Vanessa Bryant Asks Fans To Wear Red To Honor Late Daughter Gianna's B-Day

"Happy heavenly birthday, Gianna!"

In honor of her late daughter's 14th birthday on Friday (May 1), Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to the rising basketball star with a heartfelt Instagram post and call to action for fans.

"Happy 14th Birthday to my sweet baby girl, Gianna," V captioned a throwback photo of Gigi smiling from ear-to-ear while at Disneyland. "Mommy loves you more than I can ever show you."

She added, "You are part of MY SOUL forever. I miss you so much everyday. I wish I could wake up and have you here with me. I miss your smile, your hugs and your giggles. I miss EVERYTHING about YOU, Gigi. I LOVE YOU so much!!!!!!! ❤️🎉🎂🎉❤️."

Vanessa later posted a second Instagram post asking fans to honor Gianna by wearing her favorite color: red.

"Gianna loved to wear a red bow in all of her school pictures. Red means love and life. To commemorate Gigi’s birthday today, please consider wearing red, caption an act of kindness or show how you will play Gigi’s way since she always gave everything she did her all and led with kindness," she captioned a photo of herself wearing a red bracelet. "❤️Please use the hashtag #PlayGigisWay ❤️Thank you. 5-1-06 Mambacita."

Vanessa also shared that she is "in the process of making [the red] bracelet available" for purchase with proceeds benefiting the Mamba and Mambacita foundation.

Gianna passed away on January 26 in a helicopter crash, along with her father, Kobe Bryant, and seven others.

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