Catwalk online

The life-changing Pilbara Girl program known for its glamorous catwalk event will live stream this year’s heat due to COVID-19. Young Indigenous beauties from across the Pilbara are set to grace the stage this Friday as they put into practice their new skills learnt during the hair and makeup, catwalk and choreography workshops. But rather than walking in front of a crowd of family and friends, the girls will have their loved ones cheering for them at home via a live stream for the first time in Pilbara Girl’s eight-year history. Founder and Goolarri Media chief operations officer Kira Fong said it was safer for the event not to be open to the public. “We are planning on live streaming (the event) just so the girls are kept safe and everyone is kept healthy,” she said. “When we made that decision and decided to live stream it, it was an easy choice for everyone. It’s not us being over cautious, it’s making sure that the health and safety of our participants is our priority. “We didn’t want to say to some of the girls your family can come but your family can’t, so for us by live streaming it, everyone gets to see, everyone is equal, there is no favouring anyone else over the other and we will have the sponsors there, the media, the girls and the crew.” Ms Fong said she hoped to continue to live stream the event online in the future. “I think more people will see the benefits of it. We are promoting the live stream quite heavily as a way of people to see the girls and cheer them on,” she said. “We are encouraging people to leave positive comments and feedback for them all.” This year the girls were provided with video tutorials to learn from as well as parts of their formal training being conducted online.