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THE NEW CENTURY /

Week 4 through March 10, 2010
By: Angela Maria Calderon
Patricia Conde began working as a model at age 14, and in 1999 Miss Palencia par
ticipated in the Miss Spain contest. Thanks to his sense of humor, it soon becam
e a place in the world of television. This rose to fame as a reporter for The In
formal, a Globomedia production for the television channel Telecinco and embodie
d the character of Lady Kana in the series of the same name for The Fort in Span
ish Television (TVE). He led our best song: vote and Any Given Sunday, helped Sp
lunge, with Florentino Fernandez and appeared with Martin Angel Awards Gala TP d
e Oro in 2007 and the bell end of the year in the television Sixth. In his role
as an actress, she has participated in several episodes of the series almost per
fect, My lovely neighbors, and Seven Days Seven Lives Naked. His debut film is c
aptured in the movie Dirty links, while in theater has participated in the succe
ssful tour 5mujeres.com at night comedians and The 39 Steps. In 2007 he was awar
ded the Golden Satellite Award, awarded by the Federation of Radio and Televisio
n of Spain, and the ATV Award for best entertainment presenter with teammate Ang
el Martin for his work as head of what I know you did ... In 2008 and 2009 was a
gain awarded as best host of varieties and shows with the TP de Oro from the pre
vious year serves as an ambassador for the UN Women Together Foundation.
On her ...
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Special to THE NEW CENTURY
Conde atricia itself as a simple woman and a fighter. Born in Valladolid (Spain)
has managed to climb the mountains of success thanks to her many talents and fa
cets. His charisma, humor, acting ability and above all, solidarity, have been t
he tools with which it has had to provide support and assistance to others throu
gh their sustainability projects and using art and fashion. At 30 years, is a kn
own figure in show business in Spain. Although many see it as the typical stereo
type of blonde TV presenter, she is much more than that and it has demonstrated
not only in the middle of the show but in his social work for the needy. It is t
his latter work which made earning its designation as ambassador to the UN Women
Together for Asia and Europe. Its main task is to disclose the development of t
he Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations. His work as a
representative of this organization that supports female heads of household and
who are at risk, was what motivated her to fulfill one of his greatest dreams:
build your brand and market clothes for a share of this is intended for a social
cause. During his visit to Colombia, Patricia Conde spoke exclusively with the
new century, their creations, their altruistic work and the way it has managed t
o combine his work as an actress in the TV show I know what you did with your pl
an social.
Patricia meaningful Cond
THE NEW CENTURY: What motivated you to create and launch a clothing line under h
is name? PATRICIA CONDE: As a child I always dreamed of creating my own collecti
on. As my mother is a model, I was always related to the world of fashion, what
has always driven me to create my own clothes and make up what I like to wear. B
y starting my work as UN ambassador. and seeing how people are interested in the
clothes he wore every day on TV, I decided to create and send the world a colle
ction, but with a social purpose. My motivation has never been more to have more
fame or recognition, but to help others. The first thing I did to achieve this
great dream was to travel to India and develop each of the pieces in their sweat
shops. There I managed to create jobs for female heads of households, with the c
ondition that while working in the shop, take their children to school. In this
way not only intend to impose a dress or a trendy style for one season or anothe
r, but make a difference, show the world that help a needy person is not give a
loaf or a fish but teach him to fish or produce that bread so you can be someone
useful to society. ENS: How do you start that dream of fashion design? PC: As I
said earlier, since my childhood I loved the design. From inside me knew that b
ecause of my business, someday I was going to do, and that day finally arrived.
One of the things that made possible the realization of my dream was a trip I ma
de to
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Spanish actress and creative line ro release will be directed to work
IN DECEMBER Conde traveled to India to start producing his first collection of t
een clothing.
Africa six years ago. There I feel the need that exists between these people and
I began to discover and reaffirm that through my adolescent dream, I could cont
ribute something to society. I have always felt that somehow I am of the few peo
ple who has had it all: loving parents and a stable job. That's something many p
eople do not have. E.N.S: What is your inspiration? P.C: Actually I look at ever
ything around me. I am open to see how the world wants to show their design: for
example, when I walk and I see a beautiful flower, it can inspire me to design
a skirt or blouse. En-
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of altruistic and fashion do
tonka the lame, take her home and let my imagination run wild. So I created most
of the clothes. Also drawing what I like to use and have not seen anywhere. Thu
s, little by little, the first collection was born with my name. ENS: What mater
ials predominate in the clothes? PC: For being made in India, dominated the silk
gauze like some colored with natural dyes and many sequins. The clothes are ver
y colorful, as bujando and thinking how I can make a design or how it would be b
etter. Right now I have some interesting things to shoot, just hope to be able t
o display this year. ENS: Although you are an ambassador for the UN to Asia and
Europe, would you be interested in working in Latin America? P.C: Yes, indeed an
d I'm doing. This has been one of the reasons for my trip to Colombia, because I
know that there is great need. What people do not know is that this country is
my second home, so I have been working for some time with social projects in Bar
ranquilla and Cartagena. My desire is to set up aid centers in the major capital
s of Colombia, but as I said earlier, I am of people who think things should be
given without effort, I believe that helping low-income person should be bound t
o make him a useful person to society. ENS: How do you think your example may in
fluence their followers? P.C: To me the fame does not interest me. Yes I agree t
hat I have had a successful career and I have fun doing what I do, but that is m
y job and take it as such. I think the most important is what you do for your en
vironment, how you prepare for your career, how to exercise your profession, how
you get along with people around you. Sometimes we think that the governments o
f each country are those that should solve all problems, but it is not. If we al
l work with the same goal, things change. I've always thought about doing someth
ing that makes the difference.
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opa youth. 5% of sales in this collection as social in India.
Hindus wear suits full of bright colors, this cultural trend that helped me to c
ombine colors and textures he saw in the saris (traditional dress) of the women
of China. ENS: When will be released to the public as the collection and sell? P
C: The collection will come out in spring, ie at the end of this month. The dist
ribution will be made online at my website www. patriciaconde.es. First will be
distributed in Spain, and subsequently issued in other countries. ENS: Are you c
urrently working on his second collection? P.C: Sure. I characterized by a hyper
active person, so I'm creating all the time, di-
ENS: How would you like to be remembered and how it looks in 10 years? PC: I'd l
ike to remember with a smile, not because of my work in film or TV but from what
I've done for people with my social work. And in ten years I see myself living
here in Colombia, with an established family, teaching my children to be in soli
darity with others. In my working life I do not know, maybe it will have already
made the film that makes me feel full and to be the butt of my career. In my so
cial work, I think it would have branches in every country in the world and with
one another fashion store with my personal brand across borders, although I wou
ld put the first in Paris. ENS: Do people who wish to join their cause, how can
they do? PC: Being aware that we all owe something to society, than any grain of
sand that we bring to change the world, is useful. Above all, understanding tha
t the only thing that changes this society is not giving aid, but to promote edu
cation and work in those who have no resources, that is the only way forward.€F
or me it is a pleasure to read e-mail or write letters to me saying 12 girls who
contributed 10 euros to Haiti or took up a collection among its neighbors to se
nd to that party or the other, that's what makes me feel If I'm doing something
and I'm not a pretty face on TV more, but someone who fights for a better world.
ENS: What do you need to do? P.C: The movie of my life. I have some scripts on
my desk I am considering to do, but has not yet made a final decision, because I
want the next film in which it participates, is something that makes me feel pr
oud to have been part of that project. And of course, also raise a family.
PATRICIA CONDE, Spanish actress and in 2009 appointed ambassador to the UN for A
sia and Europe, Women Together Foundation.