MADE Magazine Issue 6 - English January / February 2016 | Page 13
I didn’t get on TV necessarily
to be a star. I didn’t get in the
entertainment business because
I wanted to be in front of the
camera. I wanted to have a
platform to touch people so
that I could eventually give
back to my community.
MADE: As an entrepreneur, what do you feel sets you apart
and a lot of different things.
from your peers as you’re excelling through the industry.
MADE: Tell us a little bit about the Partners Uplifting Our
YANDY: For me, the reason why I do what I do separates me
Daughters program.
from a lot of other people. I didn’t get on TV necessarily
to be a star. I didn’t get in the entertainment business
YANDY: It’s a mentorship program that is so dear to my
because I wanted to be in front of the camera. I wanted to
heart. We just did a big seminar in the Bahamas with over
have a platform to touch people so that I could eventually
150 young girls and we’re going back again next year.
give back to my community. I love
to see young women, especially
minority women, really come
together and build each other up.
Entertainment is a platform that
really allows you to connect with
so many people and people listen
simply because you’re on TV. I
like to use my platform to show
We do these events once and
I love to see young women,
month and I really hope to grow
especially minority women,
my jobs and grow EGL then I
really come together and
build each other up.
that women can come together
that business. If I could quit
would. That is really where my
heart is.
MADE: Speaking of Everything
Girls Love, with your success in
and build each other up. That’s important to me so I feel
marriage and career, how does it feel to reach your happily
like that separates me from a lot of other people.
ever after?
MADE: With uplifting being so important, is that why you
YANDY: I’m definitely happy, but there is always more of a
started Everything Girls Love, LLC?
happily ever after. There is so much more that I want to do
as a family. I’m a newlywed so we are definitely in marital
YANDY: Everything Girls Love was a company that I started
bliss and I hope it doesn’t turn.
before my first season of Love and Hip Hop. Originally, it
was just an accessories line. After my first