Safe Passage Home

“Travel safely!”

“Be safe”

“I love you!”

We all have spoken those words to friends, family and other loved ones as someone embarks on a road trip, flight, adventure or voyage.

Our newest honoree to accept the Women of Brilliant Achievement™ award, Trish Steele, has helped to guide, encourage and shelter so many along their travels to a new life. We at Charles & Colvard are honored to acknowledge Trish for her tireless work with transforming the lives of women and children from their life of domestic violence to safety.

It seems timely to introduce you to Trish (you will see her profile in a few days) today, since earlier in the week news was shared about our Chairman and CEO, resigning. So we at Charles & Colvard are on a new path in our journey to build the company.

Trish Steele is a woman with perseverance and determination as unbendable as forged steel and an inspiring, unbreakable positive spirit. Please take a moment to find out about Trish and her mission to help women. She is an incredible, selfless woman who has devoted her life to others and the stories of the ladies she has helped are emotional and pull at your heart strings.

As a child Ms. Steele grew up in a household filled with physical and emotional abuse. Disadvantaged with a 70% hearing loss, Trish was often laughed at and rudely teased by classmates about her speech impairment throughout her adolescence and teens. But, she never allowed “no” or “you can’t” or “that’s impossible” to diminish her enthusiasm for doing more. Trish broke barriers.

In the land of suntans, beauty and forever-thin = California, Ms. Steele re-defined the beauty pageant paradigm when she won the 1987 California Gold Coast Pageant after entering as a speech impaired contestant. This was only one of the many milestones Trish has accomplished during her life’s journey.

She’s has had a successful career as a model, make-up artist and wardrobe stylist in the entertainment world for over 25 years and received numerous awards and recognition in the entertainment industry. She is an author and licensed minister.

And, paramount to all of these accomplishments, in 1992, she founded Safe Passage Home a charity devoted to transforming the lives of women and their children who have been victims of domestic violence. Her organization has a team of professionals who volunteer their services to this worthy cause. Her team includes: plastic surgeons, cosmetic dentists, professional counseling therapists, career counselors, image specialists and fitness trainers who provide life makeovers as well as the basic needs of clothing and shelter.

Again, Charles & Colvard is proud honor Ms. Trish Steele with the Women of Brilliant Achievement award.