Reese Witherspoon goes to Washington to end violence against women and ET’s Kevin Frazier is exclusively interviewing her!

Reese, in her capacity as an Avon Global Ambassador, celebrated Avon’s International Women’s Day event and promoted awareness of violence against women and the launch of the Avon Empowerment Ring. Reese explained that sales of the ring, which sells for $5, will go toward efforts to stop violence against women.

On Wednesday, Reese spoke at a breakfast meeting of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women at the Department of State before heading to the International Women of Courage Awards, co-hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, where she also spoke.

Are politics in Reese’s future? Kevin asks, “In [your film] ‘Legally Blonde,’ it was kind of hinted and joked about, but maybe one day [will] you run for office or do something political?”

Reese replied, “Haha, that’s funny Kevin … no. I’m just thrilled to do my part.”

“This is how it starts — little by little by little,” Kevin pointed out.

Reese left the door open, saying, “I don’t know, I have been in Washington quite a bit, maybe I’m getting the bug!”

Reese also spilled the beans about her next project — she’s headed to circus training for her new movie, ‘Water for Elephants,’ co-starring Rob Pattinson and new Oscar winner Christoph Waltz.

For more on Avon and its programs to help women, click here.

Actress Reese Witherspoon, as honorary chairwoman of Avon Foundation, spoke to British politicians earlier this month in conjunction with charity Refuge’s campaign launch, Four Ways To Speak Out, about domestic violence against women.

According to Avon, two women are killed each week in England and Wales by current or former partners, and one in four women will be victims of domestic violence at some point. However, Avon research shows that most people don’t know of anyone who is suffering from such abuse, due mostly to the shame felt by surviving victims, which keeps them from talking about it. It is a well-kept secret that shouldn’t be.

Witherspoon has called upon the UK government to improve services for victims. “There remains what can seem like an impenetrable wall of silence around violence,” she said, “and we must all play a role in breaking this silence.”

Refuge’s campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse is their latest attempt to keep domestic violence on the political agenda. You can add your name to the petition at Four Ways To Speak Out.

From Look to the Stars

It’s just a small gallery update for now, but I’ve added captures of Reese’s In Bloom fragrance commercial to the gallery. Reese looks beautiful as always.

Gallery Links:
- Misc > Screencaps > Commercials > Avon In Bloom

Reese was in Washington, DC yesterday to speak at the launch of the global mobilization effort against domestic violence, which is being helmed by Avon. Doesn’t Reese look amazing?! There is 53 images from this press conference – you can view them by clicking on the links below.

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > Appearances From 2009 > Avon Launches Global Mobilization Effort Against Domestic Violence

I have a small – but really cool – update for today. I have added scans from 3 of the Avon campaigns featuring Reese. I’m an Avon rep, so I’ll continue to scan and add new Reese features as I see them. There’s 2 sets of images that haven’t been released to everyone yet, so make sure you guys check those out. :D

I also added some clippings from various magazines and a short article that “People” magazine did with Reese this past May. There is still a ton of stuff left to scan (I’ve been collecting on Reese since 2000) and they will be added with time. lol

You can click on the gallery links below to see what was added. Enjoy!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans & Photoshoots > Magazine Scans > People (US) – May 26, 2008
- Scans & Photoshoots > Magazine Scans > Various Clippings / Unsorted
- Scans & Photoshoots > Advertisements > AVON – Campaign 18
- Scans & Photoshoots > Advertisements > AVON – Campaign 19 (Preview)
- Scans & Photoshoots > Advertisements > AVON – Campaign 20 (Preview)