10 Pieces of Costume Jewelry Owned by Mary Kay Inc. Founder Generate More Than $200,000 for Cancer Research and Prevention of Violence Against Women.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090803/bb5 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003 Mary Kay Ash For the guitarist and entertainer, see . Mary Kay Ash (May 12, 1918–November 22, 2001) was a U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.. Born Mary Kathlyn Wagner in Hot Wells, Texas, Ash worked for several direct sales companies from the 1930s until Charitable Foundation to Donate Funds to Groundbreaking Cancer Research and Efforts to End Domestic Violence When more than 50,000 Mary Kay Mary Kay is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc. Mary Kay World Headquarters is located in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas. Mary Kay Ash (d. November 22, 2001) founded Mary Kay Inc. on Friday, September 13, 1963. Independent Beauty Consultants gathered recently in Dallas for the Company's annual convention, attendees were given the opportunity to win a set of jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. . Not just any jewelry -- one of 10 sets of costume jewelry costume jewelry n. Jewelry made from inexpensive metals and imitation or semiprecious stones. from the personal collection of the Company's late founder, Mary Kay Ash. The innovative contest raised more than $200,000, all of which was donated to the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation. The Foundation, founded in 1996, has donated more than $5 million to fund cancer research and efforts to prevent violence against women. "Not only did our independent sales force members pay their own way to Dallas and, consequently, pump an estimated $115 million into the local economy, they also opened their hearts and pocketbooks to raise money for the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation," said Ryan Rogers, Mary Kay Inc. project manager, Foundation board member and grandson of Mrs. Ash. "We were once again overwhelmed o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. by the response of our independent sales force. Their generosity toward such important causes as cancer research and breaking the cycle of violence against women would have truly touched Mary Kay." "I couldn't imagine owning something that was worn by Mary Kay Ash," noted Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant Diann Green of Placerville, Calif., one of the winners of the drawing. "Though I never had the opportunity to meet her, the business opportunity she created has literally changed my life. Having the flexibility to own my own business, determine when I work and knowing that I have the freedom to spend time with my family are very important to me." Shortly before her death on Nov. 22, 2001, Mary Kay donated $1 million annually during each of the next 15 years to the Foundation. In addition to issuing annual research grants to scientists conducting groundbreaking cancer research, the Foundation last year underwrote a 60-minute documentary that continues to air on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, stations nationwide. The program features inspiring stories of women who have had the courage to break the cycle of domestic violence. This year, the Foundation will be one of the major underwriters of the National Safe and Strategic Technology Project (Safety NET), a breakthrough initiative designed to help victims of domestic violence learn how to use technology to overcome domestic violence. More than 50,000 Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants attended the Company's 2003 Seminar held July 17 - August 2 at the Dallas Convention Center The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). . The event, which includes five back-to-back, three-day meetings, represents Dallas' largest annual convention and fills 14 downtown hotels during one of the hottest times of the year, underscoring the importance of the event to Dallas' annual economy. Mary Kay Inc., one of the largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics in the world, achieved another year of record results in 2002, reaching nearly $1.6 billion in wholesale sales. The Company has more than 1 million Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants in 34 markets worldwide. Mary Kay has averaged double-digit annual growth since the Company's founding in 1963 and celebrates 40 years of enriching women's lives. The Mary Kay(R) product line includes more than 200 premium products in eight categories: facial skin care, color cosmetics, nail care, body care, sun protection, fragrances, men's skin care and men's and women's dietary supplements Noun 1. dietary supplement - something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency diet - a prescribed selection of foods vitamin pill - a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement . To locate a Consultant near you, call 1-800-MARY KAY (627-9529) or use the Consultant Locator LOCATOR, civil law. He who leases or lets a thing to hire to another. His duties are, 1st. To deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it. 2d. To guaranty to the hirer the free enjoyment of it. 3d. at www.marykay.com. 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