(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Geisell Mardi walks the runway representing Cuba, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Guests snap photos of some of models, Sandrine Ingabire, Burundi, Noon Taha , Sudan, and Margaret Mathew, South Sudan, after they walked the runway, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Margaret Mathew, Womda Geiballah and Nour Bilal walk the runway, representing their native countries, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Faranak Sedarat walks the runway at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anju Thapaliya Sharma walks the runway, representing Nepal, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jojo Beyene, prepares to walk the runway, representing Ethiopia, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Priyanka Singh Sharma represents India, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Priyanke Singh Sharma represents India, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) RIdwan Ali walks the runway, representing Somalia, during the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Millie Rivera walks the runway, during the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Runway models pose for a photo with Samira Harnish, Founder & Executive Director of Women of the World, at the 9th annual Women of the World Fashion Show Gala, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
Refugees and immigrant women from Utah walked the runway at the Women of the World 9th Annual Fashion Show on Wednesday evening as they celebrated their ethnic fashion and cultural traditions at the Falls Event Center.
According to the Women of the World website, “The event is a moment to recognize the wonderful and humbling diversity and diligence of the human race. We celebrate one another. We plant a flag and appreciate where we have been before taking that next step to our hoped-for future."
Proceeds from the event help support refugees and immigrant women in Utah.
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Rick has been a staff photographer at The Tribune since 1984. Previous to The Tribune, he was photo editor at the Daily Universe Newspaper at BYU and worked at The Sun Advocate in Price, Utah.