Cutie Pa
Tutus' Founder Honored With "Inspirational" Award From
Center For Women; Invited To Participate In Mutual of
Omaha's "Aha Moment" Campaign
(Charleston, South Carolina;
April 2011) In March 2011, Cutie
Pa Tutus'
founder Amanda Moreno Duke,
was honored with an inspirational award from the Center
for Women's 'Power Up! Inspire Others' contest at the
Women in Business Conference. Duke's story visibly
moved the 300-member audience; from designing her first
tutu for her daughter's first princess party, then
marketing it locally to help earn some much-needed
Christmas money, to ultimately creating Cutie Pa Tutus
and therefore a flexible career in order to be a more
readily available mom to her children. Cheers
erupted when Duke concluded with how Cutie Pa Tutus has
become an international children's label worn by
celebrities such as Matthew McConoughey's daughter Vida,
Jessica Alba's daughter, and Tori Spelling's
daughter.
Duke has received other prestigious
awards for her success with Cutie Pa Tutus. In 2010, she
was awarded with the title of Charleston's Forty Under 40
and was invited by Mutual of Omaha to share her story in
their "Aha Moment" campaign. To watch Duke's "Aha
Moment" now, you can view it at ahamoment.com/pg/moments/view/14012.
Cutie Pa Tutus is currently being
sold in retail stores in over 40 states and 11
international countries (including Canada, Japan, et.
al.), Duke has employed several local independent
contracted seamstresses to assist her with the growing
work orders that are consistently being made for the cute
tutus, super hero capes, dresses and twirly skirts.
Duke is heavily involved in the work-at-home-mom
community and wanted to give other moms and grandmoms an
opportunity to earn money while being able to continue to
stay at home raising their children. Employing these
women also allowed Duke to fulfill more orders and send
them out in a timely manner to her customers.
Passionate about giving back to her
community in other ways, Duke has donated a portion of
her profits to local non-profit organizations such as
Lowcountry Orphan Relief, hospitals, schools and
churches; and national organizations such as the Muscular
Dystrophy Association and the March of Dimes. "It
may not amount to very much now, since we're still a
young and growing company," Duke explains. "But we'll
grow our charitable donations as we grow ourselves and
can afford more."
The full line of Cutie Pa Tutus,
Super Hero Capes and Twirly Skirts are available for sale
on the Cutie Pa Tutu website at www.cutiepatutus.com.
About Cutie Pa
Tutus: Cutie Pa Tutus, LLC
is a mom-owned business located in Charleston, SC. The
children's apparel company specializes in trademarked
tutus, superhero capes and more. Cutie's products have
been featured in Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine,
Earnshaw's magazine, Hudson's and numerous blogs across
the internet. Their one-of-a-kind products have been
highlighted in People Magazine's Celebrity Baby Blog as a
"Mini Must have" where actor Matthew McConaughey's
daughter, Vida was photographed wearing The Once Upon A
Time Pa Tutu.
About Low Country
Center for Women: Center
for Women (C4W) is the only comprehensive women's
development center in South Carolina. C4W is a 501(c)3
non-profit organization whose mission is to make personal
and professional success an everyday event for women in
the Lowcountry. Visit c4women.org.
