(upbeat music) - Women of the World's 13th Annual Fashion Show and Culture Gala celebrates International Women's Day by helping to support women and their families as they create new home in Utah.

Founder and executive director, Samira Harnish, is here to tell us about this year's event.

Hi, Samira.

Welcome back.

- Thank you.

- You know, I always look forward to this event.

I love this event.

And tell us a little about it.

It's not the typical fashion show people would think of.

- Yeah, it is fashion show, we call it is a cultural gala, as most of it is to show the culture.

Those women is a great highlight for their, you know, dream, achievement.

They bring the amazing diversity and great opportunity for Utahans to learn about their new neighbors, about, you know, how they are thriving in our state and bring that diversity in our state.

This year is gonna be the first time we have extra women modeling from Ukraine.

You know, we always have different countries, but Ukrainian, you know, we have a lot of them coming in 2022 and this lady she is one of the lady that we serve.

You know, we have many of them of course.

We help them achieve their goal.

Yeah - Yeah, yeah, it's wonderful 'cause I know they represent a broad range of countries and of course Ukraine's there this year because of what's happening.

- Yeah.

- What are the countries?

- We have from Afghanistan, Ukraine, from Sierra Leone, from Burkina Faso, of course from Asia.

We have from Syria, Iraq, and Kurdistan.

You know, so many, many.

And I'm gonna let everybody to come.

And for that event, you know, just to mention to the audience as well, we got a venue that it takes 500 guests because last year always they told us, you know, we have to have a bigger venue and this is the place is gonna be our venue this year.

- Wonderful.

Well I'm really looking forward to it, and thank you for being here again.

- Thank you.

- And if you would like to know more about Women of the World, it's their 13th Annual Fashion Show and Culture Gala.

It's March 8th at 5:00 PM at the Garden Place Event Center at This is the Place Heritage Park.

Just go to womenofworld.org.

That's womenofworld.org.

I'm Mary Dickson.

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