Theme announced for annual cancer charity fashion show

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY HELD ITS ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE FUNDRAISER TODAY IN MONTEREY….ITS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS INSPIRING EVENT…. MODELS…ALL OF THEM CANCER SURVIVORS….STRUTTED THEIR STUFF ON THE RUNWAY….TEN LOCAL STORES STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE THE OUTFITS….ORGANIZERS SAY WHILE THIS IS CERTAINLY A FUNDRAISER……..ITS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN MONEY…ITS ABOUT HOPE AND HELP. ### (CLIP 1:32) (1:58-2:08) CANCER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. WE ARE HERE TO SAY, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, CELEBRATE EVERYDAY AND LIVE LIFE TO YOUR FULLEST AND WHEN YOU NEED US, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, WE’RE HERE AFTER A CANCER DIAGNOSIS …HOPE IS A VALUABLE TOOL TO GET THROUGH THE DARK DAYS….I GOT A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW TWO OF TODAYS MODELS….AND THEIR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE….THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE CANCER TUNNEL…. < (NAT POP) ARACELI AND ANGELICA VILLAGAS ARE TWO OF THE MODELS FOR THIS YEARS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CELEBRATION OF LIFE …HERE THEY ARE GETTING FITTED FOR THE FASHION SHOW….THEY ARE TWINS AND THEY SHARE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING…..EVEN… UNFORTUANTELY…BREAST CANCER….ARACELI WAS DIAGNOSED FIRST…SHE NOTICED A LUMP WHILE BREAST FEEDING HER SECOND CHILD… (CLIP 2:42) I WENT BY MYSELF TO GET MY RESULTS. I HAD PLANNED TO GO WITH MY SISTER BUT SHE UNFORTUNATELY GOT CALLED TO WORK. I WENT IN BY MYSELF BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO BOTHER ANYONE ELSE…ITS HARD BECAUSE WHEN THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE CANCER..MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I AM GOING TO BE GONE. HER MEDICAL TEAM AT THE NANCY AUSONIO BREAST HEALTH CENTER AND HER FAMILY WERE NOT ABOUT TO LET THAT HAPPEN….TREATMENT STARTED QUICKLY INCLUDING GENETIC TESTING, WHICH CONFIRMED ARACELI CARRIES THE BRACA-1 GENE PUTTING HER AT HIGH RISK FOR BREAST CANCER….. AND WITH THAT CAME STRONG RECOMENDATION THAT HER SISTER BE TESTED AS WELL…. (CLIP 13:07) THOSE SCANS,, THEY FOUND A BUMP ON BOTH OF MY BREASTS, SO THEY TESTED BOTH BY DOING A BIOPSY AND THEY TESTED POSTIVE FOR TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER…ON BOTH SIDES. JUST 27 YEARS OLD AND THE TWINS FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES….THEY LEANED ON EACH OTHER, THEIR LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY AND THEIR FAITH (CLIP 17:18) “HAVING FAITH HELPED US A LOT. THERE WERE TIMES AND DON’T GET ME WRONG..WE HAD DAYS WHEN WE THOUGHT ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT? BUT HAVING FAITH AND LEANING ON THAT FAITH REALLY GOT US BY.” TODAY THE TWINS ARE SURVIVORS….AND WITH CANCER ON THE RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE THEY HAVE BECOME SOMETHING OF AMBASSADORS FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCEITY ….AT THE RELAY FOR LIFE…AN AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FUNDRAISER IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR….AND HERE AT THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FASHION SHOW ON FRIDAY…ITS A ROLE THEY JOYFULLY EMBRACE… (CLIP 8:34-8:58) WE NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THIS AND YOU ARE YOUNG AND YOU ARE SCARED TO ADVOCATE F