MISS FL USA NEWS!

» Miss Broward County/Oakland Park USA Starts Season with Four Titles at Stake

For the first time ever a twin titled pageant opens the Miss Florida USA Preliminary Pageant Season. Not even Hurricane Wilma can stop Halavin Productions from crowning two titles in the Miss Florida USA and Miss Florida Teen USA divisions. After the hurricane it is important for us in South Florida to get back to life as normal and what better way then a pageant Sunday?

Here’s the details the pageants will be held on November 20, 2005 at the Collins Community Center in Oakland Park. The show will begin at 4pm and arrival time for the delegates will be 8:00am as a full day of pageantry awaits the young ladies.

Schedule for pageant day are several seminars. We will have a work shop on Dealing with questions and answers, on stage Strategies and more. Also a Make up session with Spa representative.

You may contact pageant directors Angie & Mandi Halavin via email or by phone at 954-445-8181. Check out their web page at www.halavinproductionsinc.com while their email address missbrowardcountyusa@yahoo.com. See everyone at this seasons kickoff pageant November 20^th!

» 2007 Miss Florida USA Preliminary Season Schedule

Nov. 20: Miss Oakland Park USA & Teen USA Pageants

Dec 11 & 18: Miss Weston USA & Teen USA Pageants

Jan 6-7: Miss Nature Coast USA & Teen USA Pageants

Jan 13-15: Miss Daytona Beach USA & Teen USA Pageants

Jan 27-29 Miss Sarasota/Manatee County USA & Teen USA Pageants

Jan 29: Miss Hollywood USA & Teen USA Pageants

Feb 4: Miss Polk County USA/Miss Lake Buena Vista USA & Teen USA Pageants

Feb 11: Miss Sunset Place USA & Teen USA Pageants

Feb 18-19: Miss First Coast USA & Teen USA Pageants

March 18: Miss Southwest Florida USA & Teen USA Pageants

April 2: Miss West Broward USA & Teen USA Pageants

April 8: Miss Gold Coast USA & Miss Palm Beach County USA & Teen Pageants

April 23: Miss Treasure Coast USA & Teen USA Pageants

May 6: Miss Boca Raton USA & Teen USA Pageants

May 7: Miss Homestead USA & Teen USA Pageants

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Campbell sophomore, Samantha Holvey,

is crowned Miss North Carolina USA on Oct. 29,

in High Point, N.C.

» Campbell student crowned Miss North Carolina USA

Nineteen year-old Samantha Holvey was ecstatic to make the top 15 and astonished to remain in the final rounds, but when the Campbell University student heard the name of the first runner-up for Miss North Carolina USA called and it wasn’t hers, she almost fainted. “I’ve been dreaming about this and working so hard for so long, the whole thing seemed surreal,” Holvey said. “But my mom always said that if you can dream it, you can do it.”

A native of Glenville, W.Va., Holvey was crowned Miss North Carolina USA on Oct. 29 in High Point, N.C. The pageant is part of the Miss Universe organization owned by Donald Trump and the NBC Television Network. As Miss North Carolina USA, Holvey will be eligible to compete in the Miss USA Pageant and could ultimately be a contestant in the Miss Universe Pageant. “Our program is an excellent vehicle for young ladies who are recognized as the elite women of today and tomorrow,” said Paula M. Miles, executive director of RPM Productions, Inc., which produces the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants for the Carolinas and Louisiana. “If crowned as a state representative, a titleholder’s year is exclusively designed with her personal and career goals in minds.”

As the winner of Miss North Carolina USA, Holvey received a prize package including cash, a fashion wardrobe, agency interviews and scholarship money. She will compete in the Miss Universe USA which traditionally awards over $225,000 in cash and prizes. Holvey turned down the full scholarship to High Point University that came with the Miss North Carolina USA title in order to continue her education at Campbell. “I know it sounds crazy, but I just couldn’t leave my friends and professors here,” she said.

As a sophomore at Campbell, Holvey is active in Campus Crusade for Christ, the Camel Crazies spirit organization and the student Public Relations Society of America. She also works for Campbell Radio Station WCCE as an announcer and on-air operator. “Samantha is very reliable and very talented,” said Station Manager Travis Autry. “I think she has enormous potential to pursue anything she wants to pursue and would be an asset to any organization.” With a concentration in broadcast journalism, Holvey’s goal is to become a correspondent for a national news network and eventually host her own talk show.

“I wasn’t one of those little girls competing in pageants,” said Holvey, whose pageant career didn’t get started until she was a freshman in high school. “I always watched pageants growing up and wanted to be one of those beautiful young ladies I saw on television. When I placed in my second pageant, I began to think, ‘I’m good at this,’” she said.

» Bobel claims Miss Indiana USA title

t's proof positive that just because someone is from a small town doesn't mean they cannot achieve great things. Peru native and Maconaquah High School graduate Bridget Bobel will soon be participating in the Miss USA Pageant, as she was crowned Miss Indiana USA in Merrillville Sunday. The five-foot-five-inch, blue-eyed blonde is 25 years old and the daughter of David and Mina Bobel, Peru. She currently resides in Indianapolis and works as the assistant manager for mall marketing at Castleton Square Mall.

Peru, Indiana native Bridget Bobel is crowned

Miss Indiana USA by former winner Kaitlyn Christopher

in Merrillville Sunday. (Photo provided)

Last year Bobel was crowned first runner up in the state pageant and luckily decided to give it one more try. She was also Miss Miami County and Miss City of Firsts.

Bobel will continue to work as she trains for the Miss USA pageant, to be held in April 2006 and broadcast live on NBC. She didn't win a cash prize for the state competition, but says state sponsors will provide her wardrobe for the upcoming pageant.

The beauty queen said she enjoys traveling, reading, playing the piano and going to the theater. Bobel is also a literacy advocate, serving as an avid volunteer for Indy Reads, an Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library program, as an adult literacy tutor.

As a child she performed in the Peru Amateur Circus for 13 years, where she participated in trapeze and aerial acts. Her career ambition is to receive a Masters of Business Administration and to have a successful career in marketing.

» Picture Gallery On The Road To Nationals:

With so many pageant happening in the next few weeks on The Road to Nationals we thought we would familiarize our fans with some of the recent state winners. These pictures have been hopping around on the internet so we thought you would enjoy them.

14 year old Brittany Sharp, Miss Greater Atlanta Teen USA,

out bested the field to capture the title of Miss Georgia Teen USA 2006

Miss Georgia USA 2006 - Lisa Wilson, competing as Miss Rome USA

Miss Maryland USA 2006 and her court

The 2006 Miss Indiana USA

and Teen USA Team

Sade Aiyeku Idaho USA 2005, Allyson Swan Idaho USA 2006,

Brianne Wickland Idaho Teen 2006 and Alyssa Sams Idaho USA 2005.

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