Yendi Phillipps and daughter, Israel McGregor, recently had a โvery candid and honest conversationโ about breast cancer, the TV media personality revealed.
Taking to Instagram, on Saturday (Oct. 19), the former Miss Jamaica Universe disclosed that she wasnโt sure if her daughter was โready to digest without becoming fearfulโ of the topic.
โMy daughter came home this week asking me about #BreastCancer. We had a very candid and honest conversation about breast cancer and many other cancers. Her questioning what causes #Cancer, can it be prevented, can it be cured, was all a line of questioning that I wasnโt sure she was ready to digest without becoming fearful,โ Yendi Phillipps captioned a photo of herself and her child.
The Jamaican model expressed she is left thrilled at her daughterโs understanding and awareness of breast cancer.
โBut most importantly we had the conversation and Iโm so thrilled at her understanding and awareness of it all,โ she continued.
In the photograph, Yendi Phillipps and her daughter can be seen sporting pairs of pink sneakers in support of women battling the disease.
โThanks to @paylesslatam also #ITieMyselfToTheCause. Proceeds of the sales of the laces in my shoes goes to the #MahimaFoundation in Jamaica, to continue the fight against breast cancer and to support women battling the disease. ?? Support the cause and get yours at #PaylessJamaica this October. ??,โ she added.
Since 2008, Payless ShoeSource has been an active participant in the fight against breast cancer in Jamaica. In 2013, Phillipps joined the effort after becoming an ambassador to Payless and itโs Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.
The Mahima Foundation, a non-profit organization, was formed in 2012 to assist The Hope Institute, Jamaicaโs only palliative care center, and specialist oncology hospital. The foundation was founded in honor of Monique โMahimaโ Geourzoung after her death in 2010 from breast cancer. The Mahima Foundation is a cause that is very close to Phillippsโ heart, having been a family friend of the Geourzongs for many years and knowing Mahima for whom the foundation is named.
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