Tori Spelling has led tributes following the dying of superstar hairstylist and former Blowing LA actuality star Kim Vō.
“I’m so sorry, he was such an incredible human. Stuffed with such mild and love,” Spelling, 52, wrote to Kim’s husband, Adeel Vo-Khan, by way of Instagram on Saturday, January 24.
Adeel beforehand shared the information that the stylist had “taken his ultimate breath” after initially being recognized with colorectal most cancers in 2018.
“[Kim] fought valiantly, profitable many battles alongside the way in which and exceeding all medical expectations beneath the care of Dr. Lawrence Piro and his unbelievable staff at Angeles Clinic and Cedars-Sinai,” Adeel wrote. “In the end, God determined it was time for our angel on earth to return residence.”
Adeel continued, “Kim kindly requested in lieu of flowers & different tokens of condolences after his passing, to please channel your love & efforts in the direction of donations for Kim Vō Basis in help of hair, magnificence, and trend creatives additionally affected by most cancers.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Kim’s consultant for remark.
A follow-up assertion from Adeel touted the late stylist’s work with main manufacturers akin to L’Oréal and Schwarzkopf, which made him a “true icon within the hair and sweetness trade,” his husband famous.
“He was beloved not solely by his household and buddies, however by the worldwide hair group and thousands and thousands of viewers who got here to know him for each his artistry and his heat,” Adeel defined. “Kim had a uncommon capacity to make everybody really feel seen, welcomed, and at residence. His guiding philosophy of ‘approachable luxurious’ was central to all the pieces he did. Magnificence and glamour with out pretense, limitations, or exclusion.”
Based on the memorial publish, considered one of Kim’s “final needs” was to “proceed serving to others” even after his most cancers prognosis.
Hairstylist Kim Vo in March 2016. Randy Shropshire/Getty Photographs for Montage Beverly Hills
The assertion learn, “[Kim] selected to concentrate on gratitude and objective, ‘I’ve been extremely fortunate. I’ve skilled love, happiness, and significant relationships on and off display. I don’t want something extra, however I do need to use the platform, information, and success I’ve labored so arduous for to assist others. Every part I’ve been blessed with additionally belongs to the communities which have made me who I’m. I need my life to be celebrated with pleasure, positivity, and now, health-first vigilance,’ he stated. ‘That’s the which means of life. That’s the which means of my life.’”
Adeel promised to proceed rallying help for the “hair, magnificence, and trend creatives preventing most cancers” on behalf of the Kim Vō Basis.
“That is the legacy Kim and I are dedicated to constructing along with your help,” Adeel concluded. “We love you, we’re right here for you, and we are going to combat for you.”
Kim was maybe greatest identified for judging the Bravo hairstyling competitors Shear Genius alongside mannequin Camila Alves and fellow superstar stylist Jonathan Antin. Shear Genius aired on Bravo for 3 seasons between 2007 and 2010.
Other than his on-camera work for Shear Genius, Kim labored behind the scenes of actuality reveals Excessive Makeover and Plain Jane. He had extra not too long ago appeared on Paramount+’s superstar hairstylist docuseries Blowing LA, which adopted him on the job at his stylish Kim Vo Salon in West Hollywood.
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A lot of Kim’s shoppers, family and friends paid tribute to his influential work by way of Instagram following the announcement of his dying.
“I’ll always remember his kindness and the way particular I felt once I walked in these salon doorways. Could he fly excessive with the angels,” Emmy-nominated producer Ashley Hammen wrote. “I really feel so fortunate to have identified him and am sending prayers for therapeutic to all of the hearts who beloved him.”
TV host and influencer XiXi Yang added, “Kim, you modified my life. I nonetheless keep in mind strolling into your lovely salon on the Montage in Beverly Hills in 2012. I’d had fuzzy black hair for therefore lengthy, however I used to be craving change. I wished one thing lighter, one thing extra full of life that mirrored my character. You noticed it earlier than I might say it. You took me lighter, added layers, and one way or the other… all the pieces modified for me.”
“I keep in mind trying into the mirror after the colour and reduce, and nearly crying,” Yang, 36, went on. “I used to be seeing myself in another way, for the primary time. That second modified the trajectory of my life and my profession. You’ve been household ever since. Thanks for all of the love, care, perception, and magic you’ve poured into me through the years.”
