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Thursday, November 29, 2007
FROM the Beauties of America Blog: Beauties of America Pageant Remembers Debra Balsamo
The Beauties of America Pageant is saddened by the loss of Debra Balsamo of Gretna, Louisiana. Debra passed away on Sunday, and leaves behind family and friends who loved and cherished her. She was the Louisiana and Mississippi state director for Beauties of America, and was looking forward to holding her first state preliminaries for the organization in the spring. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. We will miss you, Debra.
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Name of MAO reality show leaked on Miss Vermont blog--see post!
Hello friends and Happy Holidays!
I have actually been away from Vermont and in the sunny state of California for the past couple of weeks. The other fifty-one state titleholders and I met in LA to film our new reality television show for TLC- "Miss America Reality Check"! It will be airing in January on TLC leading up to the live pageant on January 26th!
I must say that it was an incredible opportunity to meet my fellow 2008 Miss America classmates! They really are a diverse and empowered group of young women. Plus, now we can all say that we know the new Miss America!
I cannot spill any details, but please tune in to both Miss America Reality Check and Miss America Live.
Back here in Vermont, school is coming to a close for the semester and both the holiday and ski season are fast approaching. I cannot wait for it to really snow. I am excited to be here in the Green Mountain State for Christmas, doing lots of literacy events during this festive time of year. Right before I left for LA, I visited the Head Start program here in Middlebury, with my good friend Audrey Nelson, and had a blast reading to the preschoolers there. I also shared my crown and sash with them, of-course!
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Miss Universe thanks 'my boss, Donald Trump' for fashion mag's award
7:25pm Monday, November 26
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Miss Universe Riyo Mori said Monday she wanted to tell "my boss, Mr. Donald Trump" about how happy she was to have been selected as one of Vogue Nippon's 2007 Women of the Year.
Mori, who told the awards ceremony held at a Tokyo hotel that she also wanted to thank her departed grandmother and all those who supported her, was one of a glittering group of women the Japanese language version of the famous fashion magazine picked as the outstanding Japanese women in their fields throughout this year.
Selected along with the winner of the Trump-owned beauty pageant was a who's who of Japanese women, including actresses Anna Tsuchiya, Rei Dan and Sumiko Fujii, filmmaker Naomi Kawase and comedienne Tomochika.
Mori said her year "has gone by in a blink."
"I was delighted when I was selected as Miss Universe in Mexico in May. Since then, I've been meeting people all over the world and doing all sorts of charity work. I go to places thinking I will be there to help people, but I usually end up being helped myself because of the power of the people I meet. It tells me I've still got a long way to go," she said.
Tsuchiya, meanwhile, offered her advice on what she thinks makes "an ideal woman."
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FROM the Beauties of America Blog: 2007 Comfort Christmas Parade !!!
MS.TRACI AND I TRYING TO KEEP WARM!
BARBIE AND HER HISPANIC FRIEND TERESA :) BAHAHA
AMERICA'S TEEN AND AMERICA'S 30'S REPRESENT!!
2007 HELOTES COURT AND US OF COURSE :)
3RD PLACE BEST CHRISTMAS THEME!! :) WE ROCK BECAUSE WE DECORATED THE CAR IN FIFTEEN MINUTES OR LESS!! LOL 11/24/2007
WOW! What a night! Traci and i endured 37 degree weather, we are such troopers! :) Red McCombs Toyota sponsored us with a convertible Toyota Solara and we rode in the Comfort Night Christmas Parade with the top down, and car decorated; pink Christmas tree and all! Judging was at 5:30 and the parade began at 7:00. Although sitting in the misting nearly freezing weather was tough, we survived long enough to travel through the small town of Comfort Texas for a parade route that was about 2 miles long! The streets were filled with smiling faces and little children who LOVED our big crowns and sparkling banners!
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Darlene Deeben
Darlene Deeben, Mrs. Galaxy 2008, will be our guest on the next episode of the PageantCast--set to erupt tomorrow morning. We will also have Bartholomew, Santa's Second Favorite Elf, on hand for his hijinks, two podsafe tunes and lots of exciting pageant news.
