
Love Ball III

CFDA
CFDA & Susanne Bartsch Present Love Ball III
CFDA Grants $500k This World AIDS Day
Half a million dollars were raised at HIV/AIDS fundraiser Love Ball III to support eight New York-based LGBTQ+ organizations.

Susanne Bartsch is a legendary New York City event producer and fundraiser, who founded The Love Ball in 1989. “It’s the 30th anniversary of The Love Ball, which I created to celebrate life, to show support for people living with HIV, and to unite people to fight AIDS,” Susanne Bartsch said. “It’s the most important fight I ever fought. While much progress has been made since, the disease continues to disproportionately affect underserved communities. The fight continues.”

Billy Porter
Billy Porter is Love Ball III’s Master of Ceremonies. Known to Broadway fans as the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning star of Kinky Boots for creating the role of “Lola”. Since unlacing the famous red boots, Porter released an album entitled “The Soul of Richard Rodgers” and starred as the role of “Pray Tell” on the Ryan Murphy-helmed FX television series “POSE,” for which he received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. He most recently appeared on the acclaimed FX series “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” as “Behold Chablis.” Later this summer, he will appear in the feature film The Big Break, alongside Tiffany Haddish, Salma Hayek, and Rose Byrne.

New York Community Trust
The New York Community Trust connects past, present, and future generous New Yorkers with vital nonprofits working to make a healthy, equitable, and thriving community for all. Love Ball III proceeds raised by the CFDA Foundation will benefit the CFDA-Vogue Initiative/New York City AIDS Fund of The New York Community Trust.
Judges
Judges
Amanda Lepore
Andre’ Leon Talley
Aquaria
Char Defrancesco
Christian Siriano
David and Phillipe Blond (The Blonds)
Dita Von Teese
Indya Moore
Jack Mizrahi
Janet Mock
Kevin Aviance
Marc Jacobs
Mary J. Blige
Miss Lawrence
Nicky Hilton-Rothschild
Patrick Starrr
Teyana Taylor
Zaldy
Host
Host Committee
Anita Durst
August Getty Atelier
Barneys New York
Calvin Klein Family Foundation
Douglas Hand
George Slowik
IMG Models
Jordan Roth & Richie Jackson
Michael Kors & Lance Le Pere
Mr. Timo Weiland
Playboy
PVH Corp.
Simon Doonan
Simon Huck
Slobodan Randjelovic & Jon Stryker
Sophia Schrager
Sophie Von Haselberg
Steven Kolb & Jay Inkpen
Tom & Mara Hutton, Geoffrey Beene Foundation
Victor Glemaud
W Hotels Worldwide
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Zaldy
and the late Grandfather Hector Xtravaganza
Trophies
Trophies
Jack Pierson
Lucy Dodd
KAWS
Tony Oursler
Kenny Scharf
Raul de Nieves
Partners



