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Vienna Girardi has spent a lot of time in the spotlight, appearing on\u00a0ABC\u2019s\u00a0The Bachelor <\/em>and\u00a0VH1\u2019s\u00a0Couple\u2019s Therapy, <\/em>but the UCF interpersonal communication alumna is focusing on making her new dream a reality.<\/p>\n

Girardi recently opened up\u00a0Vixen Boutique near UCF.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of right now, I am just getting my boutique up and going,\u201d\u00a0Girardisaid. \u201cI just want to settle down, really. I want to be by my family and be normal again. It\u2019s just overwhelming to be out there in the spotlight. \u2026 I want to have more of a simple life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Girardi\u00a0grew up in nearby Geneva and sees herself as a small-town girl who fell in love with clothes and fashion while attending\u00a0UCF. It was during her sophomore year that she drew up a business plan for the Vixen Boutique and planned to open it up near the campus since there was no real shopping places available when she was in school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I was out in L.A., I was meeting tons of different designers,\u201d she said. \u201cEverything happens for a reason, and I think that the reason I was really on TV out in L.A. was to meet all these prospects and people for my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

After returning to Florida and scouting out potential locations for a storefront,\u00a0Girardi\u00a0finally opened up Vixen Boutique in the University Commons Plaza this year. The boutique carries styles that are exclusive to Los Angeles and are not sold anywhere else except for the designer\u2019s own personal stores. By bringing Los Angeles to Florida, she wants to be able to give Florida women the opportunity to wear fun and flirty fashions that make them feel beautiful.<\/p>\n

Read more about Girardi and Vixen Boutique by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Girardi recently opened up\u00a0Vixen Boutique near UCF. \u201cAs of right now, I am just getting my boutique up and going,\u201d\u00a0Girardisaid. \u201cI just want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":4206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,13,37,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-news","category-communication","category-shining-knights"],"yoast_head":"\nUCF grad making her dream a reality - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-grad-made-dream-a-reality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCF grad making her dream a reality - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vienna Girardi has spent a lot of time in the spotlight, appearing on\u00a0ABC\u2019s\u00a0The Bachelor and\u00a0VH1\u2019s\u00a0Couple\u2019s Therapy, but the UCF interpersonal communication alumna is focusing on making her new dream a reality. 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