Short Stuff: Did Tippy Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry?
Vietnamese Americans came to dominate the U.S. nail salon industry thanks to a pivotal 1975 encounter between actress Tippy Hedron and refugee women at Hope Village in California, where Hedron had the idea to train them in nail care—a move that sparked a cultural and economic shift. What
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