American Queen DASH Ball

Thursday night, I traveled to Daytona Beach to attend the American Queen DASH Ball. Connie Wallace was a warm and wonderful host. A fancy meal was put out for all the contestants in this year's pageant and a relaxed, yet exciting, mood prevailed over the event.

Connie welcomed all and introduced her reigning American Queen titleholders. It was the beginning of a wonderful evening. As the ladies settled down to their meals, thier tiaras twinkled silently in the lights. Very elegant for all. To crown off the affair, a special American Queen logo cake was brought out.

Once the music cranked up, spontaneous Congo lines were the order of day along with clapping and stomping of heels.

It was a good time--expect some fun photos once I get back to Wisconsin next week!

Tim, PageantCast

Wednesday at the Galaxy Pageants

I stopped by the Galaxy pageants this morning during their Orientation and noticed what a stunning group of beautiful young women have collected to compete for the magnificent tiara and Galaxy title.

Wen it came time for the swimsuit photoshoot, a freak "gullywasher" of a storm came through. The poolside shoot moved to the tropical Royal Caribe lobby. With these beauties posing within view of the front desk, I felt like suggesting to cone off the stairs...many a gentleman dealing with baggage was hopelessly distracted by the display!

I had a great laugh over it, but I'm not sure the ladies even noticed as they posed in the lush tropical settings among palm trees.

I came back in the evening and spoke briefly to director and president Maria Torres. Galaxy has continued to grow and next year they will be moving to a larger facility in Tampa, Florida. In addition, she was excited about the increased international presence at the pageant with delegates from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Canada and the Caribbean now participating at Galaxy.

WhyFi?

I definitely have a problem. Now I'm paying for WiFi on my vacation!

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Whitney Kudela, Miss International 2007 and Allie DeSantis, Miss Teen International 2007

Whitney Kudela, Miss International 2007 and Allie DeSantis, Miss Teen International 2007
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Photos from this weekend's International pageant are now available on Flickr.

Miss International and Miss Teen International final pageant night

What a beautiful evening! As always, you know it was a top notch production with 86 gorgeous and exciting contestants. After an uncharacteristicly tardy start, the program ran smoothly. I must admit I miss the dancers from last year, but the stage design remains one of the best in pageantry.

Let's get right to the meat of it. You want to hear the results!

Online winner for Miss International: Montana
Online winner for Miss Teen International: Washington

Top Ten for Miss International: (in random order)
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• California
• Oregon
• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Georgia

Top Ten for Miss Teen International: (in random order)
• Washington
• Missouri
• Alaska
• Minnesota
• Maryland
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Pennsylvania
• California
• Michigan

Final court placements:

Fourth runner-up Miss International: Oklahoma
Third runner-up Miss International: Oregon
Second runner-up Miss International: Arkansas
First runner-up Miss International: California
Miss International: Missouri, Jayna Altman

Fourth runner-up Miss Teen International: Minnesota
Third runner-up Miss Teen International: California
Second runner-up Miss Teen International: Georgia
First runner-up Miss Teen International: Pennsylvania
Miss Teen International: Alabama, Gabriella Lopez

Congratulations to all these wonderful young women on their accomplishment!

Reporting from the lobby of the Doubletree in Chicago--
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Miss International preliminary competition

Tonight in Skokie, IL was the Miss International preliminary pageant and I was lucky, once again, of being invited to attend. As always, the production and set design was top notch as was the caliber of the contestants.

Before the show, we sneaaked in four interviews with some of the lovely Teen competitors that were in attendance to cheer on their "big sisters" in tonight's pageant.

Tonight I decided to type up these notes during the pageant on my Nokia internet tablet. I know it isn't as cool as you cyber-texters, but give me a break--I'm an old man and trying to get with the times.

There are 43 Miss contestants this year--same as the Teen side. The Teen Int'l director of the year is Eddie Peterson and Miss Int'l director of the year is Allison Stedvrokas.

