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In reply to the discussion: Salma Hayek gets knighted??? For WHAT? For marrying a mega-rich pal of right wingnut Sarkozy? [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)weren't even considered.
Sarkozy's just giving his Gucci friend another decoration for the mantlepiece.
I have nothing against Hayek, except her ridiculous comment thanking God for the big boobs she prayed for as a child.
Because of your posts, I googled her charity work. I don't know how complete this is. It's good stuff but is it really enough to get another country's top award? If she weren't married to Pinault, there's no way she would have gotten it. If you read about the Pinaults, they're 1% exploiters. Her father-in-law, Sarkozy's pal, is the 74th wealthiest person in the world. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/FUBG.html
Don't you find that very unfair to poorer people, especially French, who don't have those kind of connections but spend their whole lives helping others either at home or abroad?
Mexican actress Salma Hayek is highly active in raising awareness about violence against women and discrimination against immigrants, and since the birth of her daughter last year, has added campaigns helping children to her list of charity works.
Her own charity, the Salma Hayek Foundation, which previously supported organizations giving aid to and raising awareness for battered women, has now branched out to work with disadvantaged children on the streets of Mexico, helping them to overcome problems such as drugs, violence or lack of education.
As a spokesperson for the Pampers 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine campaign, she helps raise awareness and funds which allow UNICEF to provide tetanus vaccines to pregnant women, protecting the women for up to 15 years, and their babies for several months after the birth.
She says of the program:
I have long been a supporter of every childs right to health and happiness. As a new mother, Im thrilled to help Pampers and UNICEF raise awareness of their initiative to provide tetanus vaccines to those at risk.
Hayek took part in the America: A Tribute to Heroes charity telethon for victims of 9/11.
Hayek breastfed a desperate mothers hungry baby during a fact-finding trip to Sierra Leone, Africa, in 2008.
Salma received the Cookie magazine Smart Cookie award in 2009 for her active participation in charity since entering the realm of motherhood.
http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/116-salma-hayek
Salma Hayek recently joined the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization in hope of asking presidential candidates in Mexico to commit to the prevention and punishment of crimes against women. Hayek, HRW, and 65 other social groups in Mexico and U.S. got together to make this call an open letter that was sent to candidates running for office in July.Hayek believes that every Mexican deserves a president that will end all these ridiculous killings against women. Non-government organizations have stated that for the last 13 years, more than 400 women have been murdered or have "disappeared" in Ciudad Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua.
"It's outrageous that Mexican women must live afraid of the killers harassing them on the streets," Hayek stated. Jose Miguel Vivanco, HWR director in the Americas, stated that "despite some efforts done by the government to investigate these brutal crimes, women are still being kidnapped, tortured, and killed in Mexico."
http://www.soulfrito.net/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=7&Itemid=39