DUBAI: American YouTube personality Ms. Rachel was recently named among the winners of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year 2025 awards and attended the ceremony in New York wearing a dress featuring hand-drawn images by children in Gaza.
The long-time advocate for children in Gaza, known worldwide for her educational content, wore an upcycled dress featuring embroidered copies of illustrations created by children in Palestine.
She also held a sheet of paper featuring photographs of the children which she showed off on the red carpet on Tuesday.
“I’m thinking about all the little ones there and what we can do for them,” she told livestream hosts Brooks and Grace Ann Nader on the red carpet.
“I’m carrying their stories in my heart,” she added. “They all know about the dress, and they’re so excited.”
Ms. Rachel attended Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year 2025 awards in a dress featuring images drawn by children in Gaza. (Getty Images)
Ms. Rachel, real name Rachel Griffin-Accurso, is one of the most well-known creators of educational entertainment for preschoolers, with more than 17.5 million subscribers on YouTube.
The second season of her show on Netflix is the biggest launch for children’s content in the streaming platform’s history. The show has so far racked up 53 million views.
Her media empire includes 13 billion YouTube views, nine books, and a line of toys.
She is equally well-known for taking a stance in support of the children in Gaza, which has seen her come under fire from pro-Israel supporters.
“My love and care for children doesn’t stop at my own children,” she previously told Glamour. “It doesn’t stop at the children in our country. It embraces every child of the world.
“And I don’t think that our love should end at religion or skin color or where people are born. I think that that’s not what’s right, in my soul.”
She added: “Children should have human rights, and children do have human rights. To me, that grown-ups are failing children and not following those guidelines, it’s so upsetting.”
In May, Ms. Rachel made headlines when she filmed content with Rahaf, a 3-year-old double amputee from Gaza evacuated by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