They don't want us texting during the show so I need to pause.

Excellent rendition of Fun Fashion and Fitness. We had a close call, but no falls.

Okay. I'm back.

A lot of Faviana, Sherri Hill and Tony Bowls--so I'm told...I have no eye for that stuff...beautiful gowns from the top of the program to the bottom. Really amazing show.

Production singer Ryan Greenwalts did a fantastic job entertaining the audience throughout.

Special awards were:
Photogenic: Arkansas and California
Miss Congeniality: Missouri

Congratulations to this wonderful young ladies!

Reporting from the lobby of the Doubletree in Chicago--
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Miss Teen and Miss International on local television this morning

This morning, Fox WFLD did a morning news segment live during the rehearsals for Miss International. The segment was just about two minutes long but fairly complimentary.

Tonight, the Miss International contestants will have their preliminary competition. There are a number of stunning beauties here, so it should be a great competition.

Tim reporting from Skokie

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Miss Teen International preliminary awards

I was in Skokie, IL last night for the glorious Miss Teen International preliminary pageant, and as we've come to expect from International...it was a beautiful production. Obviously, Top Ten is announced on Saturday, but some special awards were given out last night. Specifically...

Photogenic: Miss Teen Alabama International™, Gabriela Lopez
Miss Congeniality (tie): Miss Teen England International™Amy Jackson and Miss Teen Virginia International™, Sarah Smoot

Congratulations, ladies! We'll see you at Miss International pageant tonight!!!

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New Pageant Website

Hey everybody, I have set up a website and would like to invite everyone to come check it out! You can come visit my site at www.freewebs.com/mrstexas2008 . Please sign my guestbook when you drop by and read about my platform, the DASH Foundation, that is committed to the prevention of domestic abuse through early education. Blessings~ Nicole Lambeth Mrs. Texas American Queen 2008

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Exclusive: New Miss England Laura Coleman comes from Beauty Queen stock - mirror.co.uk

By Kate Jackson 22/07/2008

The Miss England crown sits comfortably on Laura Coleman's head and little wonder... she comes from real beauty queen stock.

Blonde business graduate Laura, 22, beat 49 other finalists to take the prestigious title on Friday, securing her place to compete for her country in the Miss World contest in the Ukraine in October.

And she must have some beautiful genes.

Because Laura's mum, Dena Coleman, 56, from Derby, and grandmother Irene Patrick, 88, from Leicester, were both beauty queens back in the day.

Irene - or Nanny P as Laura calls her - started the trend way back in the 40s by becoming Miss Army Pin-Up and Miss Lovely Legs. Then ex-hairdresser Dena, who now works in a butcher's shop, notched up 15 titles when she was in her early 20s, including Miss East Anglia and as a finalist in the Miss UK contest.

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Teaching beauty pageants goes beyond skin deep : The University Daily Kansan

Staci Klinginsmith can’t help it, but when the National American Miss Kansas Pageant rolls around next month she knows she will be on the edge of her seat. Klinginsmith, Overland Park senior, has been competing in beauty pageants since she was young, but the last several years she has put her performing dreams on hold.

To help pay for college, Klinginsmith now trains younger contestants for the pageant.

“I get more nervous watching the girls compete than when I actually compete because I invest so much time and energy in helping them succeed,” Klinginsmith said. “It feels like they are my children on stage.”

One thing that bothers Klinginsmith is the stereotypes others have regarding beauty pageants.

“People just think we are pretty girls without anything going on upstairs,” Klinginsmith said.

Klinginsmith, who plans to graduate next year with a business finance degree, said that beauty pageants helped prepare girls for life in the real world.

Natalie Hays, one of the girls Klinginsmith trains, said before she started competing, she was terrified of public speaking, but now because of the pageants she said she has become a better communicator. Klinginsmith said the pageants were designed to teach girls self-confidence.

