MCF Champions of Education Benefit: Red Carpet, Dinner, and Fashion Show in the Hamptons

The VIP dinner room at Four Seasons Caterer.

A portion of the silent auction items.

Stuffed cupcakes, donated by The Petite Cafe in Nutley, NJ.

Heidi Albertsen, Dolly Segal and Barry Segal of the Segal Family Foundation, and MacDella Cooper.

Ramona Singer, LuAnn de Lesseps, and Alex McCord from The Real Housewives of New York.

Former NFL player Brandon Short, Samantha Fennell, MacDella Cooper, and former America's Next Top Model judge Nole Marin.

Actress Katheryn Winnick, who just finished shooting a film with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl.

Mistress of Ceremonies Cali Carlin, national correspondent for CBS News Interactive, with family and friends.

MacDella Cooper, Surface magazine publisher Richard Klein, MCF Academy architect Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics, MCF Advisory Board member Gianna Farina and daughter Camilla, and Master of Ceremonies Brian Custer, an Emmy-award winning sports anchor.

MCF board member Erin Browne with guest and designer Anna Sabino, owner of Lucid New York.

Lalesso designers Olivia Kennaway and Alice Heusser, whose fashions were seen later in the evening during an exclusive runway show.

Tim Esplin of Esplin Enterprises/designerswithpurpose.com (the business manager of Lalesso), with wife Natalia.

Anna Sabino of Lucid New York, MacDella Cooper, and Libby Langdon of HGTV.

Brandon Short with guest and event emcee Kerry Cassidy with guest.

Heidi Wynne, Kelli Goff, Samantha Fennell, MacDella Cooper, and Heidi Albertsen

MCF board member Tom Creal, MacDella Cooper, Ramona Singer of The Real Housewives of New York, MCF Director of Finance Farrah Fogarty, and Master of Ceremonies Brian Custer.

MCF director of operations Tammy Tibbetts, MCF event coordinator Lianne Zhang, and MCF director of finance Farrah Fogarty.

MCF volunteer Melissa Arocha with Todd Richman, New York Area Manager of Frederick Wildman and Sons, the liquor sponsor.

GuestofaGuest.com editors.

Simon Tiemtore of Morgan Stanley and guest.

Peter Jallah and guests.

Actress Katheryn Winnick and friends.

Trevor Freeland, MacDella Cooper, and Rashaun Williams.

Host committee member Kerry Cassidy kicks off the evening's program.

Mistress of ceremonies Cali Carlin listens to master of ceremonies Brian Custer share his connection to MCF.

MacDella Cooper shares her harrowing story of escaping from Liberia during the civil war.

Guests listen to MacDella Cooper's story of hope.

Acclaimed architect Winka Dubbeldam presents her plans for the MCF Academy, the first tuition-free school in post-war Liberia, set to open in Fall 2010.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

A model displays summer fashion from Lalesso, a fair-trade label.

The Lalesso fashion team with the models.