WBI Participates in LA’s AIDS Walk

Despite advancements made in the treatment and prevention of HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the overall rate of infection continues to rise. This is the reason behind the AIDS Walk Los Angeles, a 10-kilometer walkathon that benefits AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) in addition to several other local AIDS service organizations. For the past 25 years, APLA has been dedicated to providing bilingual services, prevention education, and leadership on HIV/AIDS-related policy and legislation.

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Coming Soon! MyWBI™ Student Web Portal

Western Beauty Institute is proud to announce the completion of the initial phase of implementation of the beauty industry's very first beauty school student web portal. This portal, which we call “MyWBI™,” will be the central location a student may use to communicate, interact within and explore the WBI school and environment. Not only will students be able to create their own social interaction space (ala MySpace) but the technology will open access to the Western Beauty Institute student community from any place on the planet, as well as automate and streamline many of the day to day processes within the school environment.

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WBI Sponsors MTV Music Video Awards

Western Beauty Institute will sponsor the broadcast of MTV’s live broadcast of its Video Music Awards (VMA) show on Time Warner Cable for the areas of the Antelope, Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys.

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New Commercials on YouTube

Western Beauty Institute has published its latest video commercials on YouTube. The two commercials were released within the past week for airing on national cable networks in the Los Angeles area market. Now, the commercials are also airing on the YouTube website, available for viewing, viral posting and voting by YouTube members.

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New WBI Commercials Released!

Two new TV commercials from Western Beauty Institute have just been released. The spots will air on national cable network shows throughout the Los Angeles media market.

The first commercial, entitled “The Cosmo Show,” is a parody of popular ’80s situation comedies, centered around the unfortunate misadventures of a beauty school student’s family. The second spot is a hilarious send-up of film noir detective stories of the ’40s, and features a line-up of criminal cosmetologists. It’s WBI to the rescue in the end, however, saving the day for beauty school students (and their families) everywhere.

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Super Secret New Commercials Produced

Now it can be revealed, Super Secret New Commercials Have Been Produced. Although it cannot be fully documented or revealed at this time, two new commercials have been produced and await distribution now.

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AV Press Covers WBI

The Antelope Valley Press featured Western Beauty Institute and its owner, Christina Diaz, in an article in the Business section of the daily paper on Thursday, August 9th. The article, written by Valley Press Business Editor Tina Forde, included photos of the school by Evelyn Kristo.

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WBI In The Headlines

On Wednesday, August 1st, the Business Editor from the Antelope Valley Press, Tina Forde, visited Western Beauty Institute’s Lancaster campus for an in-depth feature interview with school owner Christina Diaz.

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“Spa Day”

A number of Western Beauty Institute students will be taking part in the annual “Spa Day” hosted by Lancaster’s Living Way Foursquare Church on Saturday, August 4th from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The church is located at 43260 Challenger Way.

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WBI Styles AV’s “Teen Scene”

Student demonstrations of hair styling, makeup tips, karaoke singing and face painting were big hits at the “Teen Scene,” held at the Antelope Valley Mall on July 28th. “I'm very happy we were able to support Clear Channel, the Antelope Valley Mall, and all of the other businesses who took part in ‘Teen Scene’, and very happy we were able to show teens the opportunities available to them in the Beauty business,” said WBI’s Marketing Director Randy Fugate.

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WBI To Offer New Manicure Classes!

Western Beauty Institute is announcing the start of a new Manicuring course. Classes are forming immediately at our Lancaster, California campus only. A limited number of spaces are available, however, so students will need to enroll immediately for acceptance into what promises to be a very popular program.

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WBI Students to Compete for Hair Idol

“I’m very excited,” said Western Beauty Institute student Wendy Gonzalez about competing in the 2007 Sensationnel Hair Idol Show at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, August 5th. “It’s a lot of work to prepare.”

Wendy and her fellow contestants are each required to recruit nine models, cut and style their hair, and produce a five-minute “runway show” with music, glitz and glamour worthy of “American Idol.” Competition categories include Best Makeup, Best Short Weave, Fantasy/Avant-Garde, Evening, Vocational Style and Best Barber. Winners will be awarded up to $3,000 in cash and prizes, and will advance to the Grand Finals competition to be held in Washington, D.C. in November.

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PBS to air "HairWorld" Competition

The Los Angeles PBS station KCET will air "HairWorld: The Pursuit Of Excellence" from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007.

The program follows TeamUSA as they prepare and compete in the International HairWorld Championships in Moscow’s ExpoCenter. Over 300 hair stylists from 40 countries competed in what was called the "Hair Olympics" for gold, silver and bronze medals in timed tests of styling skill. An extravagant awards ceremony was held in the Kremlin Palace. The competition was conducted by Organisation Mondiale Coiffure (OMC).

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WBI Students In Cutting Edge Competition

Western Beauty Institute San Fernando Valley campus cosmetology students recently participated in a “Cutting Edge Competition.” The event was held July 2nd at the Panorama City cosmetology school.

The competition was broken into three parts. The first step required hair coloring of highlights and lowlights in any color. The second step involved the cut: trimming, layering, face framing and symmetrical cutting. Hair styling, the final step, required students to style the cut within a thirty-minute time limit.

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WBI To Sponsor Antelope Valley “Teen Scene”

Western Beauty Institute will sponsor 'Teen Scene' at the Antelope Valley Mall on July 28th, an event spotlighting products and services for local teens.

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WBI Celebrates June Brides!

Students and staff from Western Beauty Institute celebrated June brides with an event highlighting hairstyles, makeup and skin care techniques for brides, just in time for summer.

The extravagant event was held at the Lancaster, California campus of Western Beauty Institute on Friday, June 8th and involved the participation of many of the beauty school’s day and evening cosmetology and esthetics students. Models were dressed in bridal gowns with hair styles, nails and skin treatments performed by students under the supervision of the school’s highly-qualified instructors.

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WBI Participates in Littlerock Juneteenth Celebration

Students and staff from Western Beauty Institute participated in the three-day Juneteenth celebration June 15th-17th, 2007 in Littlerock, California. Approximately seventeen students took part, according to WBI’s Event Coordinator Beatriz Alvarez, with the students providing free hair styling to festival guests under the guidance of WBI’s trained instructors.

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WBI Celebrates Appreciation Day

This third of July was a Show Your 4th of July Spirit Event at WBI, and it is to be known as WBI Appreciation Day.

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Miss Christina Receives Appreciation Award

On Tuesday, July 3rd, Miss Daisy and the Spanish class presented Miss Christina, CEO of Western Beauty Institute, with an award in appreciation of her efforts in giving everyone better opportunities at an advanced career as a Cosmetologist.

Miss Christina Diaz is recognized as having opened the school in Lancaster and for organizing the Cosmetology curriculum in Spanish. She is always attentive to the needs of the students and takes immediate action when needed, promoting events, and allowing the students to develop at their full potential.

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New WBI Billboard up!

Advertising is very important for Western Beauty Institute. It gives the staff and the students who already have a focus on Beauty an even better image. It adds enthusiasm to the environment with the students excitingly volunteering for photo shoots.

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