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Mid-Iowa Newspapers - Boone woman crowned Mrs. Iowa

Boone woman crowned Mrs. Iowa

By: Kyle Ferguson, Staff Writer

06/13/2008

Updated 06/21/2008 12:06:04 AM CDT

Laura Diers, of Boone, used her beauty and brains to earn the title of Mrs. Iowa-America last weekend.
"I've been in the pageant circuit since 1999, and I'm usually first runner up," Diers said.
Diers typically does one pageant a year, so as to balance it with her family and professional life, working for Stott and Associates in Ames.
"It's a tricky balance that requires sacrifices, but I don't ignore my family by any means," Diers said.
Another factor limiting Diers' attendance at pageants is the cost involved.
"Pageants are not something that pay you back financially," she said. "But it really helps in self growth and confidence building."
The only other title that Diers has won was the national title in the 2006 Beauties of America pageant.

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miss america resigns: 7-23-1984 « Gislena’s Weblog

On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history, after Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue. Williams originally made history on September 17, 1983, when she became the first black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the first runner-up and also an African American, assumed Williams’ tiara for the two months that remained of her reign.

Vanessa Lynn Williams was born March 18, 1963, in Millwood, New York, to music teacher parents. She attended Syracuse University and studied musical theater. In 1982, while working a summer job as a receptionist at a modeling agency in Mt. Kisco, New York, photographer Thomas Chiapel took the nude pictures of Williams, telling her they’d be shot in silhouette and that she wouldn’t be recognizable. After Williams became Miss America, the photographer sold the pictures to Penthouse without her knowledge. Williams later dropped lawsuits against the magazine and photographer after it was learned that she had signed a model release form at the time the photos were taken.

The Miss America pageant, which prides itself on projecting a wholesome, positive image of women, began in 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a stunt developed by local businessmen to extend the summer tourist season. In 1945, the Miss America Organization handed out its first scholarship. Today, it provides over $45 million each year in cash and tuition assistance to contestants on the national, state and local levels. In 1954, the competition was broadcast live for the first time. Beginning in the 1980s, contestants were required to have a social platform, such as drunk-driving prevention or AIDS awareness, and Miss America winners now travel an estimated 20,000 miles a month for speaking engagements and public appearances. In 2006, following a decline in TV ratings, the pageant moved from Atlantic City for the first time in its history and took place in Las Vegas, where a new Miss America was crowned in January instead of September.

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Miss Universe 2008 on Regis and Kelly

Miss Universe 2008 on Regis and KellyMonday, July 21, 2008

Miss Universe 2008 on Regis and Kelly

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Hulu - Meet Miss Universe: NBC TODAY Show

NBC TODAY ShowExcerpt |01:31 |July 21:
TODAY’s Meredith Vieira talks to the newly crowned Miss Universe, Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza, about what she plans to do with her title.

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: More photos from Mrs. International

More photos from Mrs. International

The ladies in opening number outfits waiting to be called to the Top 10. Sasha is in the front right of the photo.

The directors and staff of the Mrs. International Pageant.

All of the contestants in evening gown.

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BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Miss Earth 2008 in Guam and Indonesia

Last year, the Miss Earth Beauty Pageant held some of it's
pre-coronation night activities in Vietnam dubbed as "goodwill tour."
This year, the third biggest pageant in the world will hold it's
pre-coronation activities in Guam and Indonesia.

It's not yet confirmed until now if the coronation night of Miss Earth 2008 is going to be held in Korea.

BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Miss Earth 2008 in Guam and Indonesia

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The Associated Press: Miss Universe glad to put modeling career on hold

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS – 3 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Dayana Mendoza put a promising modeling career on hold to go for — and win — the Miss Universe crown.

"Being a model is just great. You show a brand, a beautiful dress," said the 22-year-old Venezuelan. "But being Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe, you have the opportunity to go all over the world and have contact with the people and show yourself, and that's what I really wanted."

