Royalty Steps Off the Runway and into the Kitchen
New Orleans, LA, September 18, 2008- When a young boy was burned in a grease fire his parents found themselves struggling to pay the sky high medical bills. The parents, who work at beauty pageants as a videographer and photography team, reached out to the pageantry community for help.
The beauty queens decided to help in the way they are most comfortable with; competing. Not competing on the runway, but in the kitchen. The fundraising idea solicits beauty pageant queens to enter their favorite recipe in "The Celebrity Queen Cook Off.
Stacy Bsjorkman's son, Hunter, burned part of his body in a kitchen fire. He required a series of skin grafts and hospital stays. This placed a severe strain on the family emotionally and financially. The Bsjorkman family sent an email of distress to the pageant commu ity. Wanting to help Shelly Winters Black, a pageant director, came up with the Cook Off idea.
"I really want to help, so the greatest resource I have is the relationships in the pageantry community." said Shelly. "I put my thinking hat on and thought these beauty queens all love to compete, its their nature. So I came up with the idea for them to compete in a different way. The queens, and moms of kids with titles, are encouraged to pick their favorite recipe and enter it in the competition."
The recipes and dishes will be presented on Saturday September27, 2008 at 5pm in the Metarie Best Western Landmark Hotel. The Celebrity Queens Cook Off is held in conjunction with the Miss Louisiana 2008 Pageant held at the hotel located at 2601 Severn Avenue, Metairie, Louisiana 70002.
The dishes will be judged at 5.00pm by chef Beth Macalusa and the reigning Miss New Orleans Haley Ridgel. The winner will receive a banner and a crown as Miss Celebrity Queen Cook Off 2008.
To generate funds the entry fee for the contestants is $20, plus the dish, for the general public the ticket cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children to test the entries. In addition the recipes and pictures from the event will be compiled into an ebook available for $19.95. The book can be purchased online at two websites: www.shellyspageantexpress.com and www.directyourpageant.com
Fifty percent of proceeds from the night of the event will go to the Hunter Bsjorkman Fund and the rest will pay for the banner, crown and the room. One hundred percent of the cook book profits will go the Hunter Bsjorkman Fund.
The book can also be considered a promotional tool for queens and the titles they represent. All entries should include a picture and a bio with the queens titles. "If you have a title and a recipe you would like to enter but can't make the event then send the recipe, picture, bio and $20 entry fee to my email." says pageant director Shelly Winters Black. "You will be included in the book as well as contribute to paying little Hunters medical bills."
The email address to enter is: shellyspageantexpress@gmail.com
or you can send the check and recipe to:
Hunter Bsjorkman Fund
122 Kingston Dr.
Slidell, LA 70458
Mrs Black says a lot of the kids with titles have been entering the contest using family recipes. "It really makes me feel good to see the pageantry family come together to assist one of their own.
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