Meredith Boyd, Mrs. Georgia International 2008: Mere’s Miracles!

Bells will be ringing this holiday season as thousands of runners and walkers hit the nation’s pavements, pathways and parks this winter to fight arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability. My dearest friend Angela Smith, Mrs. North Dakota International will be one of those people, tying jingle bells to her shoelaces to participate in the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis, a 5K fun run/walk to benefit the Arthritis Foundation! Her team is called “Mere’s Miracles” in honor of my quest to help those who suffer everyday from this disease. Thank you so much Ang and your girls!

And YOU can help, too! ‘Tis the season for giving! Won’t you sponsor Mere’s Miracles to help raise funds to fight arthritis? Arthritis affects more than 46 million Americans, including 300,000 children, costing the U.S economy over $128 billion annually. The Arthritis Foundation needs our help. Please visit Mere’s Miracles Web page to join the team or make a secure, online contribution to help raise the needed funds for the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to prevent, control and cure arthritis.

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle … A little change makes a lot of cents!

Meredith Boyd, Mrs. Georgia International 2008: Mere’s Miracles!

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Las Vegas Weekly : "Miss Nevada joins 2009 Miss America contestants for reality show filming" by Robin Leach: Luxe Life

Miss Nevada joins 2009 Miss America contestants for reality show filming

By Robin Leach

Photo: Miss America Organization

First comes her Master’s degree in drama -– and then comes her dream of becoming a Broadway performer. Julianna Erdesz is this year’s Miss Nevada, competing against 51 other contestants in the Feb. 3 Miss America pageant at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts, and she will be showcasing her vocal skills in the talent portion of the contest.

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The 24-year-old former University of Nevada-Reno student made the Dean’s List while there. Since then, she’s gone on to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy with a $20,000 audition-based scholarship and also at the New School University. It’s really been a case of putting herself through college earning a $10,000 Government Millennium scholarship at the same time as being Miss Carson City!

Photo: Miss America Organization

For the past three weeks, she has been in California filming for the TLC

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Las Vegas Weekly : "Miss Nevada joins 2009 Miss America contestants for reality show filming" by Robin Leach: Luxe Life

Miss Nevada joins 2009 Miss America contestants for reality show filming

By Robin Leach

Photo: Miss America Organization

First comes her Master’s degree in drama -– and then comes her dream of becoming a Broadway performer. Julianna Erdesz is this year’s Miss Nevada, competing against 51 other contestants in the Feb. 3 Miss America pageant at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts, and she will be showcasing her vocal skills in the talent portion of the contest.

More

TLC Miss American Web site

The 24-year-old former University of Nevada-Reno student made the Dean’s List while there. Since then, she’s gone on to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy with a $20,000 audition-based scholarship and also at the New School University. It’s really been a case of putting herself through college earning a $10,000 Government Millennium scholarship at the same time as being Miss Carson City!

Photo: Miss America Organization

For the past three weeks, she has been in California filming for the TLC

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Las Vegas Weekly : “Miss Nevada joins 2009 Miss America contestants for reality show filming” by Robin Leach: Luxe Life

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Bertolo: Mimi Pabon continues to impress

Miriam “Mimi” Pabon, Puerto Rico’s delegate in the Miss International pageant, continues to impress in the many pictures that have been distributed of her in this pageant’s events. She is also included in many top lists and in ever picture she excels. There is a lot of expecation with this girl. Would she be the second Puerto Rican to win the crown of Miss International?

Bertolo: Mimi Pabon continues to impress

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Beauties of America Pageant – Official Blogspot: hey yall!

Wow! Everything comes in groups!
I have booked my first appearance of the year, which led to my booking another one. I will be attending a jewelry/fashion show at a local church. The coordinator also works with an event for Hospice, so I will be involved in that, too:)
As I write this, I am watching our BOA DVD. What great memories!! I look forward to seeing yall next year at the pageant, if not sooner:))

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Beauties of America Pageant – Official Blogspot: hey yall!

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BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Miss Earth 2008 – National Costume Competition

All 85 candidates competed in the National Costume Competition with the following winning some awards:

Face of Placenta Award:
Miss Venezuela

Best in National Costume:
Miss Panama

Miss Micu Confidence:
Miss Greece

Joel Cruz Signature Award:
Miss Greece
Face of the Night Award:
Miss Colombia

Miss Photogenic:
Miss Philippines

Miss Afficionado Award:
Miss Tanzania

Photo Credits: OPMB

BEAUTY WORLD CUP: Miss Earth 2008 – National Costume Competition

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Beauties of America Pageant – Official Blogspot: a busy weekend…

