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From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards

Following a Dream

Entered in Beauty

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22 year old Sasha Anne is from New York City and is an Advocate Against Bullying and is all about encouraging others to be true to themselves. Sasha is dyslexic and was bullied for it in middle school. One of the ways she overcame that time in her life was by keeping a tiara in her backpack. "I found out that I had dyslexia when I was in 3rd grade. It was very hard for me to express myself. As I got older I found the power of makeup. I realized I could express myself through different makeup looks based on my emotions."  Sasha started out as a beauty influencer and making videos on YouTube. She won the audience honor award in 2018 for best in beauty. Her campaign was called "Empowering Young Women" Sasha's goal with her videos and influencing is to empower and inspire other girls and boys to follow their dreams and keep doing what they love.

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In 2020, Sasha was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer and was in treatment for 6 months. During that time, she graduated FIT, launched a Sugar and Spice nail collection that won the American Package Design award. She also became a certified makeup artist. After Sasha beat Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer, she starred in her first movie, "Reed's Point": Bad Blood Never Dies, produced by Suzanne DeLaurentiis and directed by Dale Fabrigar. Sasha has been taking acting classes at the Stella Adler studio of acting. Sasha Anne also has a love for music and had the opportunity to record the top 10 hit 80's song "Catch Me I'm Falling" by Pretty Poison. Aside from her film and debut song, Sasha is still doing her makeup transformation videos and tutorials on YouTube. Sasha Anne is a young talent who started out as a YouTuber and beauty Influencer, receiving over 2 million views on her channel.

Results

Being dyslexia and having been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer, Sasha kept doing what she loves to do. She worked hard on memorizing her script for her first movie and working long hours. Reed's Point won the Moorpark international film festival, and was a semi finalist in the Zed film festival. Sasha continued pursuing her passion for music as well. Singing for many hours in the recording studio and working on her makeup transformation video on YouTube. She just signed with Tazmania records and the film will be released on streaming platforms early April of 2022. Her debut song will be released mid February of 2022. In July of 2021, Sasha got verified on Instagram and has 33.8k followers. In spring 2022, she will be moving to LA to continue pursuing her passion for acting, music and being a certified makeup artist. Sasha will continue to empower and inspire her followers through her makeup videos on YouTube, her voice and acting.

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