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That is, until she received a notification on Friday night alerting her of a $5,605 donation made by none other than Chrissy Teigen.
“I thought it was a glitch,” Edney wrote on her Instagram account. “I then looked at my email and realized it came from my fundraiser. @chrissyteigen donated my entire tuition money for school.”
It’s still unclear how the supermodel found Mercedes, but there’s no doubt that she recognized the 33-year-old’s passion, as confirmed by a short note Chrissy included with her donation:
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“I’ve seen this be your passion for such a long time now. So excited to see you fulfill your dream!”
Overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude, Mercedes tweeted at Chrissy Teigen, only to receive yet another response:
Mercedes says the gesture was completely unexpected, and “a blessing that [she] could have never seen coming.” She plans to let it help her in her next steps and never take for granted the kindness that was shown to her.