LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Teens walked the runway in their best Sunday to support the Shero Foundation’s “I Am Radiant” fashion show.
The Shero Foundation is a Las Vegas-based nonprofit that provides resources, support and housing for survivors of sex trafficking. The annual show at Fashion Show Mall brings in dozens of teens from across the valley. Leading up to the event, they took part in a four-week training program to build confidence, poise and self-development.
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Shero Foundation CEO and founder Kimberly Miles, a survivor herself, said the training program raises the confidence of participants beyond what they experienced before joining.
“They help me. I learn something every time I go to a training,” Miles said. “Every time we peel back the vulnerability and they educate us that some of the most fanciest schools in town have trafficking inside the school. They’re being groomed by professionals.”
Miles said the foundation has reduced its minimum participant age from 15 to 13.
“We’re attracting more 13- and 14-year-olds because we’ve reduced the age from 15, because the average age is 13 years old here in Las Vegas to be sex trafficked,” Miles said.
Miles said the foundation has directly helped more than 800 survivors and indirectly reached more than 17,000 people through education since it started in 2015.
“That’s a big number,” Miles said. “It’s unsettling, actually.”
Miles asked the community for continued support of the foundation’s mission.
Guest speaker offers words of encouragement
FOX5’s Victoria Saha was also a guest speaker at the event, offering words of encouragement to the participants and guests.
“These models, they are members of our community,” Saha said. “They are teens — our daughters, our sons, our sisters and our brothers. Our neighbors, and our future leaders.”
Saha said young people can be vulnerable to human trafficking in Las Vegas.
“The reality is that young people their age can be vulnerable to human trafficking in a city like Las Vegas,” Saha said. “It can happen closer to home than we may want to believe. And that’s why the work that Shero is doing matters so much in this community.”
“It’s about educating young people, making sure they know what to look out for, know their worth, and know they are people in the community who will stand beside them,” Saha said.
Saha said she was introduced to the Shero Foundation about two years ago through a friend, and later interviewed Miles about her personal story.
“When I heard Kimberly’s story, I was struck not only by what she survived, but what she chose to do with that experience,” Saha said. “She created Shero to provide that kind of support, safety, and opportunity that can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.”
Saha encouraged attendees to support the foundation’s mission in whatever way they can.
“You can make a donation, you can volunteer your time, you can offer your skills through a workshop or a mentorship opportunity,” Saha said. “Or you can simply be someone who listens, encourages, and reminds a young person that they matter.”
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