» Hollywood Candy Cane Parade

What a beautiful night for a parade! The 45^th edition of The City of Hollywood Candy Cane Parade took over the Hollywood Broadwalk this past Saturday. More than 1,500 participants in 112 Marching Bands & Units attracted approximately 800,000 visitors. The route took the participants along the 2.5 mile stretch that is east of A-1-A and right on the surf and sand.

The Wootens prior to the Elf Parade (left)

Miss Crawford and Ms. Shockey get ready for the parade! (right)

Miss Erickson and Ms. Kohn-Cybulkiewicz flank our Miss Wooten

Amongst the Floats and Colorful Characters was this years Grand Marshall Miss Florida Teen USA 2006 Miss Jennifer Wooten & Her Court of Titleholders. Joining us for the evening; Angel Coleman (Miss Homestead/Florida Keys); Shantavia Davis (Miss Oakland Park USA); Christian Erickson (Miss Oakland Park Teen USA); Amber Gerrod (Miss Palm Beach County Teen USA) Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz (Miss Hispanidad USA) and Alysa Spirato (Miss Gold Coast Teen USA). Along the route emcee Brian Freeman from WIOD AM610 introduced our titleholders who were the biggest stars at the parade except and of course, Santa!

Ms. Davis & Ms. Coleman wave to the crowd

Miss Wooten was the star of the evening! (left) Ms. Davis and Miss Spirato play catch up (right)

Miss Wooten, Miss Spirato, Miss Garrod and Miss Erickson before the parade.

More Pictures!

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» Holiday Parade Patrol

It was a beautiful, cool and brisk Friday evening in Daytona Beach where our Miss Daytona Beach Teen USA Erin Winters was a special guest in the Daytona Beach Christmas Parade. Joining Miss Winters was Miss Florida USA 2006 contestant Miranda Weber as they added that special something to the annual event in eastern Volusia County. Enjoy the pictures.

All the way up in St. Augustine we found our Miss Jacksonville USA Sherri Leaf and Miss First Coast Teen USA Ashley Lake in their traditional holiday parade that ventured through the historic downtown district. Our girls looked amazing and the weather was perfect. Thanks to Ms. Leaf for the pictures!

The parade doubleheader concluded on Sunday for our Miss Florida Teen USA as Jennifer was a featured guest in South Miami’s Parade of The Elves. The route took us through the quaint city and passed Sunset Mall and US 1. It was quite the crowd as Miss Wooten was the final celebrity next to that scene stealing Santa Clause. Next to the big guy himself she was the biggest hit of the parade. The setting was perfect as winter is in full swing down here in South Florida so a chilly 68 degrees kept everyone in the holiday spirit. Enjoy the pictures!

Our good friends at The Hollywood Jaycees also were involved in Saturday’s Candy Cane Parade on Hollywood Beach. The Jaycees float and presentation featured Miss Hollywood USA Lindsey Shockey and Miss Hollywood Teen USA Diana Crawford. A big congratulation’s goes to Miss Crawford who earlier that day learned she was accepted to The University of Florida! Great pictures and great jobs ladies!

» Winterfest Boat Parade Schedule

The biggest parade of the year for our Miss Florida USA and Miss Florida Teen USA is The Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade. Viewed by over 3 million people on the banks of The Ft. Lauderdale Intracoastal Waterways. The event is also televised throughout South Florida, Boston and The Caribbean on WSVN-Fox TV. Here’s the itinerary that await Ms. Duren and Miss Wooten next weekend.

Thursday, December 15th

Event:

Winterfest Celebrity Party at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Location:One Seminole Way, Hollywood 6:00pm

(Meet and greet type of event, with sponsors, VIP in attendance)

Friday, December 16th

Event: 7 NEWS at Noon

Location: Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott 1881 SE 17^th Street,

Fort Lauderdale, Noon

(Interview with Elita Loresca, WSVN Weather Anchor plus bumps for Boat Parade Special)

Saturday, December 17^th

Event: Boat Parade

Transportation will pick you up from the Embassy Suites at

3:45pm to transport to boats

Miss Florida Teen USA Jennifer Wooten: Savior Fare Boat

Miss Florida USA: Lady Chateau Boat

The parade is shown live on Comcast cable Saturday December 16^th throughout Broward County. The show will be edited and shown multiple times in December on WSVN-Fox Channel 7 in Miami and their sister station Channel 7 NBC in Boston. Next week we will publish the airdates.

» Pageant News Wanted!

Are you a titleholder or at large delegate who is making appearances or doing good things in the community? We would love to tell all of the Miss Florida USA Family your story. Send pictures and updates to telair@aol.com as we feature everything Miss Florida USA on Friday’s at Faces & Places.

» 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!

PICTURE OF THE WEEK!

This weeks featured picture is for you blonde lovers in the audience.

Put in one picture our Miss Florida USA Cristin Duren and International Singing Star Sissi

and you have a picture that is muy caliente!

Hope this warms up your winter as our picture of the week!

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