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Venus Williams has already established her legacy in tennis and now she has executed to perfection her plans to successfully preserve the legacy of the renowned music artist, Nina Simone. The tennis legend joined hands with renowned artist Adam Pendleton to collect funds for the renovation of the childhood home of the musical legend, Nina Simone. Acing a confident fashionable look, she outdid her target of accumulating $5 million for the desired project.
A tennis star on the court and a fashionista off of it, Venus Williams looked dapper as she made sure that the auction was a successful event.
Venus Williams aces the Nina Simone preservation project with a stunning look
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The seven-time Grand Slam champion avidly promoted the launch of the online exhibition. The aim was to collect funds for the Nina Simone project. During the launch, she presented her best self in front of the bidders.
For that, she chose a classic black Louis Vuitton dress with black heels. She flaunted the same on her Instagram story too. Looking stunning as ever, she promoted the exhibition including the beautiful art of various artists. One of them was her idol, Rashid Johnson, who works on post-conceptual black art. Moreover, she also hailed all the artists for boosting her love for art. She stated, “I was just thrilled. I love art it’s my happy place. I could not have been happier than to meet such visionaries!”
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Nina Simone, the late American singer came into the limelight once again when Venus Williams joined an endeavor to preserve her childhood home. The aim was to collect $5 million. However, the ace never fails to disappoint. She ended up amounting fund of almost $6 million.
On the other hand, despite her ardent efforts to make equal pay a reality, she did not take any credit for it. She attributed all of it to her inspiration Nina Simone.
Williams attributed her contribution to the tennis realm to Nina Simone
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Venus Williams is the player who made it a reality to make WTA and ATP players get paid equally at Wimbledon in 2007. And now tennis leads by example.
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Venus Williams of the United States celebrates defeating Laura Siegemund of Germany during her third round Women’s Singles match on Day Six of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
However, this is something she did not take any credit for. While talking about her admiration for Nina Simone, she credited her inspiration, Simeone, for her initiative to bring equality in the sport. She looks up to her as a role model who broke multiple barriers. Simone’s legacy motivated her to do that in her tennis career as well.
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