Jerome Huff wants everyone to know that education is not readily available to everyone who wants it.

This is one of Huff's (senior-sociology) reasons for heading the Glamour Fashion Show, which takes place tomorrow night and benefits Asha for Education.

"Asha," the word for hope in many languages, is student-run organization to help provide education for underprivileged children in India.

"We're raising money to help fund schools in India to free children from slavery," Huff, Race Relations Project (RRP) facilitator, said.

Huff, who also ran RRP meetings, became involved in Asha through Sociology 119 (Race and Ethnic Relations), a class taught by Professor Sam Richards.

After become a teaching assistant for Richards, he and a fellow classmate put on a small fashion show last year, where he got the idea to try it again, but in a bigger venue.

However, raising awareness for Asha is not the only reason Huff wanted to put on this fashion show.

"Another purpose for the show was to allow people to see women and men who have different body types -- they're all beautiful," he said. "I also want to celebrate diversity and to empower women."

The models will mostly be wearing clothes from their own wardrobes with a little bit of help from Access, 224 E. College Ave., who is supplying accessories. The models include Huff's friends and friends of friends.

Camille Davis (junior-public relations) signed up to help Huff after working with him in the past.

"I worked with Jerome on the RRP and have been working on issues like this ever since Soc 119," Davis said.

However, it wasn't just the class that inspired Davis to take a part in raising awareness.

"Ever since I read the book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, I learned about slaves in today's society, and I wanted to help; I felt like this was my responsibility," she said.

Disposable People says that 27 million people in today's world are considered to be enslaved.

Davis said she felt that her responsibility was to help raise money for Asha for Education so that everyone who wants to receive an education has the ability to do so.

Another model recruited for the show, Katie Maillet (senior-media studies), joined the event after Huff asked her to participate.

"I wasn't sure about the show at first," Maillet said. "Now that I know what it is all about, I think it's really great."

Maillet also joined the organization after taking a class with Richards.

"I know [Richards], and he's a great guy, and I really like all the causes he supports," she said.

Maillet and the rest of the models taking part in the fashion show have been rehearsing their runway catwalks with Huff for the past week.

"We meet in the HUB and then try to find a spot to rehearse somewhere," Huff said.

All Huff and his models need are a place to walk, so they have been practicing mainly in hallways.

With a small boom box for music, the models strut up and down the hallways, even though the tight space made it so hot that their makeup ran.

In the end, Huff said he hopes people have fun and see some beautiful men and women.

Maillet agrees and hopes that people will come out for a great night of entertainment.

"It's really cheap, but the more people come, the more money that will go to these schools in India," she said.

Yet, tomorrow night's show isn't all about glamour.

"Asha will give a five- to 10-minute presentation and explain where the money is going and to what schools will benefit," Huff said. "The presentation is so the audience can be connected a little bit more."