Meet Sannecia Davis | Boutique Owner & Creative Director Fire On The Runway Arkansas Fashion Weekend

We had the good fortune of connecting with Sannecia Davis and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Sannecia, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today?
Hello my name is Sannecia Davis and i’m from Conway Arkansas. I struggled with a drug addiction that stripped me from everything I once loved including myself. Opioids ended up being my drug of choice. I I can’t count on my hand the numerous drug overdoses of loved ones and friends that I knew who passed. I was so tired I can faintly remember trying to take my own life, but God had other plans for me. I was raised in church, I had a praying grandmother who wouldn’t give up on me, she gave my life all she had until she no longer could, and she passed away with hopeless tears in her eyes on her death bed. I began to pick my bible back up and started back reading asking God to help me with a monkey I was fighting with on my back and that I was losing. My life began to change immediately. I was introduced to a drug program or go to prison for 10 years. But while incarcerated I wrote down everything I was going to do and applied it. I came home and enrolled in a fashion college and started a Brand called BlessedGals taking it to social media with t-shirts telling my story that went viral. Real Life Stories Turned into Fashion. Every t-shirt I made was something that happened in my life. My brand touched the world, everyone all over the world could relate to my story. I opened a storefront BlessedGals and my brand and story six years later are still reaching and touching people. I decided to take my fashion statements and put them on the runway and that’s how Fire on the Runway was created one of the biggest fashion shows in central Arkansas. I started a prison program called Blessings After to where I transport children to prisons to visit their incarcerated parents. I love my new life, I believe God does give second chances you have to want it, fight for it and never give up. Four months ago, I filmed a documentary with PBS called a Rose That Grew From Concrete.. My success and story continue to give hope to the hopeless.
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What should our readers know about your business?
I’m proud of myself for overcoming obstacles in life that so many people didn’t think I could. I’m where I am at today by the grace of God and networking and treating everyone the exact same whether rich or poor. It is never easy when you have so many people waiting on you to fall but so many people that love you. I overcome challenges by making a plan , thinking big , and never giving up. The lessons I have learned along the way is that when you feel like your falling GET BACK UP, entrepreneurship is hard its not easy you have to surround yourself with people who wants it for you just as much as you do. I want the world to know that God does gives second chances. keep fighting , never give up you can do this!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Hey if you guys come to my city I would first of course bring you Downtown Conway to BlessedGals and then take you to eat and have a drink at Mikes Place

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My shout out would be my Grandmother Pearlie Davis in all that I do. She loved me unconditionally with all her heart. No matter what I did she was there. She taught me everything I know about being a business owner. I miss her dearly I know for a fact she is my guardian angel.

Instagram: blessedgals01

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Image Credits
Make up and hair credits Natressa Rena and Fox 16 Arkansas Style