International Press
Christine Paige for LA Times/Photo: Faith Ninivaggi
Christine Paige with client for LA Times/Photo: Faith Ninivaggi
Christine Paige with client for LA Times/Photo: Faith Ninivaggi
CHRISTINE PAIGE FOR LOS ANGELES TIMES (2021)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
Christine Paige, a hairdresser and wigmaker, was confused and a little suspicious when she got a text purporting to be from the White House asking if she would participate in an event with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Could this be real? Paige wasn’t sure. But after talking with a confidant, she decided to call back. Maybe Harris wanted her hair done, Paige thought, just as Cardi B did a few years ago when she came to Providence.
But Harris didn’t need a blow-out. Her office wanted Paige to take one of five seats in a “women-led small business roundtable” Harris was hosting with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the former Rhode Island governor.
Read Full Story: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-11-02/column-one-christine-paige-kamala-harris-roundtables
Christine Paige for LA Times/Photo: Faith Ninivaggi
CHRISTINE PAIGE FOR LOS ANGELES TIMES (2021)
LA Times Today: How a brief brush with Kamala Harris changed a wigmaker’s life
Watch L.A. Times on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch Cox on Channel 99.
NOV. 18, 2021 2:20 PM PT
Rhode Island wigmaker Christine Paige will always remember the moment she received a text from the White House, asking if she would like to participate in a roundtable discussion with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Paige and L.A. Times correspondent Noah Bierman joined Lisa McRee to share the story of the small business owner’s surprising encounter with the vice president.