Miss Florida USA Faces

Thursday night Team Pompano Beach USA (Stephanie Caits and Yecenia Santibanez) along with Miss West Broward Teen USA Michelle Chaban assisted in a historic fashion show of women’s swimwear. The swimwear collection spanned the ages at The International Swimming Hall of Fame on Ft. Lauderdale Beach. The evening culminated in special fashion show featuring our delegates and several swimmers from the Olympic development team. The collection was commemorating and celebrating 100 years of women’s rights. How swimming has changed our culture and the status and image of women.

The evening was part seminar on the evolution and part display on the runway with authentic suits from the era. Ms. Caits modeled a vintage 1941 swimsuit worn by Esther Williams. Miss Chaban and Miss Santibanez then presented two turn of the century suits before hitting the Olympic speedo suits for the finale. What a fun evening it was! Thank you to Miss Pompano Beach USA Director Dana Klein for the invitation.

Shannon Bream to Cover Supreme Court for Fox News

Former Miss Florida USA 1994 and Washington DC News Anchor Shannon DePuy Bream is leaving her NBC station at the end of the month to join Fox News Channel, where she'll cover the Supreme Court. "The good thing about the Fox job is that it allows me to use my background as an attorney," Bream said in an interview yesterday. "So for me that was kind of irresistible, the chance to do that." Bream replaces Megyn Kelly, who left Washington for New York this year to co-host Fox News Channel's morning show "America's Newsroom" with Bill Hemmer. "It's been great having Shannon on the team," Vickie Burns, WRC's vice-president of news, wrote in a staff memo. "We've enjoyed and appreciated her smarts and warm personality."

Bream, 36, came to WRC (Channel 4) in 2004 as the weekend morning anchor and moved to evening news last year. She will start at the cable news network Nov. 26. As a Florida lawyer, Bream appeared as a "citizen panelist" on Bill Maher's now-defunct ABC late night show "Politically Incorrect" in 1999.

» Kudos & Did You Knows

- Kudos to The Miss Fort Myers USA team as they invited Miss Kissimmee Teen USA-Krystal Gillen, Miss Stuart Teen USA-Riley Nowell & Miss Treasure Coast Teen USA-Kendra Altemeyer to the recent Women in Business Awards Banquet. The black-tie event was sponsored by Chicos charities and the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. Our titleholders were featured guests of over 300 local businesswomen and they greeted and mingled with the cities business movers and shakers. Way to network with the movers and shaker of Lee County Krystal, Riley and Kendra!

- Kudos to Miss Orlando USA Nicole Webb and Miss City Beautiful USA Miranda Webber on their efforts to assist Communique, the Rollins student chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association, raised $1,000 during its Baking for Breast Cancer events in October. The money raised during the bake sales was donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation during the Rock for the Cure event held in Orlando, Friday, October 26. Way to find a delicious way to assist in a great cause Lisa and Miranda!

(From left to right) Director of News & Media Relations and Communique Advisor Jeni Hatter, Susan G. Komen President of Grants Rob Thompson and Rollins student and reigning Miss Orlando USA Nicole Webb.

- Did You Know that our Miss Miami Tropics Team were featured on the red carpet of the world premier of the movie “Bella” in Miami this past week. Historic Gusman Hall downtown saw our Miss Miami Tropics (USA) Stefanie Fernandez, Miss Miami Tropics Teen (USA) Danielle McCrimmon and Junior Miss Miami Tropics Teen (USA) 2009 Kristen Sabina being interviewed by the international press and paparazzi. Way to work that red carpet Stefanie, Danielle and Kristen!

The Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue in Manhattan hosted the New York Restoration Project's 12th annual Hulaween Gala on Halloween Night. The elegant event supported by many influential personalities including Mayor Michael Bloomberg who explained the NYRP's ultimate significance, "Hulaween is a special event - benefiting a wonderful organization. None of it would have been possible without the marvelous Bette Midler. For 12 years, the New York Restoration Project has done so much to make this a cleaner, more beautiful New York. We are working together to plant one million trees in New York City over the next ten years -- the equivalent to 40 times the number of trees in Central Park."

Celebrities that attended this years gala were Bette Midler; Glenn Close; Marcia Gay Harden, Susie Essman, Martha Stewart, Miss Universe - Riyo Mori; Miss USA - Rachel Smith; Miss Teen USA - Hillary Cruz; Fashion Designer Michael Kors; Hilary Rhoda; Elettra Wiedemann; Lonneke Engel; Sandra Lee, Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a special performance by Cheryl Crowe.

This year's event raised over $2 million dollars. For more information about The New York Restoration Project please visit http://www.nyrp.org.

We have found a great host for all of our pictures before they are formally posted here on our home page. Visit http://virb.com/missfloridausa as we have posted over 150 photos from this past pre-tape weekend. We will also post all timely pictures there after preliminary pageants and special appearances. Always trying to stay ahead of the communications cure here at Miss Florida USA!

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» Alumni News Wanted!

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK!

We go back to last night’s Bloomers to Bikini’s Charity Fashion Show for this charming photo with swimsuits from the early 1900’s. Our POTW Committee is always impressed when you go vintage, then add our beautiful team of Stephanie, Yessie and Michele and you have this edition of The Picture of The Week!