Miss Florida USA 2008, Day One

 

 

Registration:

At exactly Three O’clock the 2008 Miss Florida USA Pageant officially began with delegate registration. The Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa on Hollywood Beach greeted the sixty- five delegates competing for the title. The Great Hall Convention Center Lobby provided the background of fifty foot frozen palms to greet our ladies.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration is where you meet roommates, contestant coordinators, receive the pageant week schedule and hotel room assignments. The Diplomat Resort and Spa rolled out the red carpet for our delegate’s first introduction to this world-class resort. Each contestant was greeted was a customized bathrobe courtesy of The Westin Diplomat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hollywood Dining Series - Mama Mia’s on Hollywood Circle

After an afternoon of show openings and video introductions our delegates  met in the lobby at 4:45pm and headed west towards Downtown Hollywood and Mama Mia’s Italian Restaurant on Young Circle as the Hollywood Dining Series features the best of culinary Hollywood. Italian and Sushi provided a twist that provided the ladies with a fun meal as life time friendships are beginning! This is truly a great time as new friends are being made as the fun of Miss Florida USA has just begun!  

 

 

 

 

 

Located right on Young’s Circle, Mama Mia’s has been a wonderful sponsor of our pageant as they hosted their first opening night for Miss Florida USA. The ladies had time to meet and greet before it was upstairs in their private dinning room. The food was great and so were the pictures. Bon Appetite!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More in store tonight!

As deadline passed the fun was just beginning for the delegates. This evening the girls were scheduled to have pageant orientation and television orientation meetings.

 

The Pageant Orientation meeting is led by Executive Producer Grant Gravitt, Jr. along with Pageant Producer Mary Lou Gravitt and Co-Pageant Director Michael Galanes. This is the time where the the delegates are introduced to the pageant staff, hear the pageant rules and regulations and are described the Miss USA scoring system. The television meeting is led by director Jeff Palmer and assistant director John “J.B.” Best review last years show and talk through this year’s edition. Then it off for bed check. Look for pictures and news to be updated around 7:00pm Wednesday Night.