Recently, Monica co-chaired the Houston Ballet Jubilee of Dance, and this year, she co-chairs the Work Faith Connection and the Children’s Assessment Center’s Spirit of Spring luncheons. For six years, she and her husband, John, have produced “Christmas on a Mission” for The Mission of Yahweh, which provides a snow-covered, fantasy Christmas for homeless women and children. Monica has chaired The Mission of Yahweh’s most successful gala. Having experienced her own crisis, her life’s goal is to be a torchbearer for those less fortunate. With an innate willingness to help others, she once committed to donating $83 a month for five years to the homeless women and children at The Mission of Yahweh when she had very little money for herself. Monica Hartland Blaisdell, as the third-oldest child of 14, quickly learned to care for her younger siblings. Kahlil Gibran wrote, “Beauty is not in the face beauty is a light in the heart!” And a quote from Audrey Hepburn, a famous beauty and actress, whose memory lives on, reads, “As you grow older, you will find that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, one for helping others.”Ĭongratulations and a heartfelt thank you to 2015’s 26 Most Beautiful Houstonians. The men and women on this list are not only physically captivating, but they make our city a more beautiful place through their generosity of spirit, compassion, creativity and dedication to serving. We at H Texas define beauty as the ability to spread joy, lift spirits, encourage and inspire, and we measure it through service. In a most eloquent description of the essence of beauty, John Keats wrote, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness.” Laurette and I both feel that Keats might have meant that, through service to mankind, we shall never pass into oblivion. But our mothers probably described it best when they said, “Beauty is as beauty does.” In the words of Shakespeare, “Beauty is bought by the judgment of the eye.” Ask 100 people to answer the question, “What is beauty?” and you will get 100 different answers. It was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford who wrote, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and many writers and philosophers have expressed different versions of the same sentiment.īenjamin Franklin wrote,“Beauty, like supreme dominion, is but supported by opinion.” And as we know, opinions differ. Throughout history, writers have defined “beauty” through poetry and prose. Therefore, this project has been, without question, one of the most difficult I have ever tackled.” And I must say that, choosing 25 candidates from the former 225 honorees, was nearly impossible. To open my first article, I wrote something that I still firmly stand by: “I believe that there is something very beautiful about each and every human being. It was a beautiful sunny day in 2005 when I had lunch with Editor-in-Chief Laurette Veres to pitch her my idea for an article on “25 beautiful Houstonians.” Immediately, she liked it, agreeing that it would not only be an interesting article, but a great way to honor those who spend much of their lives serving others and making our community a better place. H Texas is pleased to present 25 Beautiful Houstonians who, with the exception of one, have been selected from past honorees for their unwavering community service. In honor of this column’s 10-year anniversary, we salute 25 past honorees-and one newbie worthy of a spot among the greats-for their outstanding service. You are here: Home / Most Beautiful / 26 Most Beautiful Houstonians 2015 26 Most Beautiful Houstonians 2015
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