Charleston Pierce will be our event host and emcee for “Singing for Greener Tomorrow – World Music Curtain Raiser” event on Nov 4, 2011 at Santa Clara Convention Center. As a native of San Francisco, Charleston began his modeling career in the late 80′s as one of Jimmie Grimme’s models. His career highlights over the course of his 25+ years in the entertainment and fashion industry include successful modeling and acting stints in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and around the United States. He have appeared in national billboards, movies, print ads, fashion shows, and over 30 commercials. In the last two years, Charleston also co-hosted Bay Area Vista TV Show.
In San Francisco, he is known for his presence in the Macy’s Passport fashion shows as a runway top model. In recognition of his expertise, Macy’s Passport invited him from 2005 – 2009 to serve as the lead runway coach and model trainer.
From 2006 – 2011, Charleston has been a runway coach and model trainer for the San Francisco Junior League organization.
In 2007, Charleston launched “Charleston Pierce Presents”, a series of fashion, music and entertainment events throughout the SF Bay Area with a focus on promoting local designers and breathing new life into the San Francisco fashion scene.
His vision is to support upcoming talent, aspiring models, designers, singers, and others in the entertainment industry in the local San Francisco Bay Area. To achieve this purpose, he leads talent workshops weekly for models, dancers, singers, and rising stars. For more info, please check out his website: http://charlestonsf.com
In 2008, Charleston was nominated as “Man of the Year” by San Francisco’s Lymphoma & Cancer Society. In 2010, he was awarded Fashion Show Producer & Creative Director by the Bay Area Fashion Awards. In 2011, he was awarded Creative Director of the Year by San Francisco Fashion Awards. In 2011, Charleston was hired by San Francisco City College to teach a class called, “Runway: The Business of Modeling”.
In the last four years he raised money in support of local and global non-profit organizations around the word through fashion and runway shows and events. We are happy that he has decided to be part of our vision and participate to host our event.
