Miranda is the co-owner of the Pink Papaya and its subsequent marketing company. She has over 14 years of experience and Aveda Advanced training. She likes to refer to it as her "PHD" as a hairstylist as she has over $100,000 in advanced education. She has spent years mentoring many incredible stylists in our industry. She has participated in photoshoots and fashion shows from Hawaii to LA and locally.
She was the Co-founder of the Pretty in Pink non-profit organization which put on 4 years of highly successful charitable fashion shows. These events were extremely large productions bringing in names such as Kelli Pickler and Edwin McCain and performing Shaolin Monks from China along with renowned fashion designer Rafi Anteby of Shadang. These shows raised not only a large amount of awareness for the local Ozark Affiliate of Susan G. Komen, but also over $250,000. She has proudly graduated from Class 21 of the Fayetteville Leadership Program this past year. Miranda and her incredible team of stylists and make-up artists are the creative mind behind all aspects of these productions.
She and her teams travel to Miami, NYC, Hawaii, LA and more. In previous years they helped with both of the Shadang shows and New Year's Eve event which were all red-carpet celebrity filled events. There she enjoyed working with celebrity stylists such as Neeko and being able to style Ms. Marla Maples hair. She has taken Editorial Classes from the Aveda Soho institute from Mr. Charlie Morris who is now known for being part of Shear Genius. She is extremely proud to have 2 team members participating in the 2008 NY Fashion Week.
In August of 2009, she won a prestigious contest with Aveda and got to study privately ith the renowned colorist David Adams at the NY Aveda Academy. Most recently, Miranda got to style Sarah Palin's hair while she was on her book tour as well as cut her baby son Trig’s hair.
She and the other Co-owner Ryan Epp have been given the distinguished honor of being chosen to conduct a break-out session at Serious Business, a leading business and marketing event. They will be sharing what has made them so successful in under just 6 years on a small business level using in house marketing stratagies.
Press
Rocking The Runway – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rock the Runway 2007 : Pretty in Pink to go for green – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
So Many Hats – Northwest Arkansas Times