After years of strutting along catwalks and learning to speak three languages, Mendoza's savvy in front of cameras and an audience paid off at last week's pageant.

"I had been working as a model since I was 15, traveling in various countries around the world, but I felt I needed more," Mendoza said.

She spoke with The Associated Press this week in New York, where for the next year she'll share an apartment with Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, and be the public face of a global campaign against HIV and AIDS.

The Associated Press: Miss Universe glad to put modeling career on hold

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Meredith Boyd, Mrs. Georgia International 2008: 1st Runner up - Mrs. International Pageant!

Congratulations to all the beautiful and accomplished ladies this year at the 2008 Mrs. International pageant! I am HONORED to be awarded First Runner-up! Thank you to my loving husband Matt for being so incredibly wonderful throughout this entire journey, I love you so much, you are an amazing Mr. Georgia! I am also so very grateful for my family and friends who supported me through this experience and I cannot thank you all enough for the countless prayers, phone calls, emails, beautiful gifts and cards during pageant week. Being able to champion Arthritis Awareness as my cause is such an honor and thank you to my friends at the Arthritis Foundation for all your support! I walk away from this entire experience a richer and more humbled woman from knowing each and every contestant in the pageant, having met you all, I am richer in friendships and that in itself is so invaluable to me!
Mrs. International 2008 Top 10 from left to right: Tennessee, North Carolina, New York, Oklahoma (4th ru), South Carolina (2nd ru), Southeast (winner), Georgia (1st ru), District of Columbia (3rd ru), Virginia and Massachusetts

Meredith Boyd, Mrs. Georgia International 2008: 1st Runner up - Mrs. International Pageant!

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Sasha Townsend

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Friday's PageantCast will feature Sasha Townsend, Mrs. Oklahoma International 2008. We recorded this interview previous to her 4th Runner Up placement at Mrs. International...you won't want to miss it!

LIVE! From Mrs. International 2008 pageant

LIVE! From Mrs. International 2008 pageant
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Tuesday morning--get up early!

The Mrs. International 2008 pageant show -- LIVE from Skokie -- will be on the feed.

Great interviews and news from this year's pageant!!!

Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza, On Regis And Kelly

by Lupe Lasano in entertainment

Miss Universe 2008 was a guest on "Regis and Kelly" this morning. Dayana Mendoza has won the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant. Prior to that she was Miss Venezuela.

She described how she was first 'discovered' when she was 12 or 13 years old in Venezuela. At first she was surprised by the attention, but she quickly warmed to the idea of beauty pageants.

Dayana wore her tiara during the interview and spoke about how she plans on working on HIV/AIDs issues in the next year. Each Miss Universe reigns for 12 months and gets to pick the charity they'll devote their time to.

Dayana Mendoza is 22 years old and already works as a model. She speaks Spanish, Italian, and English, and has already traveled the world due to her modeling career.

Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza, On Regis And Kelly

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Mrs. International Results

This is what I jotted down (bold for folks I've interviewed and have been on the show; most of these will be in the show coming out Tuesday!):

Top Ten:
Tennessee, Tiffany Love
Massachusetts, Jessica Plant
Virginia, Joy Pfister
North Carolina, Shannon Devine
New York, Lori Donaudy

Fourth Runner-Up: Sasha Townsend, Oklahoma
Third Runner-Up: Deanna Linz, District of Columbia
Second Runner-Up: Patti Mercer, South Carolina
First Runner-Up: Meredith Boyd, Georgia

Mrs. International 2008: Laine Berry, Southeast

Online voting: Ashley Maguire, Florida
Photogenic: Laine Berry
Preliminary awards for Interview, Evening Gown, and Fitness: Laine Berry

Mrs. U.S. International: Michelle Fryatt

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. Oklahoma places 4th runner up to Mrs. International!

Mrs. Oklahoma places 4th runner up to Mrs. International!

