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Chitown Fashionista

Fashion Focus Chicago is always a hectic week. But if there’s one show I’m always excited to see, it’s Fashion Takes Flight presented by Mario Tricoci and vitaminwater®.

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Noir Women

Fashion Takes Flight: A Fashion Focus Presentation by Mario Tricoci and vitaminwater®.

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She She

Discovering Dahlstedt: Fashion Focus Chicago

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Trendy Magazine

Mario Tricoci Selects Winner Of 2012 Mario, Make Me A Model Competition

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SecondCityStyle

Mario Tricoci ‘Fashion Takes Flight’ Show At Fashion Focus Chicago 2012

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Racked

Five Independent Designers Show Off With a Fresh Set of Models

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CChicChicago

The FASHION takes FLIGHT show last night was one not to be missed.

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Chicago3media

Kevin Grace Is There When Mario Tricoci Selects 2012 Model.

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Examiner

Fashion Takes Flight...winner of Mario make me a model competition announced.

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NBC Chicago

Style Denizens Primping For Fashion Focus Chicago.

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Racked

Ominous Inspiration for Shelby Steiner's Spring/Summer '13.

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Libertyville Patch

Libertyville Resident Reaches Mario, Make Me a Model Final Five.

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Trendy Magazine

Fashion Takes Flight Presented by Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas and vitaminwater®.

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Modern Salon

Style watch model competition.

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Refinery 29

The Final 5 From The Mario, Make Me A Model Showdown! Got A Fave?

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Chicago3media

Mario Tricoci & vitaminwater® Let “Fashion Take Flight”

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Examiner

Seven advance as finalists in Mario, Make Me a Model Competition

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Racked

We'd like to announce the winner of our unofficial Mario, Make Me A Model contest that we put up for a vote last week.

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chifashion.collected

Model Behavior: Here are Seven Model Hopefuls Care of Mario Tricoci...

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The Doings, Western Springs

Models line up for a chance to shine.

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Yahoo Local

Model Behavior: Here are Seven Model Hopefuls Care of Mario Tricoci... Who Will Make it to Fashion Focus?

A lineup of judges, including Mario Tricoci (the man), have selected a handful of finalists for the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition. Yep, seven young beauties all made the cut after this week's competition at The Chicago Cultural Center. Now begins crunch time for the girls. They'll have beauty and spa treatments, runway training and intense fitness classes at FFC.

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Yahoo Racked

Here are Seven Model Hopefuls Care of Mario Tricoci... Who Will Make it to Fashion Focus?

A lineup of judges, including Mario Tricoci (the man), have selected a handful of finalists for the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition. Yep, seven young beauties all made the cut after this week's competition at The Chicago Cultural Center. Now begins crunch time for the girls. They'll have beauty and spa treatments, runway training and intense fitness classes at FFC.

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Chicago 3 Media

Seven Advance As Finalists in Mario, Make Me a Model Competition

CHICAGO – A lineup of celebrity judges, including beauty and style innovator Mario Tricoci, have selected seven finalists for the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition. Laura Almazan (Homer Glen, IL); Birgit Dalgaard (Chicago); Jenny Lee (Chicago); Caroline Mazurek (Chicago); Christin Nichols (Calumet City, IL); Olivia Simmons (Libertyville, IL); and Mana Winkler (Naples, FL) made the cut after strutting their stuff in a runway competition at the Chicago Cultural Center.

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Chicago 3 Media

Mario, Make Me A Model Semi-Finalists Face Off On The Runway.

Celebrity Judges to Select Five Finalists for Model Makeover, Photo Shoot and Runway Show Join a panel of celebrity judges, including beauty and style innovator Mario Tricoci, as they select the five finalists to move forward in the Mario, Make Me a Model competition.

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Lake County News-Sun

Two make semi-finals in model contest.

Chosen from nearly 340 hopefuls, the next stop for Alexandra Prado of Lake Forest and Olivia Simmons of Libertyville is the runway where they will strut their stuff in front of a host of celebrity judges — including beauty and style innovator Mario Tricoci — to earn one of only five spots as a finalist in the annual campaign.

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Orland Park Prairie

Model hopefuls turn out for Mario, Make Me a Model Competition in Orland.

More than 100 teens and twenty-somethings struck a pose at the Mario Tricoci Hair Salon & Day Spa in Orland Park on Wednesday, July 11, to fulfill their dreams of walking the catwalk.

