Miss Space Coast USA & Teen USA Pageant
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Monday, June 2, 2008
May 29 2008
All around Orange County school classes are celebrating the end of the year. Lucky for me I had the chance to celebrate with one of those classes. On Thurs, I stepped foot on the brand new school Sunset Park Elementary in Windermere. Once inside I went straight upstairs to Ms. King's 3d grade class. They were all expecting a 'Queen' to walk through their door and sure enough one did...ME :)
I had all 18 of them listening as I told them about myself, my title, and Love Letters: Random Cards of Kindness. The kids were very excited to make cards and they made some great "Dino-riffic" and "Picnic" cards for 40 children with life-threatening diseases. When we finished, I answered questions and signed autograph cards as well as special t-shirts Ms. King had made for each of her students. It was a short visit, 45 minutes, but the kids appreciate me visiting and felt special that I "choose" them to make Love Letters :)
May 24, 2008
Today I met up with my sister Queens and our Director Kim Antos for a day of Pageant Training. We discussed orientation, Miss Florida Week, and what we have done so far to prepare. At the end of our session, we were surprised to find out that Daytona Beach College wanted us to film promos for the Daytona Cubs Baseball Team! Well, being that this was completely unexpected, we were not exactly looking camera ready :)Lucky for us, the staff was flexible and gave us just enough time to quickly do our hair and make-up. Once ready, we were given a Cubs uniform, a few lines, and Lights Camera Action: we filmed the promo :) It was a lot of fun and we have some great pics captured on our home page of http://www.missdaytonausa.com/
If you have the opportunity, tune into Channel WCEU during the Daytona Cubs baseball games and you may catch one of us in action!
Updates to my Blog
Here are a couple of events that have gone by that I wanted to mention in my blog :)
Every year, the University of Central Florida has a Faculty and Staff Holiday Party. This year I was asked to perform a dance routine along side the current Mr and Miss UCF. It was a great opportunity to meet the people who make UCF the incredible University it has become. I was honored to be invited to such an event.
Pictured above is Alex Lord, Mr UCF 2008, Veronica Livesay Executive Director of the Miss UCF Scholarship Pageant, and Me :) Second picture (below) is myself with Former and current Mr And Miss UCF titleholders and Maribeth Ehasz, UCF’s vice president for student development and enrollment services
For the second consecutive year, I was asked to assist Veronica Livesay in a presentation on HOW TO WORK A ROOM:NETWORKING IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS Seminar during Leadership Week at the University of Central Florida. It is really a treat to have students attend a workshop like this. The students are their to learn the basics of business and social etiquette. Veronica and I had notes prepared with helpful tips as well as live exercise to reinforce meeting, mingling, and making small talk with strangers. The purpose was to enhance and enforce leadership skills and learn to be more relaxed, comfortable, and self-confident in interviews and social situations.
Friday, May 30, 2008
May 9, 2008
Friday marked our first event that Denesha, Emily and I participated in together and our second event with the wonderful organization Operation Caring Through Sharing. Vanacore Homes has donated a luxury house in Ormond Beach for their raffle which began this weekend. For $100 you can buy a raffle ticket and be a part of this amazing cause. This event is going on until February of nex year, please visit their site http://www.octs04.org/ for more information!
April 18, 2008
Today Emily and I headed to Ormond Beach to participate in a fashion show for Operation Caring Through Sharing. We greeted guests at the door, helped out at rehearsals, assisted with the silent auction and helped the models and performers backstage! Operation Caring Through Sharing is a non-profit organization based in Jacksonville Florida. Their mission is to stop hunger in Florida. The organization started with one woman cooking meals for local families out of her kitchen, today the organization (in its 4th year) provides more than 5,625 meals per month!!! A very special thank you to Brenda and Casie for letting us be part of such an amazing organization. For more information about Operation Caring Through Sharing, please visit their website at http://www.octs04.org/
April 11, 2008
Vivaaaaaaaaaa Las Vegas!!!!!!! This was my first ever trip to see Miss USA Live at the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino. The whole day was an eye opening expierence. Friday Morning, Emily and I attended the Miss USA dress rehearsal. Although my ticket said dress rehearsal, it was more of a mock Miss USA Pageant. The contestants, crew and staff spent 2 hours doing the show as if it was the real thing. A mock 15 was announced. I was hoping to watch Jess, but she was not called. Fortunately Jess was a part of the real Top 15 that night! Jess looked great as she went from Top 15 to Top 10! We were and still are very proud of her success!
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