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Viktor Franovik



Biltmore Who's Who Selects Viktor Franovik (aka Victor M. Vega, Jr.) as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Viktor Franovik, fashion designer for Franovik Designs, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Viktor Franovik’s commitment to excellence in the Fashion industry.

Franovik, a 1984 graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, has taken on a challenge with his business partner in Eco-Friendly fashion, creating some of the trendiest styles, including Haute Couture, by using recycled materials, fabrics and vintage garments.

After moving to Miami from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Franovik met his partner in Hollywood and they have been working together ever since. With over twenty combined years of experience between the two of them, they began experimenting with carnival and Halloween costumes by being eco-conscience, yet stylish. "We have a client pool that we cater too and also official designers to several pageant organizations, Ms. Latina International, Miss Earth United States, Miss Earth Florida, just to name a few," he said. In 2008, Franovik Designs was created, followed by a magazine, Models and Designers, and now partnering with a cosmetic line, Motives. Explaining himself as "The Renaissance Man", there is no limit to what is required of him or his business. "I am heavily involved in every aspect, from the designs to the models, publications, websites. Nothing goes out without me seeing or supervising it," he replied.

Franovik has always taken a liking to fashion after taking a graphic design elective while he was in college. He was always very fond of the arts, having a flair for working with colors and textures, being crafty and conveying his ideas on paper. And when he is not busy running his fashion business, he is also the Associate Vice-President for the University of Miami Hospital, his other true passion.

His hopes are to continue juggling both careers, and have his "green" fashion become more popular through some key international networks. Franovik Designs has been published in several papers, including the Santo Domingo Times, Palm Beach Illustrated and the Nuvia Rose in Brazil.

Franovik is a member of both Dade and Broward County's Chamber of Commerce, and he is an active volunteer and participant in numerus organizations and fundraising events for the American Heart Association, Angel's Pediatric Heart House, and other causes like HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, the Humane Society, and environmental issues. He was named Top Walker by the American Heart Association in 2008 for raising over $15,000 to their cause.

For more information, visit http://www.franovik.com.

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Viktor Franovik
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Monday, May 17, 2010