Congratulations to Sasha Townsend, Mrs. Oklahoma, for placing 4th runner up to Mrs.International!

The new Mrs. International is Mrs. Southeast, Laine Berry. 1st runner up, Mrs. Georgia, Meredith Boyd, 2nd runner up, Mrs. District of Columbia, Deanna Linz, 3rd runner up, Patti Mercer, Mrs. South Carolina.

Congratulations to all of the ladies.It was an amazing pageant!

Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. Oklahoma places 4th runner up to Mrs. International!

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. International Finals are tonight!

Excitement is in the air. Sasha looked beautiful in the preliminary competition last night. The ladies are all at their last rehearsal of the week. Go Oklahoma!!!

Yesterday, Sasha stopped for a photo with Tim from Pageant Cast. Sasha will be Tim's guest on July 25th.

Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. International Finals are tonight!

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PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO HOST 2009 MISS AMERICA LIVE! on TLC

PRESS CONTACT:
Sharon Pearce
Miss America Organization
609.653-8700 x117
sharon@missamerica.org

PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO HOST
2009 MISS AMERICA LIVE! on TLC

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Two-Hour Pageant Event Returns to Las Vegas and Will Air Live on TLC

The 2009 Miss America Live! event returns to Planet Hollywood
Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for a week of preliminary competitions,
culminating in a totally new live telecast on TLC,
Saturday, January 24 at 8 p.m. ET.

“We are delighted to have 52 of the most beautiful girls on the planet
returning here to their home at Planet Hollywood,” said Michael
Mecca, president and CEO of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. "This
is a wonderful event for not only Planet Hollywood, but for the city of
Las Vegas, and the Miss America Live! event returning to our property
gives us the opportunity to showcase our magnificent resort.”

The Miss America Organization is equally pleased with naming Planet
Hollywood as our Pageant home for the next two years. “We are
thrilled to be returning to Planet Hollywood again for this year’s
telecast,” said Art McMaster, president and CEO of the Miss America
Organization. “We are continuing to build on new traditions here in
Las Vegas and we are so pleased that Planet Hollywood Resort &
Casino has chosen to be a part of Miss America’s continuing history in
the entertainment capital of the world.”

"Planet Hollywood was a great partner in making last year's Miss America Live! such a success, and we look forward to working with them again to make the 2009 event even better," said Brent Zacky, vice president of programming for TLC.

The 52 Miss America contestants will sweep into town in January to
begin preliminary competitions in Swimsuit, Talent and Evening Wear.
The three nights of preliminaries will take place on January 20, 21,
and 22 at Planet Hollywood’s Theatre for the Performing Arts. Tickets
for the preliminaries, as well as the Miss America Live! finals will be
available to the public at www.ticketmaster.com starting in
December.

Miss America has called Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
home since moving to Las Vegas from Atlantic City in 2006. Kirsten
Haglund, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, is the current Miss
America.

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 than $45
million in cash and scholarship assistance. For more information, go
to www.missamerica.org.

For information on Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, please visit
www.planethollywood.com.For information on TLC, please visit
http://tlc.discovery.com

Miss America Press Release sent in e-mail

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs.International - Day 3

Competition has started! Sasha is in the first interview group and has just gone for her personal interviews. Keep a good thought!

Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs.International - Day 3

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Laine Berry ~ Mrs. International 2008

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Photos are now available for Mrs. International 2008 pageant. Check it out!

New Mrs. International

Congratulations to Laine Berry, Mrs. International 2008. Expect full coverage later when I make it through all my notes. For now, I'm in the lobby of the Doubletree in Skokie, IL (great WiFi) and preparing to go to the coronation gala in just a few minutes.

We've recorded some great interviews, beautiful photos (when I was smart enough to stay out of frame), and more great stuff. We hope to have a full show on the pageant Tuesday--we'll know if that's possible once I get to check all the files.

