Seattle stylist host 'Hair Wars' to fight human trafficking

Seattle area stylists are shaping up for a big competition this weekend, and it's all for a great cause. Hair War Seattle takes the stage to raise money and awareness to help victims of human trafficking and exploitation. Fox 13's Dan Griffin shows us how these local creatives are using their talent to make a difference and how you can get involved. As the city of Seattle works to stop human trafficking and exploitation here along Aurora Avenue, non-profits are trying to help victims find independence. call it sheer genius first year first time i've ever done anything like this Kat Soriano at Salon Eight in Bellevue is on the cutting edge of Hair Wars a live runway show combining hair art and charity Hair Wars is actually designed to help an organization called Justice and Soul Foundation and what they do is they help survivors of exploitation and trafficking through cosmetology education they're raising fifty thousand dollars to teach survivors salon skills here in the Pacific Northwest expanding the Justice and Soul Foundations program first launched in Cambodia more than a decade ago we're all really one family so hairdressers unite all around the world but if we can directly impact somebody here in our home that would be fantastic Sunday 18 stylists will trim down the competition we will do our best to inspire them to rise themselves and don't forget that there's other side from blow dry to color. They'll be turning hair into high fashion sculptures. You're gonna look at structures that should not exist with hair. In fact, the goal is for you to look at it and be like, how is that hair? These women know in these chairs, lives can change. Now you can find Hair Wars at the Space at the Finery on October 25th. It is a ticketed event. We'll have more information on Fox13Seattle.com and the Fox Local app. For now, reporting along Aurora Avenue, Dan Griffin, Fox 13 News.