OVER 40 FEMALES: Fashion & Beauty Extravaganza

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Beth Rembold Mercante and Judy Goss, founder of Over 40 Females

On July 26th, the networking group Over 40 Females™ had a Beauty & Fashion meet at Boutique on 57.

Over 40 Females was founded in 2010 by Judy Goss, a former More Magazine Editor and also National TV Spokesperson for More. It was created to allow women to have a platform to be heard, to network and encourage, with the motto "Connect, Encourage and Inspire" for women everywhere. Since the Fall of 2011, eight chapters have been established, and the movement is spreading rapidly nationwide.

Not just another networking group, Over 40 Females has gotten their members press awareness, jobs, a $25,000 scholarship, business connections, nationwide speaking opportunities, education, friendships, confidence, luxurious pampering and much more.

Since Spring of 2012, Over 40 Females has been seen on: NBC, CBS, News 12, Huffington Post, Westport Magazine, Bella Magazine (coming out July 2012) and numerous newspapers and blogs.

Kasia Bosne, founder at Boutique on 57, socializes by the refreshments station

Over 40 Females mission is:
"To connect a community of women 40 years of age and over for the purpose of learning more about life through interaction with each other and professional experts in their fields, to increase awareness for our demographic on an international scale and create a higher standard of pride and confidence for the generations of Over 40 Females to come."

Jewelry Designer Mina Deutsch of Mina D. and Publicist Amelia Meloni

Mina D. creations, all incorporating semi precious stones

Ellza Bellezza and Mina

Judy Goss was the host of her own show called "Women Power" which aired on Time Warner, and before that hosted More Magazine's Reinvention Convention for nationally syndicated Better TV in addition to having hosted City Buzz and The Cooking Show for McCormick most recently. She has been on countless TV network shows nationwide as a "Lifestyle Expert," and some of her interviews last year included a private sit-down with former first lady Laura Bush and other notable women such as Barbara Corcoran, Nora Ephron, Jean Chatzky and many more. Judy is the author of Break Into Modeling for Under $20 published by St. Martin's Press. Judy is on the board for Northern Lights Foundation and is a certified volunteer for the New York chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation and lives with her husband and twin girls in New York.

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