Inside The 2019 Angel Ball
Monday night Manhattans most philanthropic headed downtown in glitz and glamour to attend the annual Angel Ball, which ended up raising over $3 million for the night.
The annual gala, which took place at Cipriani Wall Street, honored Amy & Brian France, Co-Owner, NASCAR and founders of the Luke & Meadow Foundation along with Marc J. Leder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
The black-tie benefit hosted by Grammy-nominated songwriter Denise Rich and her daughters Daniella Rich Kilstock and Ilona Rich Schachter, is an evening to honor the memory of Gabrielle Rich Aouad and benefits Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, which funds the best and brightest early career scientists whose research focuses on finding less toxic treatments for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other related blood cancers.
Actress, singer, and co-host of ‘GMA3: Strahan, Sara, & Keke,’ Keke Palmer emceed the evening, which featured a once in a lifetime performance by Patti LaBelle, who performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow and I Got a New Attitude; Boy George, whose renditions of New York Woman, It’s A Miracle, Move Away, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, I’ll Tumble 4 Ya and Karma Chameleon had the crowd on their feet; and Flo Rida who closed out the night with Good Feeling, Low, Wild Ones and My House. Dancing continued well into the night with a set by DJ Ruckus.
Notable attendees included, Heidi Klum, Devon Windsor, Coco Rocha, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Angela Simmons, Coco Austin, Victoria Brito, Clive Davis, Dee & Tommy Hilfiger, Suleika Jaouad, Star Jones, Haley Kalil, Selenis Leyva, Flaviana Matata, Julie & Billy Macklowe, Alicia Quarles, Ali Rizzo, DJ Ruckus, Hunt Slonem, Nadine Velazquez, Jessica Wang, Andrew Warren, Ethan Zohn and more.
For more information about the Angel Ball and Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, visit gabriellesangels.org.
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