Serena singing to raise awareness

A wonderfully moving rendition of the song @lgray3911  - you and your fellow Northern Qld singers are just amazing xxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgiN1Gxkp84

Just received my Chrissy T-shirt bra. It is beautiful.

I must admit @Sister - I too was surprised when Serena was used to head the program.   I am hoping she donated her time for the campaign .... and she probably designed the snake skin design bra, too, with profits from sales going to BCNA

I am sure she regretted what happened on court and hopefully it won’t happen again. 

For or those who didn’t see the interview, here it is .... 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RqOwtw_ZVMI

It's funny (and it's probably something to do with my complete indifference to Serena, and to celebrities in general) but I don't feel any connection to this at all and I find it hard to imagine anyone would.  And before anyone sees this as an issue, I do stress that I realise it's probably just me.  Yep, Serena is a woman so there's that but I don't feel there's anything in particular that links her with this cause, and that may just be that I know nothing about her other than that she plays tennis.  To the cynical me, this is just good PR for her.  And as was said earlier, this song was never intended to be about breast checks, it was only used as such in a tribute immediately after Chrissie's death, and at least some of those women knew her.  So, I do hope that too much money wasn't paid to use Serena because I'm not sure it has much resonance.  I hope that I am wrong.

I couldn't feel my tumours even after my GP found them - and nor did the mammogram or ultrasound identify them weeks later.

Tho I think awareness & self detection is still how most are found.

I now advise family members & friends to have their GP check their boobs every time they have a Pap Smear.

@Zoffiel    'Brand Ambassadors' have been 'on the rise' over the last 20 years or so - think George Clooney & the Coffee Pod things ...... I think Jennifer Anniston did a Hair Product ..... Deborah Hutton was with Womens Weekly (or was it Myer?)  Usually High Profile names paid MEGA BUCKS to spruik their cause (often with the adverts NOT being shown in the country of the Star's origin as a part of the contract!)

Excellent discussion - Thankyou one and all!

I needed a mammogram for diagnosis. I couldn't feel anything, so someone telling me to feel myself wouldn't have turned anything up

I like the box of lemons too. I couldn't feel anything even when I knew where the tumour was. It was a bit of pinkness and a slight twinge that got me to my GP, who promptly referred me to a breast specialist. As with the beast itself, it's not all one set of circumstances or one set of treatments. So different strokes and different campaigns make sense.