Attendees included fashion influencers like Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and sports stars like Olympic champ Gabrielle Douglas and Louisville sophomore Kevin Ware, who suffered a horrific leg break during an NCAA tournament game last month.

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But the President did not have enough time to hear them out or even share a meal because after only an hour he was scheduled to leave for the second fund-raiser, at the downtown home of Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue.

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It's here that front-row fixture Anna Wintour might take notice of a girl and put her in the pages of Vogue.

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