Every year at the beginning of October, Queen Emeritus Sofia of Spain has accustomed us to make public reunions with her eldest daughter, on the occasion of the Fundación MAPFRE social awards. This Thursday, October 6, Queen Sofia notably rewarded stylist Carolina Herrera during the evening.
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Carolina Herrera receives a MAPFRE Foundation award from Queen Sofia
It was as an employee of the MAPFRE foundation that the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, welcomed her mother at the entrance to the Casino de Madrid. On October 6, 2022, the foundation presented its social prizes. MAPFRE is a former mutual insurance company that has become an insurance company. Infanta Elena, 58, the eldest daughter of Queen Emeritus Sofia, 83, and King Emeritus Juan Carlos, 84, works there as a project development officer for the foundation, the company’s majority owner of the insurance company.
The foundation awards prizes each year that recognize people, companies and projects that contribute to creating a fairer and less unequal society through their dedication and work. This Thursday, Queen Emeritus Sofia was back at work, after a break of several weeks in her official schedule. He was also seen at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, next to King Juan Carlos. It was the very first public reunion for the couple who live separated on two continents.
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Queen Sofia finds the Infanta Elena for this ceremony which brings together mother and daughter each year at the Casino de Madrid
This year, the José Manuel Martínez Martínez Award was presented to Carolina Herrera, 83, for her lifetime achievement and support of various charitable causes. Queen Sofia and Carolina Herrera last met last April in New York. That day, Queen Sofia had already rewarded the stylist by presenting her with the Sophia Award for Excellence. The designer Carolina Herrera, of Venezuelan origin, was Marquise de Torre Casa by her marriage, until the revocation of the title of her husband, former editor of Vanity Fair magazine.
In 2018, Carolina Herrera left the artistic direction of her own fashion house founded in 1981. She then became its global ambassador. She still embodies the image of the brand and now devotes her life to representation, using her notoriety to support many causes. Malnutrition and the fight against cancer are two themes to which she attaches great importance. Four prizes are awarded each year by the MAPFRE foundation. This Thursday, in addition to Carolina Herrera, the three other recipients who were awarded were the Integra Stands Out Foundation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Bodega Matarromera company.
