[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/beauty-school-news\/beauty-changes-lives-legacy-award-pays-tribute-industry-icon-leo-passage\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/beauty-school-news\/beauty-changes-lives-legacy-award-pays-tribute-industry-icon-leo-passage\/","headline":"Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Industry Icon Leo Passage","name":"Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Industry Icon Leo Passage","description":"Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Industry Icon Leo Passage #BeautyChangesLives Art Institute of Chicago event honors a lifetime of supporting NEXTGEN talent Chicago, IL \u2013 ...","datePublished":"2015-03-25","dateModified":"2024-01-10","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/author\/bellus-editor\/#Person","name":"Bellus Editor","url":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/author\/bellus-editor\/","identifier":3,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bellus Academy","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Purple_Logo_Bellus_horizontal.png","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Purple_Logo_Bellus_horizontal.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hero-2023-flipped.webp","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hero-2023-flipped.webp","width":100,"height":100},"url":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/beauty-school-news\/beauty-changes-lives-legacy-award-pays-tribute-industry-icon-leo-passage\/","about":["Beauty & Wellness Careers","Beauty School News","Barbering","Cosmetology","Esthetics","Nail Technology"],"wordCount":784,"articleBody":"Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Industry Icon Leo Passage#BeautyChangesLivesArt Institute of Chicago event honors a lifetime of supporting NEXTGEN talentChicago, IL \u2013 March 23, 2015 \u2013 The beauty industry united on Saturday, March 21, to celebrate the legacy of a man who revolutionized the business of beauty education. The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) posthumously honored Leo Passage; founder of Pivot Point International, Inc. Passage\u2019s wife Lenie, and son Robert accepted the award on behalf of Leo. Held at the Art Institute of Chicago, the sold-out event was attended by a \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of industry and media leaders and served as the signature gala event for America\u2019s Beauty Show (ABS). The event\u2019s location in the museum\u2019s \u201cModern Wing\u201d paid homage to Leo Passage\u2019s passion for the arts, particularly the Bauhaus principles of art and design that influenced his extraordinary career.While Leo Passage delighted in the arts, he was also an extraordinary business visionary and advocate for continuing education. Throughout his career he made a point of nurturing emerging talent, never forgetting how the industry helped him upon his immigration from The Netherlands in 1958.The convergence of art and beauty was on full display during the evening\u2019s feature presentation \u201cTrilogy of Beauty,\u201d to spotlight NEXTGEN artists, the beauty industry\u2019s future leaders. The \u201cTrilogy of Beauty\u201d represented the NEXTGEN\u2019s interpretation of Street Wear, Underground and Avant Garde. NEXTGEN artists were hand-picked by established icons and mentored the NEXTGEN in their development of the \u201cTrilogy of Beauty\u201d collection.Leo Passage is the third Legacy Award honoree. Previous recipients include beauty legend Vidal Sassoon and actress, humanitarian and nail industry champion Tippi Hedren. \u201cThe Legacy Award celebrates the spirit that lies at the very heart of the beauty industry,\u201d said Lynelle Lynch, president of the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation. \u201cOur industry is about so much more than art. Every day, established beauty professionals are nurturing and mentoring the next generation of leadership and no one demonstrated that generous spirit more than Leo Passage,\u201d said Lynch.\u201cWe as a family are extremely honored that my father was awarded the Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award. My father would have experienced such joy witnessing the creative artistry of the NEXTGEN talent presented. He had a gift for seeing the talent in others before they saw it in themselves, said Robert Passage, Pivot Point chairman\/CEO, 2nd vice president of Cosmetologists Chicago and treasurer of BCL.While the Legacy Award gala shone the spotlight on NEXTGEN talent, it also served as the venue for announcement of the BCL|Leo Passage Endowment Fund, a postgraduate scholarship aimed at helping licensed beauty and wellness professionals expand and enhance their creativity. Those awarded scholarships will experience Pivot Point International\u2019s Creative Jam Sessions; proprietary workshops that challenge the artist to translate, interpret and fuse international and local cultures into their work. The scholarship competition opens on Monday, May 23, and complete details are available at www.beautychangeslives.org\/scholarships.\u201cI respectfully thank the Foundation for acknowledging my father and Cosmetologists Chicago leadership in allowing this event to serve as a backdrop to America\u2019s Beauty Show. His legacy will continue to inspire and change lives through tonight\u2019s event and the BCL | Leo Passage Endowment Fund Postgraduate Scholarship. Throughout my father\u2019s life, his sheer determination to see others flourish always preempted his personal desire to succeed,\u201d added Passage.Lynch praised Pivot Point International and Robert Passage for the company\u2019s creativity and leadership in birthing the event concept and executing the gala event. \u201cDue to the generosity of Robert and his team at Pivot Point, manufacturers, media partners, educators and individual artists are helping inspire the next generation of beauty and wellness talent and pushing licensed hairstylists and teachers to increase the creativity and passion reflected in their work,\u201d Lynch said.She added that the ABS venue for the Legacy Award escalates the visibility and stature of Beauty Changes Lives. Proceeds from the gala will benefit the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation which awards scholarships and mentoring opportunities to aspiring and licensed beauty and wellness professionals.To learn more about the NEXTGEN talent and their mentors please visit: legacy.pivot-point.com.The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation was created by the American Association of Cosmetology Schools to build awareness of the extraordinary career opportunities in the beauty wellness, and massage therapy industries. www.beautychangeslives.org.Pivot Point International, founded by Leo Passage in 1962, is the global premier provider of hair, tools and beauty educational solutions forschools, salons, students, individual stylists and distributors. www.pivot-point.com.Media contacts: Kate Cicela, Vi Nelson & Associates, kate@vinelson.com, 312-944-1262Susan Miller, susan@ewingmiller.com, 765-620-2007"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Beauty School News","item":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/beauty-school-news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Industry Icon Leo Passage","item":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/beauty-school-news\/beauty-changes-lives-legacy-award-pays-tribute-industry-icon-leo-passage\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]