DKMS and Supermodel Coco Rocha to Ring The Nasdaq

ADVISORY, Feb. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:  Supermodel Coco Rocha will ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell with DKMS, the international non-profit leading the fight to eradicate blood cancers and blood related disorders.

Coco Rocha has been an active DKMS Ambassador for over seven years helping DKMS raise awareness for the need of more bone marrow donors. Coco always plays a crucial role in the annual DKMS Big Love gala which raised over $4.7 million last year.

Where: Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43 ^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When: Friday, February 17, 2017 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET    

DKMS Contact: Sharon Persaud 646-771-5378 sharonp@dkms.org

Nasdaq MarketSite: Emily Pan (646) 441-5120 emily.pan@nasdaq.com

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Coco Rocha Coco Rocha has been at the top of the modeling industry since her discovery at age fifteen. Introduced to the world by legendary photographer Steven Meisel, she has appeared on the runways and posed for the camera of every designer and photographer of note for more than a decade.  She has been named “ Model of the Year ” by both  Elle  and  Marie-Claire  magazines, and as well as one of the top thirty models of the decade by French  Vogue . Considered one of the most versatile and skilled models working today, Rocha was nicknamed "Queen of Pose" by her fans and contemporaries like Tyra Banks. Living up to her name, in 2014 she published a 2000 page encyclopedia named "Study Of Pose" with Harper Collins which has gone on to become an industry staple for aspiring and established models alike. 

In June of 2016 Coco announced that she was forging a new path in the modeling industry by taking a management and ownership stake in NOMAD MGMT. She joins the helm with industry veterans Damon Rutland, Roman Young and her husband and longtime collaborator, James Conran. At a time when most top modeling agencies are owned by hedge funds or large corporations with no real connection to the modeling and fashion industries, NOMAD is owner-operated and able to quickly and nimbly adapt to the quickly changing face of the industry while enjoying all of the access and knowledge of the much larger agencies.  In addition to being represented by the agency, Coco serves as Brand Director and as a mentor for the models signed to the agency, a role she has unofficially assumed for many of todays top working models and cover stars.

www.cocorocha.com https://instagram.com/cocorocha/

DKMS DKMS is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating blood cancers like Leukemia and other blood-related illnesses inspiring both men and women around the world to register as bone marrow and blood stem cell donors. DKMS is providing patients with a second chance at life, working closely with families from diagnosis to transplant and beyond. The donor journey begins with a swab of the cheek that takes less than 60 seconds and can be the action that leads to a lifesaving transplant. DKMS, originally founded in Germany in 1991 by Dr. Peter Harf, has organizations in Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. To join the fight against blood cancer or for more information, please go to dkms.org .

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