TUNE IN ALERT: Miss America 2009 Katie Stam To Be Featured on EXTRA

clipped from www.missamerica.org TUNE IN ALERT   Miss America 2009 Katie Stam To Be Featured on EXTRA     Tonight, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. EST* NBC   Miss America 2009 Katie Stam will be featured on EXTRA tonight at 7 p.m. EST on NBC.* Katie was interviewed by EXTRA correspondent, Carlos Diaz and continues to make national news while in L.A. this week.   *Please check your local listings

Miss Česká 2009 - My Top 5

clipped from big4pageant.blogspot.com Miss Česká Universe 2009 - Tereza Budkova Twelve contestants will compete for the title of Miss Česká 2009 on February 27. The winner will represent Czech Republic at Miss Universe 2009 pageant and the 1st Runner Up will compete at Miss Earth 2009 pageant. All I can say is "WOW!!!!!". All the girls competing are top-notch. It was really hard to decide which one is the best because I want all of them to win. Anyway I will post my Top 5, but at the end of the day I don't mind who ever win this whole competition because they're all beautiful. 1st Runner Up - Veronika Zidkova 2nd Runner Up - Klara Rychtarikova 3rd Runner Up - Iveta Lutovska 4th Runner Up - Hana Muckova MEET THE REST OF THE CONTESTANTS

New Puerto Rican beauty queens

clipped from bertolocom.blogspot.com Three new beautiful girls will represent Puerto Rico and USA in diverse pageants. The announcement was made by the paeant directors this week. The three beauty queens are: Angelica Medina: will represent Puerto Rico in the Miss Intercontinental pageant

Mrs. Oregon International Pageant Workshop

clipped from debragilmour.blogspot.com In the beautiful fashion she is so known for, Tamara Wissbaum, Mrs. Oregon International 2007 welcomed the Oregon International Pageants contestants for the annual contestants workshop in her gorgeous new Portland home. Tamara and her beloved little beagle "Biscuit" (who was decked out in her rhinestone collar and leash, of course!) greeted the ladies as they arrived for the day long event. Oregon International Pageants director Lesley Nardini (pictured) and her knowledgeable staff, Kym Wylder (Mrs. Oregon International 2000)and Sherri Potsclan, as wells as invited experts including well known fashion model Cholee Thompson and celebrity stylist and makeup artist M'chel Bauxal offered  advise, encouragement and answered questions. For three lucky women, becoming Oregon's 2009 Teen, Miss, and Mrs. is going to the thrill of a life time!  Join us March 28th in Lake Oswego as we crown our successors!  For more information on the pageant click here: Oregon International Pageants.

National Pancake Day Alert

clipped from abbybollenbacher.blogspot.com I just saw a TV commercial for IHOP's National Pancake Day, which raises money for CMN, with whom Miss America also has a partnership. It's this Tuesday, February 24th from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. If you are a titleholder, ED, parent, or even local contestant, I think you should contact your local IHOP immediately! See if you can be a celebrity pancake flipper or server; perhaps you could sit in the entry way and sign autographs and explain the charity. Also find out if that restaurant is getting media coverage. If so, contact that paper or station to let them know you will be there too; form a positive relationship so they will include you in this, and future events. If not, send your own press releases and follow-up, in hopes of securing your own coverage. (Click here for press release writing tips and click on the links above and CNN article below to become familiar with the rhetoric CMN and Miss America use for this event.)

National Pancake Day Alert

clipped from abbybollenbacher.blogspot.com I just saw a TV commercial for IHOP's National Pancake Day, which raises money for CMN, with whom Miss America also has a partnership. It's this Tuesday, February 24th from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. If you are a titleholder, ED, parent, or even local contestant, I think you should contact your local IHOP immediately! See if you can be a celebrity pancake flipper or server; perhaps you could sit in the entry way and sign autographs and explain the charity. Also find out if that restaurant is getting media coverage. If so, contact that paper or station to let them know you will be there too; form a positive relationship so they will include you in this, and future events. If not, send your own press releases and follow-up, in hopes of securing your own coverage. (Click here for press release writing tips and click on the links above and CNN article below to become familiar with the rhetoric CMN and Miss America use for this event.)

Live show coming on Friday! Join Tim Kretschmann for a live internet podcast!!!

The PageantCast podcast (well, me) is travelling to Greensboro, North Carolina this Friday and we will have a live show.

Our good friend, Joy Pfister, the director of North Carolina International Pageants, is having me as Master of Ceremonies for her event this weekend. Friday, we will be broadcasting LIVE from their Red Carpet event!

The delegates will arrive on a RED Carpet at the Marriott Downtown Greensboro and the PageantCast will be broadcasting live from the event! This will be the kickoff for the 2009 North Carolina International pageant weekend and we'll be taking pictures in front of the HOLLYWOOD wall (and later today, I hope to upload those photos to our photo gallery!)

We'll be joined by the North Carolina International 2008 Queens, 2009 Delegates, Donald Latham Photography, Star Path Images Video Production, Jewels By Jill, and the North Carolina Press. It's going to be a incredible and glamourous event!

