Miss Florida USA Faces

After a tough semester at Florida State (but a very successful one!) it was all about getting ready for Miss Teen USA the past weekend for our Miss Florida Teen USA Jennifer Wooten. It was a whirlwind weekend as the visit started with some camera time on the productions stages at The Hollywood Production Center. The Miss Florida Teen USA segment will show some fun unseen footage from last years state championship along with Miss Wooten hosting. The finished piece will premier on the July 15^th telecast.

handling the mock interview panel with grace (left) &
studying the lines and fixing the hair

After the lights were dimmed it was time to have some fun at our sponsor’s shop in Miami’s Merchandise Mart as Bijoux Terner made our Miss Wooten feel like a VIP! She had so much fun gathering the perfect accessories for her upcoming trip to Palm Springs. Afterwards it was time to return to the soundstages for a Mock Interview Session modeled after the national competition. Thanks to our great panel who donated a Friday evening to help our family prepare this years representative!

After an intense June and July of conditioning in the hot Central Florida sun. Our next official appearance for Miss Wooten is a fun pageant filled weekend in the Miss Florida Teen USA suite at The Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa. Look for her to assist in the crowning of our next Miss Florida USA! Then it full speed to California as our reports begin July 31^st on here at www.MissFloridaUSA.com.

Last night was a special night in Hollywood as the 6^th annual “Never Too Hot For Fashion” Broward Outreach Center Charity Fashion Show hit the runways on Hollywood Beach. Our nine supermodels represented the Miss Florida USA family as well over $30,000.00 was raised for the homeless assistance project of Broward County. Since the event was so late we have a few pictures for your enjoyment today with a full article and many more pictures in Monday’s Pretape Update!

Rachel Rose in the final set of the evening (left) & Carissa Grazel centerstage with Nikki Graham

The Miss Florida USA family was represented this past Wednesday afternoon for the check presentations from our live hurricane relief telethon. The Hollywood City Commission Chambers was the venue for the check presentations as over $50,000.00 was awarded to the following charities. $12,500.00 both The Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast - Pass Christian Unit - Pass Christian, Mississippi; and The Boys & Girls Club of S. E. Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana; $10,000.00 went to both The Greater Hollywood Family YMCA, Hollywood, FL; Hollywood Police Athletic League, Hollywood, FL and $5,000.00 went to The Hollywood Boys & Girls Club - Marti Huizenga Unit - Hollywood, FL. This is in addition to the $100,000.00 already donated to The American Red Cross.

Once again we want to thank all of our Miss Florida Pageant Family (including the reigning Miss Florida America Mari Wilensky and Mrs. Florida Marianne Oden) who either manned the phones or assisted on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk or Simon Mall Fundraisers as together we raised over $150,000 for the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Wilma relief efforts both in The Gulf Coast Region and in Broward County. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

- Kudos to Sarah Callahan, Miss Broward County Teen USA 2007 who volunteered to help with the rugby tournaments at the Sunshine State Games held this past weekend. In the pictures you see her with 2 of the teams and the medical team members. She helped in the medical booth and registered teams as they arrived. Stay away from the rugby scrum and way to get involved Sarah!

- Kudos to Danyel Crecelius, Miss Homestead/Florida Keys Teen USA 2007. as she recently met with Coral Springs Mayor Brook and made quite the impression as she was asked her to be included in several city wide efforts including the Government Leadership Committee. Seems like one of our family has political aspirations. Way to be a community leader Danyel.

- Kudos to Angel Coleman, Miss Oakland Park USA 2007 and Christian Ericksen, Miss Oakland Park Teen USA 2007 who meet with the City of Oakland Park Mayor Steven Arnst Tuesday afternoon. The mayor invited the two titleholders to attend the July 5th Commision meeting to introduce them to the Commissioners and wish them well for state. Mayor Arnst is serving his third term as mayor. Way to represent your region Angel and Christian!

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen shows off a watch at a promotional event in New Delhi, India, in this Nov. 17, 2004 file photo. Two of India's beauty queens-turned-actresses, Sen and Aishwarya Rai, will star in separate movies about the life of Rani Lakshmibai, a fiery freedom fighter.

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK!

This week's featured picture is all about doing a good thing. Nine of our titleholders on Thursday night donated their day to model clothing from Hollywood designers at the charity “Never Too Hot For Fashion” show and assisted in raising over $30,000.00 at last count for the homeless assistance of Broward County. This good deed needs to be rewarded as this weeks “grand finale” captures our prestigious Picture of The Week title. Congratulations!