Proud Partners With ESPN On-Air Personality and Gold Medalist Victoria Arlen To Donate To Her Organization

Proud™ is a newly released womenswear and menswear collection with a mission to give back. Any purchase the customer makes from the website, 10% (gross/pre-tax) will be donated to their charity of choice: Victoria’s Victory Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Pink Ribbon Girls, Baby2Baby, Off The Street Club, or the Rezvan Foundation. In the long run, the brand has set an ambitious goal of giving ten million dollars in the next five years. Proud’s ethos is to create a brand that unifies people beyond the current political divide in America and awaken the philanthropist in each of us. The idea is no matter where you come from or what you do, we all have something to be proud of. The Proud logo is a star and is a reflection of your commitment to those around you. It is your declaration of why you are proud – and is your badge to show it to the world. Every day, ordinary people are doing extraordinary things to make our world a better place.

Victoria Arlen is a world renowned Speaker, ESPN On-Air Personality, Model, Actor, Gold and Silver Medalist. Victoria’s life drastically changed in 2006 at the age of eleven when she developed two rare conditions known as Transverse Myelitis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. This was an incredibly rare scenario and Victoria quickly lost the ability to speak, eat, walk and move. She slipped into a vegetative state in which doctors had written her off as a lost cause. Victoria spent nearly four years “locked” inside her own body completely aware of what was going on just unable to move or communicate. Victoria, however, was not ready to give up! In 2010 after almost four years she began the nearly impossible fight back to life. Learning how to speak, eat and move all over again. Victoria went on to exceedingly defy the odds and not only recovered but has since become an accomplished Motivational Speaker, Television Host and Swimmer. Her swimming resume includes three Silvers and a Gold medal from the London 2012 Paralympic Games as well as multiple World, American and Pan American Records. In April 2015, Victoria made the transition from professional athlete to sportscaster and joined ESPN as one of the youngest on-air talents hired by the company and reports and hosts across all platforms.

In the Spring of 2016 Victoria defied yet another odd and after spending nearly a decade in a wheelchair paralyzed from the waist down was able to learn how take one step after another and eventually not only did she learn how to walk but within a year and a half in the Fall of 2017 she learned to dance as a contestant on Season 25 of Dancing with the Stars. Victoria and her dance partner Val Chmerkovskiy quickly became fan favorites. Victoria’s book titled Locked In hit stores worldwide in August of 2018. In July of 2019 in addition to her ESPN duties, Victoria was announced as the new host of America Ninja Warrior Jr, Season 2 which launched in February 2020. Victoria is also carrying out her dream of helping others, serving as the Founder and Co-Chair of Victoria’s Victory Foundation, a nonprofit that assists those with mobility challenges to achieve their own personal victory.