Miss South Florida USA Recap

Miss Coral Springs Teen USA 2005 Shantavia Davis

with newly crowned Lia Anter.

This past Saturday afternoon saw a great start to the Miami pageant circuit, as Miss South Florida USA was quite the success! The location was right on Biscayne Bay in the heart of Coconut Grove and provided a gorgeous backdrop. The theater was first rate and the competition was very tough. It was also great seeing several members of our southern Miss Florida USA family. Here’s the recap of the evening.

Visiting titleholders included our very own Miss Florida Teen USA 2005 Victoria Ratliff who looked absolutely fantastic as she assisted in the evenings crowning. Ms. Ratliff had just completed her fashion photo shoot with sponsor Bob Lasky on Thursday and the results looked fantastic! They will definitely be posted in the next few weeks. Then on Friday she videotaped segments for the Miss Florida USA 2006 Broadcast and a special segment for the Miss Emerald Coast USA broadcast this March.

Miss Florida USA 2003 Carrie Mewha was in attendance and looked fantastic. Lindsay Shockey, Miss Hollywood USA 2006 was also there to help in the evening’s festivities. She was so happy to share with us the fact that she has been a very active Miss Hollywood USA. The Hollywood Jaycees have her making appearances in and around our host city. It was also great seeing Miss Coral Springs Teen USA 2005 Shantavia Davis who says she excited about the preliminary season and winning her way back to state!

Miss Florida Teen USA Alumni Elizabeth Bell with proud mother before pageant (left)

Co Pageant Director Rachel Uziel with Miss Florida Teen USA 2005 Victoria Ratliff (center)

Florida USA Alumni & Pageant Volunteer Ivis Guerra with her proud mother

in the auditorium of Ransom Everglades during the festivities (right)

Several alumni were in attendance as Elizabeth Bell (FTUSA 04) was in attendance with her mother. Ms. Bell is a senior at nearby Lourdes Academy and is anxiously awaiting her college acceptance letters! Also alumnus Ivis Guerra (FLUSA T15 ’97) was a volunteer for the evening helping out good friend and pageant director Daphne Angulo (FLUSA ’92). Ms. Guerra looks great and is the International Business Development Representative for The Baptist Health System of Miami. I would be remiss to also congratulate our new Miss South Florida USA Lia Anter on winning the title. This was truly a great pageant evening on Biscayne Bay!

Kudos & Did You Knows

- Did you know our very own Miss Florida Teen USA 2005 Victoria Ratliff has been invited to perform at the world famous St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Charity Gala in Memphis this February 12^th? Ms. Ratliff will be sharing the stage with Randy Owens of the country group Alabama as well as Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Member’s The Temptations. Congratulations Victoria!

- Kudos to the titleholders of M Productions as they assisted "The Great Outdoors Conservancy" is committed to save and preserve land for future generations– in a fundraiser for preservation of native wilderness. Miss Manatee County USA Sheena Monnin, Miss Manatee Teen USA Megan Polly, Miss West Coast Teen USA Megan Ortagus (who sang the National anthem), Miss West Coast Teen Stephanie Camp (who sang "America the Beautiful") and Miss Ft. Myers Teen USA Heather Mowry for the dedication and commitment to help with such a good cause! For more information surf to www.tgoc.org.

- Kudos to Miss Panhandle USA 2006 Brooke Francis on her recent involvement with Sanford’s Martin Luther King Day Parade festivities. Ms. Francis also spoke to her hometown audience about how a single person can make a difference, just like Martin Luther King. Good job Brooke!

- Kudos to Miss Florida Teen USA 2004 Anastagia Pierre who visited the office this past week to inform us of her role in her high schools version of “Grease”. Rizzo is the role for our aspiring actress with her debut April 9^th at Sagemont Preparatory Academy. Here’s to a job well done on hosting this years Miss Florida Teen USA telecast, good job Anastagia!

You never leave the Miss Florida USA family! Anastagia poses

with her mother and the Miss Florida USA staff during a recent visit.

Miss Florida USA attends Palm Beach Society Luncheon:

Mingling during morning social hour in Palm Beach!

Our Miss Florida USA 2005 Melissa Witek was a guest of honor at the 'Hearing Ovarian Cancer's Whisper' luncheon at The Breakers in Palm Beach. It was quite the spectacular afternoon as Ms. Witek lunched with the premier women of society in our state. The luncheon featured guest speaker Marilu Henner of “Taxi” fame as well as Broadway. Of course we brought our camera so enjoy!

Famous Actress Marilu Henner with Melissa during the luncheon (left)

This Weekend on The Pageant Calendar:

The highway to Hollywood is closed this weekend but will be open up again February 5^th in Gainesville for the fourth annual Miss Gainesville USA Pageant. Then we wake up the next day and join Citrus Production in Orlando for the Miss Citrus Teen USA Pageant. Wow! No wonder we need this weekend to rest.

Alumni News Wanted!

If you know of any Miss Florida USA alumni in the news please drop us an email to feature them in future articles. Email all info to info@missfloridausa.com! Until next week here to good pageantry!