Estée Lauder Marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Empire State Building Illumination

Miranda McKeon, Bridget Bahl and Katie Thurston, who have publicly shared their experiences with breast cancer, also attended. The event gave a visible New York setting to a cause platform the beauty company has supported for more than three decades.

A research commitment behind the campaign The illumination followed a September 23 announcement of a $15 million, five-year grant from The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

The funding establishes the Global Research Initiative on Breast Cancer in Younger Women, bringing researchers together to study early-onset disease and improve work on risk prediction, prevention, detection and treatment. The foundation and company say the program responds to a gap in research attention for younger women.

The public lighting brings awareness to a multi-year grant to a Breast Cancer research and funding commitment.