Hey BOA Fans, its been a busy weekend in the South for me. I was requested at the United States preliminary as special guest last weekend… I was asked to Emcee the pageant as well as Entertain (a little thing you didnt know about me is… I am a trained Opera/Broadway singer, so anytime I can sing or perform, I’m your girl!!) The Pageant kicked off with over 15 contestants vying for the Junior, Teen, and Miss titles of Western Carolina United States, which will take them to the Miss South Carolina United States Pageant in March of 2009!! The pageant resulted in crowning Junior Teen Western Carolina: Sutton Metz; Teen Western Carolina: Mae-Ann Webb; and Miss Western Carolina: Britnie Turner. It was well done and a success! I sang a classic Judy Garland (Southern Song) : Rock-a-bye-Your-Baby-With-A-Dixie-Melody – I had a blast! (pictures to come)

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I was honored to judge a preliminary pageant for the Dream Girls USA system in Kings Mountain, NC – really close to my hometown of Charlotte, NC. The pageant was a lot of fun with a really cool category for the upcoming holiday, HALLOWEEN COSTUME of choice!! It was fun to see the contestants pick out different varieties of costumes and branch out a little bit from the “typical” pageant everyone is used to! I have never seen such professional little girls in my life! Serious talent there! Future Beauties of America’s, Miss America’s and Miss USA’s right in front of my eyes! 🙂 Thanks to Misty Carson and Jeree’ Current for having me!

I have many more appearances scheduled in the next months. Some in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Also, I will be getting my official headshots done with my crown and sash in the next few months…

Much Love,
Katie-Britt Greenway
America’s 20s

Beauties of America Pageant – Official Blogspot: a busy weekend…

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Bertolo: Miss Earth’s Swimsuit Photo shoot

If you want to see pictures of some of Miss Earth’s competitors in their swimsuit co to www.winninpegsun.com. The pageant, which mission is to protect the environment and earth, is held in Manila, Philippines and draws contestants from all over the world. Pictures from Misses England, Slovakia, Japan and others are posted in the website. The pageant will be held on November 9.

By the way, what ever happened to the Puerto Rico’s representative? Apparently she was a no-show and now we don’t have anyone representing the Island. With so many gorgeous girls who just competed in Miss Puerto rico Universe, that is a waste. With the great quality we had this year, we could have had our first Miss Earth with girls like Miss Bayamon, Guaynabo, San Lorenzo, Catano, Adjuntas and Santurce.

Bertolo: Miss Earth’s Swimsuit Photo shoot

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Valerie Hayes – The Pageant Coach (TM) Teaching Life Skills that Transcend Pageantry! (TM): Everyone Deserves a Red Carpet Moment!

My trip to San Diego was lots of fun and a huge success! I met lots of people from the modeling and entertainment industries and experienced my first “red carpet” moment! After the limo pulled up and dropped me off, I was waiting my turn on the red carpet behind a soap star, two feature film directors, a TV actress, a stand-up comedienne, and a movie actress. When they announced my name to the photographers and it was my turn for photos, the gallery watching the celebrities unexpectedly went wild. It turned out that the gallery was full of pageant titleholders and contestants!

It was fun to see pageantry so well represented in the crowd by titleholders from across several prestigious pageant systems. Everyone there looked absolutely pageant fab in their crowns and sashes! After the fashion show several of the titleholders were posing for their own photos with fans and signing autographs! You could really sense the camaraderie among the titleholders and pageant fans and it was a great example of what pageantry is all about. Thanks again to everyone who attended and for making my first red carpet moment so memorable!

Valerie Hayes – The Pageant Coach (TM) Teaching Life Skills that Transcend Pageantry! (TM): Everyone Deserves a Red Carpet Moment!

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MissAmerica.org Blog » October 24, 2008

Hello All!

I wanted to take some time out of my hectic schedule to let you know what I’ve been up to for the past few weeks. Since I last blogged, I had the opportunity to experience some great events! On October 11, I served as the Grand Marshal of the University of Cincinnati’s homecoming parade. It was great to be back in the area and get to spend time with friends I don’t get to see too often. I was able to reconnect and have some wonderful career-related conversations with the heads of our Musical Theatre and Drama departments… my former professors and friends. Their support, enthusiasm and guidance mean SO very much to me. I was even able to sit in on rehearsals for CCM’s upcoming performances and it was so nice to be back in a rehearsal! A lovely weekend, AND our football team won on its homecoming weekend, so I was excited about that too – GO BEARCATS!

Speaking of rehearsals and musical theatre… I don’t think I mentioned what an AMAZING time I had visiting with fellow musical theatre majors at Oakland University when I was there last month, in Rochester, Michigan. The University, in my home county, had me speak to the MT majors and on the general campus about my platform and sign autographs. I was even taken around campus in Chrysler’s version of a smart electric car… a GEM car. I had a blast and it was so nice to be welcomed back and spend some time with my peers.

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MissAmerica.org Blog » October 24, 2008

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