I didn't know Tippi Hedren is the reason why so there are so many Vietnamese nail salons.

[NurseJackie]

https://nextshark.com/tippi-hedren-vietnamese-nail-salon/

Tippi Hedren, arguably best known for her work in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and her big cat rescue, visited a Vietnamese refugee camp in Northern California some 40 odd years ago. “We were trying to find vocations for them,” Hedren told BBC News, “I brought in seamstresses and typists — any way for them to learn something.”

But there was one thing that caught the attention of the 20 women in Hope Village — ten things, rather. “They loved my fingernails,” she said, realizing that she needed to work with their interests if the women were to succeed in the U.S. She immediately took action, flying in her own personal manicurist and recruiting a local beauty school to educate the refugees. Upon their graduation from the programs, she ensured that all the women found jobs throughout Southern California.

[donkeypoofed]

1. What a fantastic lady!!!

Thanks for sharing that !

[spooky3]

2. She has also been a hero with rescuing big cats. Nt

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[dalton99a]

3. The godmother of the nail industry.

A remarkable story

[Karadeniz]

4. When being a movie star is the least of one's accomplishments...a life well lived.

[dawg day]

5. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson

Still lovely!

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Hollywood Royalty

like father, like son. we often wind up doing what our parents did.

[brer cat]

6. That's very interesting.

Even in my tiny town we have a Vietnamese nail salon. In fact, the owners are my next-door neighbors.

[deurbano]

7. My 17-year-old daughter is adopted from VN, and I heard about this a few years ago!

My daughter loves to get her nails done (unlike her mom!), and at one nearby salon the Vietnamese manicurist kind of fusses over her, saying she looks just like her own daughter.

[marble falls]

8. Dammit Tippi!

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/nailsalons/chemicalhazards.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/nyregion/nail-salon-workers-in-nyc-face-hazardous-chemicals.html

[AwakeAtLast]

11. I don't think she is to blame for that

That would be corporations taking over a profitable market and not caring about side effects. Just like many other corporations...

[NBachers]

10. Well isn't that something? With VN Nail Salon relationships, and being a customer of one, I say

Hats off to a very classy lady.