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Chrissy Teigen Paid Off This Skincare Entrepreneur’s Beauty School Tuition  

Mercedes Edney got the surprise of her life when she reached her tution fundraising goals faster than expected!
Chrissy Teigen Paid Off This Skincare Entrepreneur’s Beauty School Tuition
Stefanie Keenan
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 26, 2020

Chrissy Teigen continues to casually be her awesome self!

The supermodel made news Saturday when she paid off the last part of a North Carolina woman’s beauty school tution.

Mercedes Edney had started her own crowd-fundraiser last month to raise the necessary $5,995 to attend esthetician school. By Friday evening, she had raised just about $390.

Funding for EstheticianSchool https://t.co/HIlazMC68a via @youcaring

— Miss Esthetician to YOU (@CruzanChoklate) March 9, 2017

Then a new donation came in Saturday with the final $5,605. And to Edney’s surprise, Teigen was the generous donor.

“I’ve seen this be your passion for such a long time now,” Teigen wrote in a note with her donation. “So excited to see you fulfill your dream!”
 

https://twitter.com/CruzanChoklate/status/850547193442390017
https://twitter.com/axolROSE/status/850548024334061568

Edney had spent the last half-decade build her skincare line Ixora Botanical Beauty, using her chemical engineering background and family beauty secrets to create the natural products, according to the Huffington Post. 
Beauty school was a chance for Edney to get her license in esthetics to further build her knowledge base, she said.

https://twitter.com/CruzanChoklate/status/850677797127368704

And then Teigen made her dream come through! Just like that!

I'm really excited for you to live out your passion ❤❤❤

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 8, 2017

We’re excited to see where Ixora Botanical Beauty goes after this!

https://twitter.com/CruzanChoklate/status/850637532069060608

 

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