Fashion and arts elites unite in Doha for Franca Fund Gala, raising millions for cancer research
The inaugural Franca Fund Gala in Doha raised over $4 million for cancer research, honouring Vogue Italia's late editor Franca Sozzani, with top fashion and arts figures in attendance.
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00:00The who's who of fashion, arts and culture have converged on Doha, and it's all for a good cause.
00:13The Franca Fun Gala is being held at the Museum of Islamic Art, bringing together celebrities in honor of the late Vogue Italia editor, Franca Sozani.
00:22She was an extraordinary, fearless, courageous woman who took endless risks and really stood up for everything that she believed in, whether it was climate change or women's rights.
00:35After Franca's passing in 2016 from a rare lung cancer, her son launched the Franca Fund for Preventive Genomics, teaming up with Harvard geneticist Dr. Robert Greene to push DNA-based research forward.
00:48And we now have some sense of what is going to put you at risk for cancer, heart disease, some types of autism, a whole range of things.
00:58Among the stars remembering her impact, supermodel Giselle Bündchen, who worked closely with Franca for years.
01:04She was a very soft-spoken lady, but very strong, you know, Italian, very Italian, and very loving, you know, a very nice person who was very great at what she did.
01:15For many, she was a trailblazer with a generous spirit.
01:19Creating opportunities for models of color that would have never graced a cover and had such a huge hand in Vogue Black.
01:30You know, the fashion industry, even with me being a model and having the career that I had, I was always kind of intimidated a little bit,
01:36but I found her to be so warm and so welcoming, while also being a visionary and edgy and cool.
01:44This year's gala arrives in Doha through a partnership with M7, highlighting Qatar's ambition to grow as a hub for creativity, design, and philanthropy.
01:53People all over the world involved with fashion, the arts, culture, the sense of oneness.
01:59I mean, it really is like a tribe, a world tribe.
02:03And I think that Qatar, Doha, is really showing the world how to use the arts to bring people together.
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