By Adeeja Anderson

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock Fashion Week 2013 Model of the Year, Youth Fashion Sketch Design Competition winners, and LRFW 2013 Clothing Line of the Year are finalized.

LRFW 2013 Model of the Year is Tiffany Cross of Little Rock, Ark. A college graduate of University of Central Arkansas, Cross has aspired to model for a sometime. She received her first modeling opportunity at LRFW 5 (2013).

“I felt great [when I was announced the winner],” says Cross. “It’s good to know the work to being a good model didn’t go unnoticed.”

THE 5TH ANNUAL LITTLE ROCK FASHION WEEK IS PROUD TO PRESENT, FASHION DESIGNER, CONNIE FAILS AS THIS YEARS ‘LRFW 2013 FASHION ICON AWARD’ HONOREE.

By: Samantha Stephan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In December of 1978, an arsonist caused an eruption of flames that led to the fall of a tiny, two-story clothing boutique in Little Rock, Ark. — just four months after it opened its doors. As the inferno persisted, a woman stood outside waiting for the responding firemen to dissipate the blaze. Watching the commotion, the neighborhood mailman approached and handed her a small envelope with handwriting on it — the sender was Hillary Rodham Clinton.  

‘Dear Connie,