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Beauty queen's gown, makeup spiked
Ingrid Marie Rivera beat 29 pageant rivals to become the 2008 Miss Universe contestant – despite the hives.
Ms Rivera was composed while onstage before the cameras and judges, but once backstage, she needed ice packs on her face and body.
“We thought at first it was an allergic reaction, or maybe nerves,” said pageant spokesman Harold Rosario.
"But the second time, we knew it couldn't have been a coincidence."
Later tests revealed the presence of pepper spray.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Ms Rivera’s bag containing her gowns, makeup and credit cards was also stolen.
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From the Beauties of America blog: Wolverines City Champs Fundraiser Car Wash!
AMERICA'S TEEN HELPING WITH CAR WASH FUNDRAISER
MY LITTLE SISTER AND I DIRECTING TRAFFIC!
ONE OF THE PLAYERS AND HIS MOM WASHING THE FIRST CAR!
GOOD THING IT WAS SUNNY! :)11/10/2007
Two days after my crowning I decided to help rally up some cars for the football city champs to raise money to go to nationals in Florida! We were fortunate enough to have a restaurant willing to let us use their facilities. The weather cooperated with us and we had a great turn out! I helped by holding signs, and directing traffic, encouraging those passing by, to get their car washed and support their city champs! In just a few hours we raised nearly eight hundred dollars!
I was so excited to represent Beauties of America as America's Teen, and although this was my first appearance outside of my crowning, I look forward to the upcoming months, and I know they will be filled with many fun appearances just like this one!
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From the Beauties of America blog: Panther Round-Up November 2007
AMERICA'S TEEN, MISS HELOTES & MISS HELOTES TEEN AND THEIR COURT !!
KRYSTEN GUTCHESS, MISS HELOTES TEEN & ASHELY MYHRE, AMERICA'S TEEN
WATCHING THE JUDGE PICK THE WINNER!!
SMILE PRETTY !!
PASSING OUT RIBBONS TO THE WINNERS.....11/18/2007
The annual Lamb and Goat Show fundraiser for Sandra Day O'Connor High School FFA. It was an honor and privledge to be asked to help with the annual fudraiser for our local FFA chapter at the High School I attend. Myself along with Miss Helotes Teen, Miss Helotes and her court helped with passing out the awards to the winners at the annual lamb and goat show.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
Soldier Journals Her Run at Miss America
Sgt. Jill Stevens of the Utah National Guard is a top contender for the 2008 Miss America competition, which takes place Jan. 26. Catch print and video coverage of Sgt. Stevens' journey through pageantry and the Army's ranks at www.army.mil/gijill Photo by Beth Reece
A combat medic and Miss Utah 2007, Sgt. Jill Stevens is a member of the Utah National Guard's 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment. She will chronicle her preparation and competition in the Miss America pageant at www.army.mil/gijill.
The pageant will be broadcast live on TLC, and a new reality series will air the night before to help viewers get to know each of the 52 contestants. Sgt. Stevens will also be featured in the cover story of the December issue of Soldiers magazine.
Sgt. Stevens had just started nursing school at Southern Utah University in the fall of 2005 when the school's pageant director recruited her to run for Miss SUU.
"I was like, 'Yeah, right.' I wear combat boots; I don't do heels," she said.
But the chance to serve and help others - much like she does in uniform - through politics and community, attracted Sgt. Stevens to pageantry. That year she won Miss SUU and went on to become second runner-up in the 2006 Miss Utah pageant.
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MISS AMERICA 2007 LAUREN NELSON SCHEDULED TO PERFORM IN THE BOSCOV'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
MISS AMERICA 2007 LAUREN NELSON SCHEDULED TO PERFORM IN THE BOSCOV'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA
Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson will perform "All I Want For Christmas" in this year's Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade that will air live on ABC Thanksgiving morning from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Parade is scheduled to air throughout various parts of the country - mostly on the East Coast.
Check your local listings for channel and time.
The Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual balloon-filled cavalcade up Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. For more information go to their website:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=holidays&id=5735502
The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more then $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. Web site: http://www.missamerica.org.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Stephanie Hunt
Stephanie Hunt, Mrs. United States 2007, is our special guest for a very special episode--PageantCast 100! No, we're not doing a sappy retrospective--not when you can download every episode we've ever done so easily. But we do have greetings from listeners and lots of IDs from ladies that have visited the show!
