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Sarah Brown and Heidi Klum Honored in DC

October 31, 2011 By WHC Insider

Sarah Brown and Heidi Klum with their awards at the Jefferson Hotel Friday, October 28, 2011

Susan G. Komen for the Cure honored Sarah Brown, wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, for her Global Leadership.  Their annual gala, took place at the Kennedy Center and also honored Dr. Charles M. Perou, Ph.D. for Scientific and Medical, Dr. Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D. for Advocacy, Dr. Sandra M. Swain, M.D. for Community and First Lady Betty Ford was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement award, which was accepted by her daughter Susan Ford Bales.   The event was hosted by  NBC’s Hoda Kotb and featured performances by Natasha Bedingfield, Miri Ben-Ari, Afro Blue, and Denyce Graves-Montgomery.

Across town at the Building Museum, the International Women’s Forum presented super-model Heidi Klum with the Hall of Fame Award.  Afterwards, Brown and Klum gathered with friends at the Jefferson Hotel – check out the full story in The Washington Post’s Reliable Source.

Filed Under: Causes Tagged With: Breast Cancer, Heidi Klum, Jefferson Hotel, sarah brown, Susan G. Komen

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