Actor Jamie Foxx joining star-studded lineup at ‘Be Beautiful Be Yourself’ fashion show

Celebrated actor/musician Jamie Foxx is joining a host of celebrities at The Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s “Be Beautiful Be Yourself” fashion show Saturday at the Colorado Convention Center, the nation’s single largest fundraiser for Down syndrome.

Foxx and his sister DeOndra Dixon, who happens to have Down Syndrome, will join actors Beau Bridges (“Masters of Sex”), Minka Kelly (“Friday Night Lights”), John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”), Terrence Howard (“Empire”), Jamie Brewer (“American Horror Story”), supermodel Beverly Johnson, Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson, players and cheerleaders from the Denver Broncos and Nuggets teams, and several other VIPs as they will escort models with Down Syndrome on the runway.

Emceeing the evening’s festivities is “Extra” correspondent and syndicated daytime host Jerry Penacoli and Kim Christiansen of Denver’s 9News. Other stars who have supported the gala include Quincy Jones, Alec Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Laura Dern, Kyra Phillips, Tim Shriver, Patrick Kennedy and Jeff Probst, among many others.

The star-studded event benefits the Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome on the Anschutz Medical Campus and the Sie Center for Down Syndrome at Children’s Hospital Colorado. For additional information, visit www.BeBeautifulBeYourself.org.