Kate Michael

Kate Michael, @kstreetkate, is a Writer/Model/On-Camera Host and Event Emcee. Notable as the Founder and current Editor-At-Large of K Street Magazine, Kate started the site while serving as Miss District of Columbia 2006 and competing in Miss America (2007). Currently, Kate works as a professional spokesperson and model, walking the runway for such industry icons as Valentino, Derek Lam, Naeem Kahn and Oscar de la Renta. Her media portfolio includes a spread in Elle magazine and features on Inside Edition and BBC World News’ “The Real Cities” series. You’ll catch her interviewing guests on DC’s NewChannel8′s Let’s Talk Live and showcasing products on BestBuy.com, as well as work appearing on NBC, Fox, Comcast and local print publications.

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Pinpointing Diplomacy

Posted on February 1, 2010 in Uncategorized

“I didn’t spend the entire time thinking about what pin I would wear,” Madeleine Albright confessed at the Newseum Sunday afternoon. “Honestly, I think a woman just needs to have her own style.”

Her style just happened to have diplomatic ramifications, which are revealed in her new book, “Read My Pins,” a memoir of Albright’s jewelry selections and their underlying messages on foreign policy.

“When I was in a good mood, it was flowers and butterflies. In a bad mood, it was various carnivorous animals,” Albright joked. And it all started when Saddam Hussein called her and her work an “unparalled serpent.”

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