Art Institute Gives Scholarship to High School Fashion Contest Winner

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Hannah Wendling was recently named the local first place winner at The Art Institute of California – Hollywood in The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition in the Fashion Design. 

The high school senior at Glendora High School Fine Arts Academy earned a $3,000 tuition scholarship to study Fashion Design at The Art Institute of California – Hollywood.

In addition to her tuition scholarship, Hannah will progress to the national round of The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition where her entry will be judged against other local winners from throughout North America for the Competition’s grand prize: a half- tuition scholarship to an Art Institutes school, and a VIP trip to New York City to include a “meet and greet” at Seventeen’s New York City offices, lunch and a $500 shopping spree at DKNY with a Seventeen Style Pro, and a $500 gift card to shop anywhere in the Big Apple. 

“Fashion Design is the only thing I can imagine myself doing for the rest of my life,” said Wendling. “I cannot wait to begin my future and my education at The Art Institute of California - Hollywood.”

In the Fashion Design category, entrants were asked to create innovative and wearable evening wear designs.

The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition was created to encourage and reward young fashion talent.  For more information on this year’s Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/passionforfashion.