13th Annual Latino Trendsetter Awards 2015.

I am honored to be enjoying the 13th Annual Latino Trendsetter Awards, last year i had the opportunity to be the red carpet correspondant and this year i am amongst the presence of so many influential people and nominated as well.

I started MDollNYC.com 4 years ago in hopes to inspire so many that i'd be in these seats one day.

I was 1 of 20 NYC Bloggers nominated for an influencer award.

Dress by Theia

TV actor J.W. Cortes and I on the Red Carpet.

The #LatinoTrendsetter Awards were produced by LatinTRENDS and sponsored in part by CUNY, Nissan, New York Presbyterian Hospital, SBS, La Mega 97.9 & Amor 93.1, Inca Kola and Hennessy.

My friend Yessenia Ramos and I checking out the 2015 Award recipients, that night were Lorraine Cortés-Vásquez, AARP; Seny Tavares, CUNY In The Heights; Frank Galarza, boxer and youth activist; Hector D. Ruiz, Delta; Lynda Baquero, NBC4 New York; Vanessa Gonzalez Plumhoff, Federation of America; Daisy Auger-Dominguez, Disney, ABC Television Group; Eric Garcia, Spanish Broadcasting System, La Mega & Amor; Tony Jimenez, MICROTECH; Maria Amor, Formulatin; Anthony Lolli, Rapid Realty NYC, and a special Live it health award went to Nemesio Ortiz, Healthfirst.

Dance Company Cali Salsa Pal Mundo.

Plus-size model Denise Bidot.

Dance company Cali Salsa Pal Mundo.

The evening was co-hosted by fashion pioneering plus-size model and current LatinTRENDS Magazine cover person, Denise Bidot; and film and TV actor J.W. Cortes.