Miss
Teen USA Report
July
23, 2010
Shelby Layne Gregoire, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2010; Courtney Carter, Miss Colorado Teen USA 2010; Jeneffer Lopez,
Miss District Of Columbia Teen USA 2010; Morgan Leigh Lucas, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2010;
and Ariana Walker, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010
DAY
NUMBER TWO IN PARADISE:
Today
could be summed up with two words, rain and rehearsals. The morning was
supposed to be a beautiful photo shoot on the lagoon overlooking the signature
towers. But unfortunately a tropical storm named Bonnie decided to pay the
islands a visit. In between raindrops the photo staff pulled off the tableau
shot as it was all smiles as the delegates brightened up the day. After a
morning by the pool it was indoors to the Atlantic Ballroom as preparations
continued. All is good as they continued into the evening.
Our Miss Florida Teen USA Alyssa Rivera is in great spirits as she is having the time of her life. Friday is more rehearsals as the state directors have a brief visit right around lunch time. Then they re-group for the first of two evenings of competition as preliminary night awaits the judges, contestants and audience. We are now in Nassau and will have our very own pictures up on www.Flickr.com/MissFloridaUSA as well as full reports on Saturday, Sunday and a wrap up on Monday.
WELCOME MISS TEEN USA EVENT
Hosanna Noelle-Leilani Kabakoro, Miss Idaho Teen USA 2010; Faith Annelies Cortez, Miss New Mexico
Teen USA 2010; Cara Nardini, Miss Oregon Teen USA 2010; and Caroline Scott, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2010,
at
a welcome event in the Great Hall of Waters at ATLANTIS, Paradise Island /
Teen USA 2010; Morgan Leigh Lucas, Miss New Hampshire
Teen
USA 2010; and Ariana Walker, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010
Lauren Ashley Martz, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2010; Angelia Nichole Layton,
Miss
Utah Teen USA 2010; and Amanda Soltero, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2010
Paula Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization,
Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Teen USA 2009
and George Markantonis, President and Managing Director
of
Kerzner International Bahamas Ltd,
SWIMSUIT GROUP SHOT
The
51 contestants for the Miss Teen USA 2010 pageant weather a brief rainstorm
during a photo shoot at ATLANTIS
Alyssa Ann Hustrulid, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2010; and Haley O'Brien, Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2010 /
Kamie Crawford, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2010; and Elena LaQuatra, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2010, try to escape
the
rain during a photo shoot / Cara
Nardini, Miss Oregon Teen USA 2010; and Jacqueline Carroll, Miss Virginia Teen
USA 2010
Erica Wright, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2010; Camilla Ree Cyr, Miss Washington
Teen
USA 2010; and Audrey Denison, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2010
GETTING TO KNOW: Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010
Pageants
are nothing new to Bismarck`s Ariana Walker. The 19-year-old has been
competing for years and even paid for her first year of college with
scholarship money she won in pageants, but she`s about to compete in a pageant
unlike any she`s even been in before.
Nineteen-year-old Walker has been spending much of her summer at Gold`s Gym.
She`s working out so she`ll be in the best possible shape when she takes the
stage in the Miss Teen USA Pageant. "Its based on physical fitness,
beauty and interview skills so what they’re looking for is the all around
girl," said Walker.
That means Walkers preparations have gone beyond the gym. "I’ve been
doing a lot of mock interviews, exercising and eating healthy, which is really
important, because when it comes to being in pageants and being physically
fit, you want to make sure I’m healthy," she said.
And while pageants are nothing new for Walker but this pageant actually does
bring something new. For the first time, Walker will have to model a swim
suit.
"Walking on stage in a two piece saying, `This is my body, and I feel
comfortable in my own skin,` that’s the most rewarding but also the most
terrifying because you’re being critiqued," said Walker. But she`s not
focusing on that. Instead, she`s thinking about all the good that pageants
have brought to her life, like self confidence, opportunities, scholarships,
and now, a trip to the Bahamas.
Miss
Walker preparing for her big night
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