It's been a truly great time--wish you were all here with me!

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. International - Day 2

Mrs. International - Day 2

Today the ladies are taking a trolley tour of Chicago. They will then head to Water Tower Place (GREAT shopping!) and lunch at the Signature Room. When they return to the hotel, they will have a make up seminar followed by their first rehearsal.

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Janice McQueen Ward: At Mrs. International!

Just letting everyone know that I am in Chicago, competing for the title of Mrs. International 2008. This is a very important time for me, and I want to share it all with each of you. I will try to post some pictures, but please visit www.MrsInternational.com to see photos updated each day! Take time to vote for your favorite contestants, including me please, as the money goes to aid Go Red for Women. Thanks and keep me in your thoughts and prayers! This week is all for you, mom! I miss you and wish you were here!

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Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. International - Day 1

Mrs. International - Day 1

We arrived yesterday around 5:00 p.m. just in time for Sasha to get ready for orientation. Here she is pictured with her interview group. She is contestant #2.

Mrs. Oklahoma International Pageant: Mrs. International - Day 1

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Melanie Cholka, Mrs. Wisconsin Galaxy 2008

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Melanie Cholka, Mrs. Wisconsin Galaxy 2008, is our guest on our first Summer edition of the PageantCast; episode 133. It's a shorter show than Tuesday's, but we have some pageant results and lots of fun stuff for you to listen to. ...And this show was done live in the studio so the sound quality is FANTASTIC!

Join us Friday night for this great show!

Debra Gilmour, Mrs. Oregon International 2008

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Debra Gilmour, Mrs. Oregon International 2008, will be our special guest on Tuesday's PageantCast 132. In addition, we'll be discussing "The Fall" and Miss Universe--including some phone calls I got about various conspiracy theories on the fall.

Get ready! Get set! PageantCast is coming soon!

Fall of "Miss America"

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So far this morning, I've found five articles saying "Miss America" fell at the pageant last night.

Here's some links:

http://showhype.com/video/miss_america_slips_and_falls_on_miss_univerese_2008_on/
http://froggyweb.com/?p=552
http://gus-mag.blogspot.com/2008/07/fall-of-miss-america.html
http://www.crashutah.com/somethingfornothing/2008/07/14/miss-america-slips-on-live-tv-for-miss-universe-pageant/
http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/38955/the-fall-of-miss-america/

Inaccurate, right? Well, maybe some of you will calm down the next time someone bemoans a pageant is dying to find out if they are actually reporting on the correct system. I get these all the time with people all whooped up only to find the reporter mistakenly declared a state or county fair pageant part of the MAO system.

I call it like I see 'em.

--Tim

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Angela's Adventures: I'm home....I'm off again.

I just wanted to post a quick update.
I have just returned from spending a week at girls camp with my young women.
I am EXHAUSTED but thrilled I went despite the sleeping in tents, on the ground in sleeping bags and obtaining more bugs bites than any one person should have to endure... I have 35 on my right leg alone! Can you say cover up?? :)
It was both wonderful and challenging and I promise to give details when I return from Nationals.
I took LOTS of pictures and will add them to the update via a slide show.

Tomorrow I head out for Chicago stopping briefly in Minneapolis where I will be catching my flight Tuesday morning. I am SO excited!! I will do my best to post pictures as the week progresses. Thank you so much to everyone who is cheering my on all over the country.
I will do my best to make you proud and enjoy every moment of this journey.
Now I need to finish packing and get some sleep.

Angela's Adventures: I'm home....I'm off again.

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Mrs. Oregon International 2008: Off to Chicago for Mrs. International

Well, the time has finally come.  Monday morning Cam will drive me to the airport for my trip to Chicago to represent Oregon in the Mrs. International pageant.  It has been an exciting time for our family as we make arrangements for Cam and me to go off to the windy city, and assure our little dog Jake that we will, in fact, be returning home!  

