T he glamour with a capital “G” was real when television personality and Dancing with the Stars 2008 champion and program host from 2010 to 2013 Brooke Burke brought her star power to Houston’s Operation Smile Gala, held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. The ninth annual benefit for the international nonprofit captured a record $650,000, bringing the total earned from its nine annual galas up to $3.5 million.

Viet Hoang , publisher and founder of Yellow Magazine , a nd Sneha Merchant , artist and philanthropist, created the event to showcase Houstonians’ commitment to transforming the lives of kids through cleft lip and palate surgery.

The successful evening was co-chaired by Stacey Lindseth and April McGee , with additional financial support the work of auction co-chai

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