FRANGI PANGI LUXURY PANTYHOSE

CT TALENT LAUNCHES HOSIERY LINE FOR WOMEN OF EVERY COLOUR -COMPANY BENEFITS CAROLINE’S ROOM CHARITY ASSISTING FAMILIES OF PREMATURE BABIES

For two decades, Jocelyn Maminta has been a familiar face in the top television markets across the country. Now a medical reporter and contributor to News Channel 8’s “Connecticut Style” her life is played out on camera. After years of struggling to find the right hosiery to compliment her darker complexion, she decided to take matters into her own hands. In 2012, Maminta founded Frangi Pangi, a look nude hosiery company, with shades customized for women of every colour. “I came up with the line after years of frustration – buying top line hosiery that ran after only a couple of wears, not being able to find it and having to go to the mall, and once there, settling for a color that didn’t really match my skin,” Maminta said. Frangi Pangi has distinguished itself as the only company in the industry offering ten skin tones, plus black. Frangi Pangi doesn’t only claim to be run-resistant, it’s guaranteed, no questions asked. “We have only had three pairs returned where the customer said they didn’t get at least four wears from our hosiery,” said Maminta. “A lot of companies say their product is run-resistant but they never back it up with more than words. We do!” In addition to offering longer lasting power, Frangi Pangi hosiery is made entirely in the USA- from the yarn to packaging and everything in between. Another difference is Frangi Pangi is a female and minority-owned company. “We’re the real deal offering quality, comfort and value. Hosiery gives you that finished elegant look. Frangi Pangi covers up what life dishes out,” said Maminta. “The control top is comfortable and allows women to feel tucked in, not squished into shapes they really aren’t.” Beyond offering a new, quality product at a reasonable price, perhaps what is most remarkable about this company is where the profits go. The national foundation Caroline’s Room is the charitable benefactor of Frangi Pangi earnings. Caroline’s Room builds elegant family rooms in the NICUs of hospitals around the country. The Caroline’s Room Fund is part of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and as such, enjoys non-profit status. “These rooms are critical to the parents of premature babies where the child can be in the NICU for weeks and months, if not longer, before going home,” said Maminta. “These rooms are comfortable, stylish living rooms where parents can take a break from the bedside vigil and meet with family and ministers, caregivers and doctors. In some really critical cases, the baby will not survive – Caroline’s Room is there for those final private, un-rushed moments.” Caroline’s Room was born out of Jocelyn’s Maminta and her husband Gary’s own heart wrenching experience. It is named in honor of their daughter Caroline who tumbled into the world unexpectedly, premature by ten weeks and weighing less than two pounds. She could fit in the palm of your hand and although Caroline was tiny in size, she was big – very big – in heart. In her first four weeks of life Caroline was winning, gaining weight and improving upon her breathing. Then suddenly, little Caroline developed a life-threatening infection. “It was on a beautiful, crisp Connecticut spring morning, two months and a day after Caroline was born that we, her parents, got to hold her for the first time without all the tubes and equipment,” said Maminta. “Caroline died that morning, a thin blue curtain between us and the other anxious parents who prayed all the harder, “please not us.” Now 16 years later, thanks to Caroline’s Room, families do have a place for privacy inside NICU’s. Caroline’s Room has grown with 13 rooms in 7 states so far and more are in the planning. Jocelyn and Gary are also on the Connecticut State Board of the March of Dimes. “We are here on earth for such a short period of time. We are blessed to live in this country and it is our responsibility to leave it a better place for having been here,” adds Maminta. “I’m a woman of faith who believes that God gives you the grace and help to deal with life’s challenges. In return, we should use those experiences to smooth the path for others who will most assuredly follow in our footsteps.”