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Yahoo Racked

Young Models Have Been Chosen: Mario, Make Me a Model,...

Originals at Racked Chicago Mario, Make Me a Model, the modeling contest for youngsters pretty enough to hold their own, is now in the semi-finalist stage.

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Yahoo Racked

Young Models Have Been Chosen: Mario, Make Me a Model,...

Originals at Racked Chicago Mario, Make Me a Model, the modeling contest for youngsters pretty enough to hold their own, is now in the semi-finalist stage.

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Chicago Shopping

Mario, Make Me a Model judges select semi-finalists for 2012 competition.

CHICAGO (July 20, 2012) – Twenty-six young women have been selected as semi-finalists in the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition.

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Examiner

Mario Tricoci will be calling all want-to-be models, to come out to Oakbrook Center on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, for their "Make Me a Model" yearly event.

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Average Janes Fitness

LET MARIO MAKE YOU A MODEL
Style, Beauty Innovator Mario Tricoci Announces Open Calls
For Fifth Annual Model Competition

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Chicago Fashion

Mario will be calling all want-to-be models, to come out to Oakbrook Center on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

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Racked

Tomorrow, July 10, the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition kicks-off with an open model call at the Mario Tricoci on Michigan Ave in the 900 Shops.

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Yahoo

Tomorrow, July 10, the fifth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition kicks-off with an open model call at the Mario Tricoci on Michigan Ave in the 900 Shops.

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Trendy Magazine

Let Mario Make You a Model.

Style, Beauty Innovator Mario Tricoci Announces Fifth Annual Local Model Search.

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Oak Brook Trib Local

Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas is bringing Chicago beauty into focus this summer as is launches its fifth annual search for the modeling stars of the future.

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Orland Park Patch

Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas is bringing Chicago beauty into focus this summer as is launches its fifth annual search for the modeling stars of the future.

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The Doings La Grange

The fifth annual "Mario, Make Me a Model" open model calls at 10:00 am. July 10th at 900 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago.

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Chicago Shopping

Mario Tricoci kicks off fifth year of popular model search.

2012 Mario, Make Me a Model Program Expected to be Largest Ever.

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C Style Magazine

Fashion Forward Fridays: Mario Tricoci Announces 5th Annual Model Search.

Continuing his quest to give aspiring models the tools and platform they need to start their careers, Mario Tricoci has announced the launch of the fifth annual "Mario, Make Me a Model" campaign.

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Examiner

Mario make you a model: Announces fifth annual local model search.

Continuing his quest to give aspiring models the tools and platform they need to start their careers, Mario Tricoci today announced the launch of the fifth annual “Mario, Make Me a Model” campaign. The program, which begins with open model calls in July, will culminate with the five finalists competing on the runway at Fashion Focus Chicago in October after months of professional training.

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Michigan Avenue

The Mario, Make Me a Model 2011 Fashion Show, held at Millennium Park, featured aspiring Chicago models in an evening of couture and competition.

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Scene

On Wednesday, October 19, Mario Tricoci teamed up with vitaminwater® and presented InspireDesign, which is the grand finale to the Mario, Make Me a Model contest.

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Trendy

Mario Tricoci announced the winners of the Mario, Make Me a Model competition. Mercedes Johnson of Chicago and Juni Park of Skokie Capture Title.

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Chicago Fashion

At the second headlining fashion show of the Fashion Focus Chicago 2011 week at the Millennium Park on October 19, Mario Tricoci revealed the winner of the model competition "Mario Make Me a Model".

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Chitown Fashionista

On Wednesday, October 19th, InspireDesign presented by Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas and vitaminwater® occurred as a segment of Fashion Focus Chicago.

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Time Out Chicago

The show also marked the end of the 4th annual Mario, Make Me a Model contest as the winners Juni Park and Mercedes Johnson walked the runway on the last challenge of the competition.

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Refinery 29

Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas are taking time off from making people beautiful to go on the hunt for fresh faces AKA you.

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Daily Herald

Even before the crowd of roughly 200 teens and 20-somethings entered the Mario Tricoci Salon and Spa in Oak Brook, they learned a key lesson: In nearly 100-degree temperatures, a model must still look perfect

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Naperville Sun

Make them models, Mario. Two Naperville residents are among 38 young men and women who have been selected as semi-finalists in the fourth annual Mario, Make Me a Model competition.

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