Kelly Choi to Receive HBA's Positively Beautiful Award

Kelly Choi to Receive HBA's Positively Beautiful Award

NEW YORK, June 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

Beauty & Well-Being Event Recognizes TV Personality's Work
with Angelwish & Citymeals-on-Wheels

National and Emmy Award winning TV personality, food journalist and
former model, Kelly Choi will receive the 3rd Annual HBA "Positively
Beautiful" Award from HBA Global Expo [http://www.hbaexpo.com ] for her
active support of Angelwish and Citymeals-on-Wheels and their missions to
help chronically ill children and homebound elderly.

"I'm excited to have such successful relationships with these amazing
organizations in order to help educate the new generation on important
issues that hit home for me," said Ms. Choi.

The Positively Beautiful Award [http://www.hbaexpo.com/pos-beauty-award ]
was established by HBA Global to annually recognize a celebrity who uses
their name and talents to further a cause that champions inner beauty and
self-esteem building. The Award Presentation will be part of the events
Keynote and Kick-off Presentation on Tuesday, June 28th starting at 9:00
a.m. in the Special Events Hall at the Javits Center in New York. HBA Global
Expo & Conference (http://www.hbaexpo.com) is the largest product
development event for the cosmetic, fragrance, skin care, personal care, and
well-being industries.

"We are extremely proud to present Ms. Choi with the HBA Positively
Beautiful Award. Her philanthropic works with these two worthy organizations
are examples of true beauty that transcends the physical," said Jill
Birkett, Brand Director, Beauty & Wellness.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Kelly Choi is a former model, and won the Elite
Modeling Agency's "Look of the Year" contest. Ms. Choi began her television
work as a VJ for MTV Korea, as well as an entertainment reporter on the TV
Guide Channel.

Having grown up in her parent's grocery store, Ms. Choi turned her love
for food into a highly successful career. She has hosted Bravo TV's Top Chef
Masters, the USA finals of Bocuse d'OR, a prestigious culinary competition
held in Lyon, France, every two years, as well as the James Beard Media
Awards ceremony with colleague and friend, Andrew Zimmern, of Bizarre Foods.
Ms Choi has also appeared as a judge for Iron Chef America and Master Chef.

Currently she is the creator, producer and host of New York's premier
restaurant shows, "EAT OUT New York," and "VERY APPETIZING WITH KELLY CHOI."
These weekly shows on NYC LIFE feature and highlight this city's incredible
local restaurants, and the talented chefs that helm them. Ms. Choi's
upcoming shows, which premiere this week, include "Late Night Kung Fu" on
FUEL TV and "Secrets of New York" on NYC LIFE.

In addition to her work with Angelwish and Citymeals-on-Wheels, Ms. Choi
also supports and hosts charity events for diabetes research, New York
Cares, and Animal Care and Control in New York City. She has a Masters of
Science from Columbia University in New York.

Prior to the Positively Beautiful Award presentation to Ms. Choi, Daniel
Brestle, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Personal Care Products Council,
will deliver a keynote address [http://www.hbaexpo.com/keynote-address ],
followed by a sneak preview presentation by Mike Indursky, President of Bliss
World to kick-off the HBA Global Expo & Conference. The entire program in
the Special Events Hall is open to all attendees of the event. To register
for HBA Global Expo or for more information go to http://www.hbaexpo.com.

About HBA Global Expo & Conference

HBA Global Expo & Conference (http://www.hbaexpo.com) produced by UBM
Live, is the most important product development source-from concept to
market-for the cosmetics, personal care, skin care, fragrance and wellness
industries and features more than 600 educational and exhibitor partners and
attracts more than 16,000 attendees from the top prestige, mass and emerging
beauty and personal care brands worldwide. Connect with the HBA Global
communities on Facebook
[http://www.facebook.com/pages/HBA-Global-Expo-and-Conference/309356259815 ],
Linkedin
[http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1856844&trk=anet_ug_grppro ] and
Twitter [http://twitter.com/hba_events ].

About Angelwish

Angelwish was created to help busy people grant the holiday and birthday
wishes of children living with chronic illnesses. In 2010, after 10 years of
focusing on HIV/AIDS, Angelwish expanded its mission to include children
living with chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes and kidney disease.
Angelwish achieves its mission by ensuring that 100% of individual donations
are used for program services and that those funds are extended, where
possible, to incorporate an educational component giving young people a
hands on lesson in philanthropy. For more information go to
http://www.angelwish.org

About Citymeals-on-Wheels

Citymeals-on-Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nutritious food
and human company to homebound elderly New Yorkers in need, helping them to
live with dignity in their own familiar homes and communities. Gifts
specifically designated to cover administrative expenses make it possible
for us to promise that 100% of all other donations will be used entirely for
the preparation and delivery of meals. The organization was founded in 1981
by Gael Greene and James Beard after reading a newspaper article about
homebound elderly New Yorkers with nothing to eat on weekends and holidays.
For more information go to http://www.citymeals.org

Source: HBA Global

HBA Media Contact: Annie Scully, +1-845-368-0608, +1-201-310-9252, ascully@hbaexpo.com; Kelly Choi Media Contact: Natasha Huang, NH Media, +1-212-729-1097, Natasha@nhmediaspot.com

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