March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010
» IN THE AUDIENCE:
We
hit the highway this past weekend on “The Road to Hollywood” as we visited
the Tampa region and our state capital. First up was a trip across the
everglades for our first ever Miss Brandon USA & Teen USA Pageants. The
first event of the season in the western I-4 corridor had quite the turnout of
traveling titleholders who witnessed a very competitive pageant. Director
Brigittia Long and her Crown Couture Collective put together a fun evening in
this first ever event.
Then Sunday it was up early to travel north on I-75 and west on I-10 to Tallahassee. Held on the Florida State University Campus at the Moore Auditorium another superlative group awaited. Under the first time direction of Beth Anderson Productions another competitive pageant awaited. With a full allotment of local press recording the results a big evening was had in the Capital City. Up next on our eternal pageant travels is a quick trip from our host city to Miramar for their first ever pageant.
Miss Brandon USA & Teen USA
Miss Tampa USA 2010 Lindsey Bolendar and Miss Charlotte County
USA 2011 Aubrey Teston pose for a pre-pageant picture
Group shot / / Miss Plant City USA 2010 Nikki Fraser with Miss Pinellas County
USA
2010 Stephanie Gilbert during intermission
Miss
Tallahassee USA & Teen USA
Miss Tallahassee Teen USA 2010 Alayna Jones poses with Morgan Mount
pre-pageant / Alyx Reynolds, Miss Emerald Coast USA 2010 and Bailey Powell,
Miss
Panhandle USA 2010 pose with our newest little sister
Ms. Lawrie with Miss Tallahassee USA 2011 Cassandra Register / Tallahassee television personality Greg Tish
and
Miss Tallahassee Teen USA 2004 Rosana Lawrie flank the new Team Tallahassee
USA 2011
» BIJOUX-TERNER SHOPPING TRIP
Check
out the hat and shades!
Our
Miss Florida USA 2011 Megan Clementi took the annual trip to The Miami
Merchandise Mart for a shopping excursion at Bijoux-Terner. The king of
affordable jewelry they have embraced a one price fits all concept. With large
shopping bags Ms. Clementi had a fun filled day with Pageant Director Mary Lou
Gravitt as many laughs ensued. Of course we had pictures to capture the moment
so let’s go shopping with Megan!
Ms.
Clementi models a very cute ring / So
many options / What time is it?
Group shot with our friends from Bijoux Terner
» KUDOS & DID YOU KNOWS:
Kudos to Miss Lee County Teen USA, Nikki Lum and her little sister Katrina Lum, Little Sister Miss Florida Keys, Gina, and Little Sister Miss Lee County USA Aria Armstead who were special guest at Ft. Myers “Art of the Olympians” sneak preview display and ribbon cutting. Not only were they the talk of the event as special guests but they were also introduced at the event by the Olympians. Way to get involved in pageantry on an Olympic type scale ladies!
» Miss USA Speaks to NY Capital on Cancer Services Program:
Miss
USA Kristen
Dalton made a pit stop at the Capitol Thursday morning as a guest speaker
to highlight the importance of the New York State Cancer Services Program.
Yes, she was wearing her sash. Dalton, joined by several members of the
Assembly, lobbied in support of the Cancer Services Program, which provides
free breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings to uninsured and
underinsured New Yorkers, but its fate in Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget is
unclear.
The event was hosted by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-Manhattan, who noted that the program saves the state $46 million annually through early detection and treatment. “I think it’s real important to come speak to the people that are making our polices and laws and deciding what our budget is going to be allocated for,” said Dalton, a breast and ovarian cancer research spokeswoman.
The
governor’s proposed budget maintains the current Cancer Services Program,
but without a specific appropriation for screening. “Breast cancer is a
disease that can send a message of hope, because if it’s detected early
it’s very preventable,” Dalton said. A North Carolina native, it was
Dalton’s first trip up to Albany, but she did not get to stray far from the
Capitol. “I haven’t really seen anything but this building,” Dalton
said. “But everyone’s been really nice.” Dalton said she was going out
to lunch in Albany before returning to New York City, where she’s lived for
the past 10 months.
»
EXCLUSIVE
PICTURES OF MISS FLORIDA USA ON FLICKR:
We have found a great host
for all of our pictures before they are formally posted here on our home page
starting on Monday. Visit our new channel at http://www.flickr.com/missfloridausa/.
We are always trying to stay ahead of the communications curve here at Miss
Florida USA! This week for us here in
Florida it’s a quite week with only one pageant and that’s Sundays Miss
Miramar USA & Teen USA Pageants. So check out the pictures only moments
after the crowning on our favorite file sharing site Flickr.
» MISS FLORIDA USA ON FACEBOOK
In our ongoing attempt to
be everywhere on the internet we now have an active Face Book Site. We love
the interaction and ability to contact our friends and keep them up to date
with the latest in pageant news and pictures. Surf to www.FaceBook.com/MissFloridaUSA
and say hello!
»
PICTURES
& STORIES WANTED!
If you enjoy reading the stories of our Miss Florida USA Family and want us to know what great things are happening either during or after you reign please email us at telair@aol.com. We love touting our sorority of outstanding Florida women. Please send us a paragraph (or two) on your appearances, awards or community service and include pictures. We want you to have all of the support of this great lifestyle we call Miss Florida USA!
»
ALUMNI NEWS WANTED!
If you know of any Miss Florida USA alumni in the news please drop us an email to feature them in future articles. Email all
info to info@missfloridausa.com! Until next week here to good pageantry!
PICTURE OF THE WEEK!
As we await the warming up of the Sunshine State we selected a very hot entry for this weeks POTW. Check out the stylized stop motion photography as we capture so many emotions onstage at this years Worlds Top Model Competition. Several sides of Miss Colombia are on display and all should be celebrating as she takes
away
the title of Picture of The Week!
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