On top of the great interview with Stephanie, where she reveals the secret of losing over 100 pounds safely and her work with rare diseases, we finish our two part interview with Stessica over at Savvy magazine. We hear a GREAT podsafe tune and you can learn about the great Christmas podcasts coming out soon on the internet.
All this and more this Tuesday on PageantCast 100!
On top of the great interview with Stephanie, where she reveals the secret of losing over 100 pounds safely and her work with rare diseases, we finish our two part interview with Stessica over at Savvy magazine. We hear a GREAT podsafe tune and you can learn about the great Christmas podcasts coming out soon on the internet.
All this and more this Tuesday on PageantCast 100!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Results of 2007 Miss World Beach Beauty Event
Ada Aimee de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic bested 19 other semi-finalists in the Beach Beauty fast-track event in Miss World Saturday night in Sanya, China. Dela Cruz, one of the favorites to win the crown, won the first slot in the semi-finals for winning Beach Beauty this year.
BEACH BEAUTY 2007: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Ada de la Cruz
1st Runner-up: CHINA PR, Zi Lin Zhang
2nd Runner-up: JAMAICA, Yendi Phillips
FINALISTS:
LITHUANIA, Jurguita Jurgute
MEXICO, Carolina Moran Gordillo
TOP 20 SEMI-FINALISTS:
AUSTRIA, Christine Reiler
BELGIUM, Halima Chehaima
BRAZIL, Regiane Andrade
ETHIOPIA, Mihret Abebe
GRENADA, Vivian Burkhardt
ITALY, Giada Wiltshire
JAPAN, Rui Watanabe
KOREA, Eun-ju Cho
MALAYSIA, Deborah Henry
MONGOLIA, Oyungerel Gankhuyag
PHILIPPINES, Margaret Wilson
SPAIN, Natalia Zabala
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Valene Maharaj
UKRAINE, Lika Roman
VENEZUELA, Claudia Suarez
Previous winners of the Beach Beauty competition were:
Venezuela (2006), Russia (2005), USA (2004), Ireland (2003)
The Philippines made it in the semi-finals of the Beach Beauty competition in Miss World for 5 years in a row since 2003.
More than 100 beauties from around the globe are currently in China to compete in the most participated pageant - Miss World.
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Miss Earth 2007 is Miss Canada
Miss Canada Jessica Trisko, who happens to be half-Filipino, was crowned Miss Earth 2007 in Manila, Philippines by mesmerizing the audience with her wit in the final question of the pageant.
The complete results:
MISS EARTH 2007:
Jessica Trisko, CANADA
Miss Air 2007 (1st Runner Up):
Pooja Chitgopekar, INDIA
Miss Water 2007 (2nd Runner Up):
Silvana Santaella, VENEZUELA
Miss Fire 2007 (3rd Runner Up):
Ángela Gomez Duran, SPAIN
TOP 8 FINALISTS:
Nanka Mamasakhlisi, GEORGIA
Odilia Pamela García, PERU
Stephanie Gossweiler, SWITZERLAND
Jiraporn Sing ieam, THAILAND
TOP 16 SEMI-FINALISTS:
Eva ?ereš?áková, CZECH REPUBLIC
Themys Febriel, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Amale Al Khoder, LEBANON
Elodie Dolor, MARTINIQUE
Stacey Garvy, NIGERIA
Alina Gheorge, ROMANIA
Bokang Montjane, SOUTH AFRICA
Ivana Gagula, SWEDEN
Special Awards:
Beauty for a Cause Award:
Bekang Montjane, SOUTH AFRICA
Best in Swimsuit:
Silvana Santaella, VENEZUELA
Best in Long Gown:
Silvana Santaella, VENEZUELA
Best in National Costume:
Jiraporn Sing ieam, THAILAND
Miss Talent:
Monika Baliunaite, LITHUANIA
Miss Photogenic:
Jeanne Angeles Harn, PHILIPPINES
Miss Friendship:
Amale Al Khoder, LEBANON
Photo credit: danavila via OPMB
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