Society

Carolina Rodriguez-Barros

Expat former model offers advice on looking good

by Malcolm Curtis

September 3, 2010 | 09:50

A former model from Buenos Aires sets up a consulting company in Geneva to help women look their best without resorting to cosmetic surgery and botox injections. Dare to Glow’s Carolina Rodriguez-Barros, a former victim of anorexia, “reinvents herself” and offers tips ranging from dressing for success to good posture aimed at bringing the inner beauty of her expat clients to the surface.

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Lifestyle
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Following his brilliant performances at Verbier Festival in July, Swisster catches up with musical phenomenon Kit Armstrong for an exclusive interview. A young man who started maths at the age of two,...Full story

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	Phil Collins opens up ahead of Montreux Jazz concert
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	British conductor Laurence Dale brings England to Evian
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	Obama campaigner reveals political power of web
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Profile: expat gold investor Patrick Pittaway
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Full storyMay 3, 2010 | 08:30by Giles Broom

South African investment banker becomes Lift operator
South African Sarah Suter gives up high-flying investment banking for event management. She joins Lift, the producer of global meeting opportunities for techno-thinkers, to help organize the three-day...

Full storyApril 30, 2010 | 10:47by Michèle Laird

Vaud museum displays lovemaking video art
Emmanuelle Antille, one of Switzerland’s best known contemporary artists, here and abroad, fills the charming Pully Museum near Lausanne with her visions of the rawness of life at the borderline of beauty,...

Full storyApril 15, 2010 | 10:21by Michèle Laird

Events team widens business network for Vaud expats
Event organizers, Jos van Megchelen from Holland, and American Frenchwoman Melania Quinn, "connect people and businesses" in a quest to help local expat companies and individuals improve their chances...

Full storyApril 13, 2010 | 13:06by Marcus Berry

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Japanese-born, US-trained architect Yumiko Yamada has dedicated four years of her life to piloting the construction of the Rolex Learning Center at Lausanne's Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) designed...

Full storyApril 7, 2010 | 13:31by Michèle Laird

Science meets art in works of rising expat star
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Full storyMarch 4, 2010 | 08:41by Michèle Laird

Sarah Marquis to walk alone from Siberia to Australia
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Full storyFebruary 19, 2010 | 08:54by Michèle Laird

René Bannwart, Corum watch founder, dies aged 95
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Full storyJanuary 21, 2010 | 10:21by Marcus Berry

Expat ski entrepreneur plans Swiss expansion
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Full storyDecember 17, 2009 | 10:35by Giles Broom

Marthe Keller directs Don Giovanni at Geneva Opera
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Full storyDecember 11, 2009 | 10:30by Michèle Laird

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Full storyNovember 24, 2009 | 08:30by Michèle Laird

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Full storyNovember 18, 2009 | 08:20by Michèle Laird

Artist Jenny Holzer lights up Basel and Zurich
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Full storyNovember 12, 2009 | 08:49by Michèle Laird