Washington’s Top ‘Newsbabes’ Unite To Save 2nd Base; Help Raise Breast Cancer Awareness!

Alex Mehrnaz Naini: 1 | 2, Alison Starling: 1 | 2, Allison Priebe Brooks, Ambassador Nancy Brinker: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, Andrea Roane: 1 | 2, Angie Goff: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5, April Jones Firoozabadi, Bob Madigan, Briana Pashcow: 1 | 2, Christopher S. Brown, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6, Constance Christakos, Ed Henry: 1 | 2, Elizabeth Manresa, Erika Paola Gutierrez: 1 | 2, Eun Yang, Flounder, Howard Lee: 1 | 2, Jennifer Griffin: 1 | 2 | 3, Jill Graham Collins, Jonice Gray Tucker: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5, Kathleen Sebelius: 1 | 2 | 3, Katy J. Nelson: 1 | 2, Kiki Ryan, Laura Evans: 1 | 2 | 3, Lindsey Mask: 1 | 2, Mark Drapeau: 1 | 2, Maurisa Turner Potts, Mike Manatos: 1 | 2, Natasha Barrett: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, Nikki Schwab, Pamela Brown: 1 | 2, Rebecca Cooper Dupin: 1 | 2, Wendy J. Gordon, Winston Bao Lord: 1 | 2 | 3

WEST END -- A sea of pink ran through The Colonnade restaurant at The Fairmont, Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening, for the third annual Newsbabes Bash for Breast Cancer.

Two hundred survivors and supporters came together for last night’s fundraiser – all clad appropriately in various shades and forms of pink – with the end goal being to help raise breast cancer awareness in the District, while simultaneously raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure.

Each $100 ‘pink ticket’ bought guests access to a variety of themed signature cocktails (e.g., the ‘Pink Coconut’, the ‘Pink Berry’, and the ‘Nuvotini’), as well as a buffet of light hors d’oeuvres and plenty of ribbon-topped Georgetown Cupcakes.

DC101 DJ 'Flounder' spun an upbeat soundtrack for attendees; jokingly asking only for a photo of himself with WJLA's Alison Starling in return.

Flounder and WJLA's Alison Starling.

Flounder and his self-described 'lackies'.

Ambassador Nancy Brinker, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), D.C. First Lady (or First Daughter as she likes to be called) Jonice Gray Tucker, and FOX News correspondent Jennifer Griffin served as the event’s special guests, with each delivering a brief series of remarks about how breast cancer has impacted their own respective lives.

Ambassador Nancy Brinker

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

FOX News correspondent Jennifer Griffin

D.C. First Lady Jonice Gray Tucker

“We need to educate young women that they don’t need to spend their lives living in fear,” said Representative Wasserman Schultz. “…That they need to be familiar enough with their own breast health…so that they know when something feels different.”

Addressing the crowd of supporters, she concluded: “As a survivor, from the bottom of my heart…thank you so much. On to the victory that we know we will one day achieve when we stomp out breast cancer!”

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Pretty poignant (in pink).

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To learn more about the ‘Newsbabes’ and to further promote breast cancer awareness, please visit the group’s website.

Dr. Katy Nelson & WJLA's Pamela Brown.