Even if you can't attend yourself, you'll be able to hear every moment LIVE from your computer, telephone, speakerphone or cell phone!

So how can you hear the live show? Afterall, our show is usually taped.

See the "Community Call" link over to the left on our website (http://www.pageantcast.com). No, further left than the picture of me with the beautiful Joy Pfister during her year as America's 30's. That will count you down to our show on February 27th at 2:00 p.m. EST! You'll find these directions on the home page as well on Friday!

We will be utilizing a service called TalkShoe and you can easily reach our little world of TalkShoe a number of different ways to hear the show live:

1. Click on the handy dandy purple link over to the left on http://www.pageantcast.com/
2. Simply type "http://radio.pageantcast.com/" and it will re-route to our live radio show website
3. Don't have a computer? No worries! Dial 724-444-7444 and type in Call ID: 32623; you can listen to the show anywhere on ANY phone!

You do NOT need an account to listen to the show. Just sign in as a "guest"...it's great! If you do have an account, though, we might even put you on the air IF YOU WOULD LIKE!

You can learn more about the North Carolina International Pageants by visiting their website:
http://www.northcarolinainternationalpageants.com/

Miss America 2009 Katie Stam Performs National Anthem at the International Polo Club

clipped from www.missamerica.org   Miss America 2009 Katie Stam was in Palm Beach, FL this weekend, where she had the great opportunity to sing the National Anthem at the International Polo Club. Before the match, Katie enjoyed a fabulous brunch with famous names that included actor, Tommy Lee Jones; International Polo Club President, John Goodman; America's Most Wanted host, John Walsh; and Congressman Tom Rooney. Katie was also in town to work with ZEROSMOKE and support the efforts of the American Heart Association at the Heart Ball on Saturday evening.  Look for Katie's continuous travel updates at Miss America Travels.

Announcing the Red Dress Award

clipped from themrsoklahomapageant.blogspot.com In 2008, International Pageants Group partnered with Go Red for Women to help fight against heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women in America. Our involvement in the movement can help save lives of mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters, grandmothers, best friends, and other women just like you! This year, we will be awarding a new award that will recognize the titleholder (local or State) that brings the most names to join the Go Red for Women Movement. This will be the Red Dress Award and will be awarded on-stage at the Oklahoma International Pageants. The form you will need to use can be downloaded here. Please feel free to download as many forms as you need to sign up your entries. The winning titleholder will receive the following prizes: Plaque Amazing Hoop Journey Necklace

Outgoing Miss Bahamas Universe: Reign was an amazing Experience

clipped from beautyinpageants.blogspot.com All young ladies who aspire to hold the title of Miss Bahamas should definitely enter the Miss Bahamas Universe pageant, according to reigning queen Sacha Scott. As her reign nears its end, she told The Nassau Guardian that it was an honor and an amazing experience to represent her country — an opportunity she says not everyone gets to have. "Not only did this give me the opportunity to learn even more about my country, but I learned more about myself as well. I learned to overcome hurdles, answer difficult questions and I made great friends. So I honestly feel that this pageant can serve as a learning experience for all who enter, even if you don't win the crown." The University of Miami student, is also the daughter of former Miss Bahamas title holder Christina Thompson-Scott, who represented the Bahamas at the Miss Universe Pageant in 1983 said it was like a dream come true. With her win, they became the first mother/daughter to capture the Miss Bahamas crown.

Sarah Palin and the Miss America Scholarship Fund

clipped from www.usnews.com She has touched the upper rung of American politics, but Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hasn't forgotten what got her there. Even the more embarrassing moments. Case in point: Taking second place in the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant, where she strutted the stage in a cherry-red, one-piece bathing suit and heels. While a bit bashful about her beauty queen past, her runner-up status made her Alaska's backup for the Miss America Pageant, qualifying her for the group's scholarship fund. The former GOP vice presidential nominee gushed about how the money gave her the start she needed. It was during a recent Washington luncheon when Palin bumped into Georgetown businesswoman Ann Hand, the official jeweler of the contest, who contributes a portion of her Miss America Collection to the scholarship fund. "That Miss America scholarship—that's what got me through college," Hand says Palin told her. In fact, it covered most of her college years.

Koz-Gotlib is new Miss Ukraine Universe 2009

clipped from misscontest.blogspot.com 2009 Miss Ukraine Universe Results * Miss Ukraine Universe, Christine Coz-Gottlieb, 25-year old * 1st Runner Up, Antonina Paperny, 18-year old * 2nd Runner Up, Anna Lapenko, 20-year old * 3rd Runner Up, Ekaterina Antonenko, 20-year old * 4th Runner Up, Katerina Vetchinkina, 18-year old 1st Runner Up,Antonina Paperny 2nd Runner Up, Anna Lapenko 3rd Runner Up, Ekaterina Antonenko

Nationals Opening number dress

clipped from themrsoklahomapageant.blogspot.com This is the dress that Mrs. Oklahoma 2009 will wear for the opening number at the Mrs. International pageant in Chicago this coming July. Designed by Sherri Hill, the dress will be in turqoise. Beautiful!