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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Winner in My Eyes: Jeanette Preston

By Our Bodies Ourselves • May 1, 2009

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*From 2009 - 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women's health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women's health hero. View all nominees by year: [2009](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2009/), [2010](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2010/), [2011](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2011/)*  
  
**Entrant:** Kath Mazzella  
  
**Nominee:** Jeanette Preston, Founder of PANTS  
  
![mailgooglecom](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/mailgooglecom.jpg "mailgooglecom")Jeanette is an amazing woman. She is a Gyn Cancer Survivor, a nurse and a Methodist Preacher. She has all the experience in the world to share her wonderful experience and knowledge. She came to the Royal College of Gyn/Obstetrics United Kingdom with me to lobby for an International Gyn Awareness Day (IGAD) . From this meeting she picked up the banner - took back to her home city the idea of IGAD -where Dr. Lopez, Gyn and Jeanette celebrated the day in style - bringing in medical professionals and community together.  
  
Bravo Jeanette - you are a winner in my eyes. Go Jeanette!!

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**Jeannette Preston** on May 01, 2009

My dear Kath it is wonderful that you would nominate me, but I cannot accept it. you have earned your place, and Mr Tito Lopes,his...  
I am a 2 year survivor of gynae cancer, inspired to make a difference by you and all the women I have spoken with and met- but have nowhere near the work under my belt that you and he have -- but I am getting people to realise how pants gynae cancer is!  
www.pantsmatters.org.uk

**Val Baker** on May 06, 2009

Jeannette, dont underestimate your work !!  
  
 I wholeheartedly support your nomination.I know how much of your life you dedicate to helping others through Pants. You are a very special woman.

**Sigrid** on May 10, 2009

Jeannette, your work is so very important and you are a true Hero. You are a beacon of light in U.K. for Gyne Cancer awareness and also for the world.   
  
Let us celebrate Intenational Gynecological Cancer Awareness Day September 10, 2009.  
  
Sigrid (also a cancer survivor)

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