Brand new to the Fort Wayne area, the 2015 Fort Wayne Newspapers SHE Expo presented by Lutheran Health Network will welcome thousands of women Oct. 10 and 11 to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

The expo theme “Simply Her Experience” puts the spotlight on everything that interests women who want to enjoy and improve their lives and their homes. The SHE Expo is two full days of shopping for you and your home, exciting guest speakers, beauty demonstrations, health and fitness checks and tips and giveaways, plus a contest offering a makeover for two women by international fashion and beauty expert Andy Paige.

As SHE Expo headliner, Hilary Farr, the international home designer and co-host of the wildly popular home design television show “Love It or List It” on HGTV since 2008, will appear on Saturday. She will do a full hour of questions and answers from the audience on the main stage in addition to two half-hour appearances in the Windows Doors & More Home Décor Pavilion where fans may get autographs and take their photograph with her during the day. She will also appear at the Saturday evening VIP meet-and-greet reception, which will require a separate admission ticket since its proceeds will benefit a local charity.

“We are extremely proud to be bringing a special event like the SHE Expo to Fort Wayne, but signing a headline guest of Hilary Farr’s stature makes us even more proud and excited,” said Fort Wayne Newspapers CEO Michael J. Christman. “We know SHE Expo attendees will be thrilled to engage her with questions and to be able to meet her for autographs and photos. Most people feel like they’re already friends with her from watching her on television for so long!”

Farr is president of Hilary Farr Design and has designed properties throughout the world, including Australia and the United Kingdom. She has renovated homes for celebrities including Jenna Elfman and Jennifer Hudson. She is a frequent guest star at the Canadian International Interior Design Show and a frequent guest expert on CNN and USA Today. Something you may not know about her is that she played Betty Munroe in the 1975 film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” under her birth name of Hilary Labow, one of several movie roles she has won.

The Fort Wayne Newspapers SHE Expo Fashion Makeover contest winners will be selected after an August entry period by international fashion and beauty expert Andy Paige from TLC’s “Ten Years Younger” and NBC’s “Starting Over.” Paige is the author of “Style on a Shoestring.” Contest entries will be made through FortWayne.com.

Three other guest speakers complete the SHE Expo lineup:

• Cherie Lowe: The Queen of Free with tips for everyday savings freebies and living debt-free. She’s featured in The Wall Street Journal.

• Colette Heimowitz: A nutritionist and health expert with more than 20 years experience, she is featured on national television networks NBC, ABC and CBS.

• Jamie Gwen: Celebrity chef, certified sommelier and lifestyle expert featured on “The Talk,” “Emeril Live” and “Martha Stewart.”

Two additional specialty pavilions join the Home Décor Pavilion: the Lutheran Health Network Health Pavilion and Darlington Pampering Pavilion. The rest of the exhibit floor will become a shopping village of more than 100 vendors offering exciting opportunities to try, explore and buy for you and your home.

Tickets now available at the Coliseum box office.