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42 // CELEBRITY MAGAZINE // O CTOBER 2015www.agnesolech.comDress: Narcisso RodriguezCorset: Ender LegardTrousers: MajeJewelry: IsharyaWhen Agnes was only five, her family moved to Germany, as conditions in Poland weren%u2019t stable, and her father still had German citizenship. However, after a visit to Sacramento, he decided that the US was the place to be and entered the green card lottery. Miraculously, he won five green cards! Our family left everything behind and moved to America. Agnes says, %u201cI now realize that it was amazing, winning the lotto, to get these magical green cards when I was ten years old.%u201dHaving yet to learn the English language he found employment specializing as a SAAB mechanic and later opened a successful auto shop. Her parents still live in Sacramento. There are now four kids in the family, as her mom had another son when she was 40. Agnes is thankful that her father moved her family. %u201cI have no clue what I would be doing if I was still living in Germany or Poland; it%u2019s the best thing that could have happened.%u201d But first, how did a girl born in Bielsko Biala, Poland land among the stars in Los Angeles? It was all due to her father, whom she describes as the backbone of the family, %u201cI really admire my parents; they risked everything for their family; they left their families and jobs for dad%u2019s American dream for his family to have opportunities. It must have been really difficult. I couldn%u2019t do it now.%u201d