MADE Magazine Issue 6 - English January / February 2016 | Page 13

I didn’t get on TV necessarily
to be a star. I didn’t get in the
entertainment business because
I wanted to be in front of the
camera. I wanted to have a
platform to touch people so
that I could eventually give
back to my community.

MADE: As an entrepreneur, what do you feel sets you apart

and a lot of different things.

from your peers as you’re excelling through the industry.
MADE: Tell us a little bit about the Partners Uplifting Our
YANDY: For me, the reason why I do what I do separates me

Daughters program.

from a lot of other people. I didn’t get on TV necessarily
to be a star. I didn’t get in the entertainment business

YANDY: It’s a mentorship program that is so dear to my

because I wanted to be in front of the camera. I wanted to

heart. We just did a big seminar in the Bahamas with over

have a platform to touch people so that I could eventually

150 young girls and we’re going back again next year.

give back to my community. I love
to see young women, especially
minority women, really come
together and build each other up.
Entertainment is a platform that
really allows you to connect with
so many people and people listen
simply because you’re on TV. I
like to use my platform to show

We do these events once and

I love to see young women,

month and I really hope to grow

especially minority women,

my jobs and grow EGL then I

really come together and
build each other up.

that women can come together

that business. If I could quit
would. That is really where my
heart is.

MADE: Speaking of Everything
Girls Love, with your success in

and build each other up. That’s important to me so I feel

marriage and career, how does it feel to reach your happily

like that separates me from a lot of other people.

ever after?

MADE: With uplifting being so important, is that why you

YANDY: I’m definitely happy, but there is always more of a

started Everything Girls Love, LLC?

happily ever after. There is so much more that I want to do
as a family. I’m a newlywed so we are definitely in marital

YANDY: Everything Girls Love was a company that I started

bliss and I hope it doesn’t turn.

before my first season of Love and Hip Hop. Originally, it
was just an accessories line. After my first