Some of the 50 Portland area women celebrating their ethnic diversity through fashion during the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show. The models in this photo represented Kurdistan, India, China, Native Americans, and Spain.

Cheverus High School students Rebecca Archer, Laura Holman, Carmen Rivera and Natalie Waite, modeling dresses designed by Adele Ngoy at the March 7 event.

Adele Ngoy, president of Women Around the World, the group that hosted the fashion show, with board member Madia Allolding.

The collection designed by Sahro Hassan, a 19-year-old immigrant from Somalia. The models appeared at the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show.

Hooria Majeed, representing Afghanistan, with Fariba Rahimpour and Sohda Aghazadeh, representing Kurdistan, modeled in the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show. The event took place March 7 at Cathedral in Portland.

Martha Deng and Hinda Rizgalla, representing Sudan, at the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show.

Fifty models represented more than 30 countries - from Angola to Uzbekistan - at the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show.

Wearing traditional ethnic costumes designed by Olga Babb were Dana Cyr (Russia), Roxanne Chapman (Uzbekistan), Olga Babb (Romania), and Natasha Babb (Ukraine).

Aaron Brown with Julia Trujillo and Elia Brown Trujillo, mother and daughter wearing traditional clothing from the Canary Islands at the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show.

Adele Ngoy, president of Women Around the World, the group that hosted the fashion show, with emcee Tory Ryden, a former news anchor with Channel 8.

Modeling the collection designed by Sahro Hassan, a 19-year-old immigrant from Somalia. Hassan is in the front row of this photo.

Saturday students from the Cafam Chinese School in Portland who performed the Ginger Lotus dance at the second-annual International Women’s Day Fashion Show: Mae Rosenstein and Sylvie Rosenstein of Windham and Lily Thompson of Portland.