 185 low-income and foster teen girls to shop in a boutique setting for free.
- Katie Davis, 23, Brentwood, TN/Uganda: Her book Kisses from Katie details how a 2006 trip to volunteer at a Ugandan orphanage inspired her to move there, adopt 13 girls, and help create ‘Amazima Ministries.’ The organization has now matched 600 orphaned and vulnerable children with sponsors and feeds an additional 1,500 children each day.
- Mary-Brent Brown, 17, Covington, LA: Through a network of youth-run lemonade stands and an annual charity fashion show, her ‘Kids Wanna Help’ organization has raised more than $100,000, donating the funds to organizations like the American Cancer Society, the Special Olympics, and the World Wildlife Fund.
- Neha Gupta, 16, Yardley, PA: At age 9 she started ‘Empower Orphans,’ which has raised more than $700,000 in cash and in-kind donations to support 15,000 orphans and disadvantaged kids in both India and Pennsylvania through education projects, health care, and food and clothing donations.
Can you believe how much each of these individuals has accomplished at such a young age? It’s going to be a close contest, that’s for sure! The winner will be revealed in the December issue of Glamour, so stay tuned!