April 7, 2006
April 7, 2006
Ms. Olkininsky; Ms. Korka; Miss Pedique and Miss Callahan
» IN THE AUDIENCE: Southwest Florida USA and West Broward USA
Four pageants in two days in such distant cities as Gainesville; Ft. Myers; North Miami and Coconut Creek! But with my trusty digital camera in tow we had a blast and have the pictures to prove it. Starting with a trip across The Everglades and I-75 it was the first ever Miss Southwest Florida USA and Teen USA Pageants. The Posh Production Team of April and Tracy put on a lovely event! It was great seeing both Jillian Wunderlich (Miss Ft. Meyers Teen USA 2007) and Heather Mowry (Miss Ft. Meyers Teen USA 2006) in the house!
Ms. , Miss Wunderlich and Ms. Gregory pose for the camera (left)
Very proud parents with their Miss Southwest Florida Teen USA! (right)
Ms. Mowry and Ms. Wunderlich during intermission
(left) &
Miss Wunderlich and Ms. Gregory during the day;s rehearsal
In a mad sprint East across the Everglades we were too late to make the crowning of Miss North Miami USA and a true pageant doubleheader! But it was a new day as Sunday afternoon saw us driving to a much closer preliminary as Miss West Broward USA and Director Barbara Ewald put on a great event with a lovely theater and a Miss USA State caliber set and opening production number. It was great seeing so many of the Miss Florida USA Family-South in attendance. Enjoy the pictures.
Ms. Olkininsky with a very proud Mom
(left), Miss Orlando/City Beautiful USA Director Frank with Personal Trainer Megan Alonge
(center) Miss Pedique gets ready for her portrait as photographer John LaMarch gets the lighting just right
(right)
Getting the opening right at rehearsals!
In the interview room
Miss Toledo, Ms. Rose, Ms. Berset and Miss Hastey after the pageant
Kristen Berset, Miss Florida USA 2004,
with the new Miss West Broward USA titleholders
Look for the Road to Hollywood and your Faces & Places editor in Palm Beach this Saturday Night for The Miss Gold Coast USA Pageant. Also look for our Co-Pageant Director Michael Galanes in Pensacola for the first ever Miss Florida USA Preliminary Pageant in our states Westernmost City. As always pictures next week here at YOUR best source for everything pictorially Miss Florida USA!
» MISS USA® 2006 MUSICAL PERFORMERS EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY
New to the 2006 show, the Pageant will
include live performances throughout the telecast by The East Village Opera
Company, which takes classical opera arias and turns them into bona fide rock
anthems.
The East Village Opera Company- a powerhouse five-piece band, a string quartet,
and two outstanding vocalists-brings the towering emotion and timeless
musicality of opera into the 21st century on its Decca/Universal Classics debut
with its inventive, hard-hitting arrangements of the music's "greatest
hits"óincluding "La Donna E Mobile" from Rigoletto,
"Habanera" from Carmen, and "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot ó
performed at full length and in the original languages. The East Village Opera
Company was featured in our GEN ART column last year and is one of the
editor’s favorites. Should be fun to see them live in Baltimore.
» Jennifer Wooten’s Shoot with Heather Forester
Miss Florida Teen USA 2006 took some time off from her hectic freshman schedule for a shoot in Panama City with one of our favorite photographers Heather Forester. We think this give Jennifer a totally different look and will work well into her portfolio. Enjoy!
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» KUDOS
& DID YOU KNOWS
- Kudos to Barbara Ewald and Halavin Productions title-holders on their participation during the South Florida American Heroes Candy Bowl Games. This was a joint Volunteer project with. Those in attendance were Jennifer Olkinitsky, Miss Broward Co. USA, Angel Coleman, Miss Homestead/Florida Keys USA, and Sarah Callahan Miss West Broward Teen USA 2006. The ladies meet celebrities such as John Castellanos from “The Young and the Restless” and Randy McMillan from the New York Jets. The titleholders assisted with games featuring the invited children from “Children In Distress South Florida”. Great job for a great cause everyone should be very proud!
- Kudos to Annile Hastey, Miss Sunset Place Teen USA 2007; Rachel Rose, Miss Hollywood USA 2007; Yazmin Navarro, Miss Sunset Place USA 2007 and Ashley Washington, Miss South Florida USA 2007 on their assistance and participation in Saturday’s Simon Book Blast at both Dadeland Mall (Miss Rose) and Miami International Mall (Miss Hastey; Ms. Navarro and Ms. Washington). The ladies read stories and even went face to face with a live skunk! The children were in awe and our ladies had a blast. What a great thing to do for the children, thank you ladies!
- Did you know that The Miss USA Deal or No Deal Special airs Wednesday night on NBC? Check your local listing and watch our Miss Florida USA Cristin Duren as well as 25 other Miss USA contestants as they open the briefcases for some cash-seeking contestants. Can’t wait to watch our Ms. Duren!
» 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.
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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!
Residents look at Chinese contestants in the finals of the China leg of Miss Tourism International
contest in an ancient town of Jiashan county, eastern China's Zhejiang province Monday, April 3. 2006.
38 finalists will compete for the chance to represent China in the international beauty pageant to be held later this year.
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