Ms Shirley Raines of Beauty2thestreetz has passed away
Shirley Raines, the founder of the non-profit Beauty 2 the Streetz and social media icon for her work with the homeless people in Skid Row, Los Angeles, has passed away. Her death was announced on the social media pages of her non-profit. She was 58.
She received the CNN Hero of the Year and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Social Media Personality in 2025 for her advocacy work for the homeless. She has over one million followers across social media platforms.
Raines gained a following on TikTok through her heartwarming posts and livestreams as she provided hair, makeup, food, and clothes to thousands of people in homeless communities across Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She was known for her efforts to bring dignity to people who are struggling.
The entrepreneur was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year and given $100,000 to expand her work at the time. She said at the time that she had been inspired to start her charity work when she visited Skid Row, a notoriously impoverished area in downtown Los Angeles, on a 2017 church trip.
