Venus Williams Sponsors T-Shirt Design Contest For South Florida College Students
Winners get tickets to next year’s Sony Ericsson
AP
Venus Williams had won her first match against Vesna Dolonts, of Russia, at the U.S. Open.
Tennis icon and aspiring fashion designer Venus Williams recently launched a t-shirt design contest exclusively for college students in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties with winners also getting to share her two passions.
The “Empowering Artists Through the Arts” T-shirt contest started December 17 and runs through January 17. Contestants will create unisex graphic to be printed on T-shirts with Williams picking 11 finalists who get two tickets to watch her play in next year’s Sony Ericsson and an invitation to a VIP reception in Miami.
From the finalist, Williams will pick a grand prize winning entry that will have his or her graphic printed on a T-shirt to be sold at the tournament, meet her at the VIP reception as well as receive an autographed tennis racket.
For more information on the contest, click here.
