The world’s most glamorous aren’t just noted for their fashion sense and classic elegance. They are also seen jet-setting around the world fronting global missions.
Angelina Jolie

One of the world’s most beautiful people, Angelina Jolie in one amazing philanthropist. It all started in 2001 when she was filming Tomb Raider in Cambodia and first came face-to-face with the plight of refugees. A new mission was set – one that would take her to the far and forgotten corners of the globe. She is also named the Goodwill Ambassador for The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Taking on the role, she started to use her celebrity power to highlight humanitarian causes worldwide. Since then, the mother of six has worked at a whirlwind pace. In her tenure as ambassador, she has toured extensively to UNHCR refugee operations in Balkans, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Cambodia, Thailand, and Pakistan and Ecuador and has also adopted 3 children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam along the way.
Bianca Jagger

Bianca Jagger is a prominent spokeswoman for human rights, social justice and environment protection in a wide variety of threatened locales. Mick Jagger’s first ex-wife became and prominent jet-setting celebrity of the 1970’s, known particularly as a chum of renowned artist Andy Warhol. In early 1979, she visited Nicaragua with the International Red Cross delegation and was shocked by the brutality and oppression that the Somoza regime carried out there. This persuaded her to commit herself to the issues of justice and human rights. Through many of her altruistic travel passages, she has worked unstintingly with humanitarian organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office for Latin America.
Petra Nemcova

International supermodel and survivor of the devastating tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean in 2004, Petra Nemcova has certainly come a long way. The tragic experience also took the life of her then-fiancé, Simon Atlee and has left a profound impact on her. Soon after her recovery, she started Happy Hearts Fund that helps rebuild the lives of children who have suffered loss or hardship as a result of natural, economic or health related disasters. In 2006, together with AFP Integra, she helped restored several schools in Ica, one of the region’s worst affected by the earthquake that struck Peru. Since then, she has helped built countless of schools for children in disaster stricken areas together with her team.
Queen Rania of Jordan

There are a few women in the Middle East who can summon the attention of world leaders at the drop of a hat. The Kuwait-born queen is one of them. Known for her business savvy skills and outspokenness, Queen Rania of Jordan is also widely known as a forthright advocate of the underprivileged. She has also often seen taking her children along on her global travels. Queen Rania, is also known for her impeccable style but she’s not only a pretty face. She is also noted for her vocal advocacy on women and children’s issues in a region where such rights aren’t given sufficient awareness and coverage.
Princess Diana

When it comes to woman on a mission, one lady truly stands out among the crowd. In April 1987, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, or fondly known as Princess Diana to the world, was the first high-profile public figure to be photographed knowingly touching a person infected with the HIV virus. Her mission was to change people’s perception on AIDS sufferers – often considered a stigma to the society then. She would often arrive unannounced to hospices with instructions that these visits were to be kept from the media. In another one of her most widely publicised humanitarian efforts was her visit to Angola in January 1997, when, serving as an International Red Cross VIP volunteer, she visited landmine survivors in hospitals. Pictures of Diana swapping her designer outfits for a flak jacket and ballistic helmet, touring a minefield were seen worldwide. Her interest in landmines was focused on the injuries they create, often to children. Sadly, on 31 August 1997, Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash in Paris. However her charitable legacy still lives on through her sons and memories of her kindness and generosity will forever be remembered by the world.

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