But it has also been challenging in ways I could not have imagined.  As the previous couple of weeks have demonstrated, things did not turn out as expected prior to leaving for Chicago. 

My beloved God Mother, Aunt Doris (my father's sister),  passed away the week of the Fourth of July.  It was and is a sad time for my family.  She was such a loving, wonderful, thoughtful person and she is one of the very special people who guided me to the person I am today. 

Mrs. Oregon International 2008: Off to Chicago for Mrs. International

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AFP: Venezuelan beauty wins Miss Universe crown

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AFP) — Miss Venezuela took the crown and Miss USA took a tumble before up to one billion television viewers at the Miss Universe pageant held in Vietnam on Monday.

Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza, 22, burst into tears when the presenter, US talk show host Jerry Springer, announced she had beaten finalists from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Russia.

The 178-centimetre (five foot 10) beauty, the favourite of pageant bloggers and online bookmakers, clinched the diamond-studded gold crown after answering a question on the difference between men and women.

"Men think that the fastest way to go to a point is to go straight," explained the trilingual aspiring interior designer. "Women know that the faster way to go to a point is to go to the curves."

Mendoza, who was once kidnapped in her home country, later issued a call for an end to violence in the world.

"The kidnapping happened a year and a half ago," she said at a post-pageant press conference, answering questions in both English and Spanish.

"It's something that happens in my country. You don't even have to have money to be kidnapped ... That's why I wanted to raise my voice and tell the world that violence is not the answer."

AFP: Venezuelan beauty wins Miss Universe crown

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Miss Asia USA 2008 SWIMSUIT GROUP PHOTO

Miss Asia USA 2008 SWIMSUIT GROUP PHOTO
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Some more photos now up on the Flickr account.

Indiana Gazette Online - Fabian to receive Harvey Award

Written by Bill Zimmerman, Gazette Staff Writer
Wednesday, 02 July 2008

The museum dedicated to one of western Pennsylvania's most beloved entertainers will again honor a big name from the eastern part of the state.

The Jimmy Stewart Museum announced this morning that a Harvey Award will be given to the Philadelphia-born, former teen idol Fabian, more than a month after giving a Harvey to another Philadelphia native, actress Grace Kelly.

The award will be given at a ceremony Oct. 24 or 25 at a venue to be announced.

Born Fabian Anthony Forte, he first appeared on "American Bandstand" in 1958 and would record several hits before turning 18, earning gold plaques (500,000 copies sold) for the songs "Turn Me Loose" and "Tiger" and the album "The Fabulous Fabian."

Forte, 65, who lives in Fayette County, starred with Stewart in the 1962 film "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" and 1965's "Dear Brigitte." Other film credits include "The Longest Day," "North to Alaska," "High Time" and "Ride the Wild Surf." He also made several appearances on television sitcoms and hosted two concert specials for PBS. In 1993, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Series as producer of the TV mini-series "The Wild West."

In 2000, the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a star on its Walk of Fame, and he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.

Forte still tours, and for 20 years has done shows with fellow Philadelphia natives Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell as The Golden Boys.

He is married to Andrea Patrick Forte, a former beauty queen and co-owner of the Patrick Talent Agency in Connellsville. The agency represents Fabian's The Original Stars of American Bandstand tour, which also includes Bobby Vee, The Chiffons, Brian Hyland and Chris Montez.

Indiana Gazette Online - Fabian to receive Harvey Award

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Award in Hendersonville to Gina Freeman

Hello Everyone!

I cannot tell you how honored I am for receiving this. I wish to thank Mayor Newman, Council Members and Tammie Drake and the Community of Hendersonville.

You may view the remaining photos on my website. Thank you and please know that I will continue to work diligently in the prevention of domestic violence!

Blessings!

Gina Freeman

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Coronation Celebration for Miss U.S. International!!!!!

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the official USA preliminary to the Miss International pageant held in Japan. www.Miss-International.org

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