FEATURE STORY
JEANNIE MAI
MADE BY
JASMINE BROWLEY
KEEPS IT REAL ABOUT MS AND CONFIDENCE
For more than a decade, Jeannie
Mai has provided her TV viewers
and countless social media
followers with pointed self-
improvement advice through
down-to-earth fashion tips. As of
late, however, the styling expert is
getting more personal.
life. Approximately 85 percent of people
are initially diagnosed with relapsing MS,
the most common form of the disease.
Photo Courtesy of Jeannie Mai.
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Since Linh’s diagnosis and subsequent
personality changes, Jeannie has made it
made her mission to inspire not only her
aunt, but women with MS all over the
world to continue to strive towards being
the best versions of themselves through
education, empowerment and practical tips
that can be immediately applied to their
everyday lives.
s an ambassador for
ReimagineMyself.com, The Real
co-host is helping multiple sclerosis
survivors change the way they look at
look at themselves while battling the
debilitating disease.
“My aunt Linh has MS and has had to deal
with some really difficult health challenges
over the years,” she said. “There have
definitely been some heartbreaking physical
and emotional consequences.”
Her aunt been living with relapsing mul-
tiple sclerosis (RMS) for more than 13 years.
MS, a chronic disease of the central nervous
system impacts 2.3 million people world-
wide and often strikes in the prime of their
“My goal is to help women like my aunt
reclaim the self-confidence they deserve
but may have lost because of an illness like
MS.”
She talked to MADE Magazine in this
exclusive interview about how the illness
stripped her aunt of independence,
self-confidence and sense of fashion and
how Jeannie helped her reclaim all she lost.
MADE: Why did you become involved
with Reimagine Myself?
JM: My aunt became a really different after
her diagnosis and since I try to regularly
spend time with her, I was really affected
by the changes. She was no longer able to
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