Welcome
to Miss USA Reports on Miss Florida USA!
Its
spring so that must mean Miss USA time is here. With all of the pageant
world’s eyes on the desert and Las Vegas we present to you our daily recaps
with a totally Florida slant. But also we will feature pictures of past Miss
Florida USA alumni who now hold the titles of Miss New York USA; Miss Rhode
Island USA and Miss Pennsylvania USA. Look for our live reports from the
desert beginning Monday April 7th and everyday with a special recap
on Monday April 14th. Only from YOUR favorite state pageant site on
the internet, Miss Florida USA!
Everyday
check out the freshest pictures and recaps then check out our daily Meet the
Delegates update to see beyond the tiara and get to know the contestants and
their stories. The fun starts today!
Miss
USA Photo Recap
Golden
Nugget Pool Party – Tuesday Afternoon
Courtney
Erin Carroll, Miss Alaska USA 2008; Breanne Silvi, Miss New Hampshire USA
2008; Kim Tantlinger, Miss Vermont USA 2008; Monica Day, Miss Ohio USA 2008;
and Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008, take the stage at Gold Diggers in
the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday.
Charlie Buhler, Miss South Dakota USA 2008, watches the
Fremont Street Experience from
Gold Diggers
STOMP
OUT LOUD Monday Night
Jessica
Rafalowski, Miss Florida USA 2008, poses with cast members from "Stomp
Out Loud" at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on
Monday, March 31.
Danielle
Roundtree, Miss New York USA 2008
Group
Shot!
Brittany
Mason, Miss Indiana USA 2008, poses onstage after seeing "Stomp Out
Loud"
HABBITAT
FOR HUMANITY – Monday Afternoon
Chelsey
Sophia Rodgers, Miss District Of Columbia USA 2008; Julia Bachison, Miss Utah
USA 2008; Kimberly Joiner, Miss Arizona USA 2008; Vincenza Carrieri-Russo,
Miss Delaware USA 2008; Micaela Johnson, Miss Nebraska USA 2008; and LauRen
Merola, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2008, pose for a photo at the Habitat for
Humanity warehouse on Monday
LauRen
Merola, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2008
Michelyn
Cynthia Butler, Miss Wisconsin USA 2008, and Cassie Shore, Miss Wyoming USA
2008
Brittany
Mason, Miss Indiana USA 2008; Hailey Laine Brown, Miss Tennessee USA 2008; and
Amy Diaz, Miss Rhode Island USA 2008, sign a Halloween decoration
Nellis
Air Force Base Visit Monday Afternoon
Rachel
Smith, Miss USA 2007 visits Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada March
31, 2008.
Keisha
Walding, Miss Alabama USA 2008; Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008;
Shanon Lersch, Miss Illinois USA 2008; Leah Laviano, Miss Mississippi USA
2008; Tori Hall, Miss Virginia USA 2008; Abbey Nicole Curran, Miss Iowa USA
2008; and Veronica Grabowski, Miss Nevada USA 2008
Shanon
Lersch, Miss Illinois USA 2008
Keisha
Walding, Miss Alabama USA 2008; Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008; Jonelle
Layfield, Miss Hawaii USA 2008; Abbey Nicole Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008;
Shanon Lersch, Miss Illinois USA 2008; Alysha Noel Harris, Miss Kentucky USA
2008; Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008; Jackie Bruno, Miss
Massachusetts USA 2008; Kaylee Unverzagt, Miss Minnesota USA 2008; Leah
Laviano, Miss Mississippi USA 2008; Veronica Grabowski, Miss Nevada USA 2008;
Danielle Roundtree, Miss New York USA 2008; Lindsey Jo Harrington, Miss
Oklahoma USA 2008; Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008; and Tori Hall, Miss
Virginia USA 2008 visit Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada March 31,
2008.
Getting to Know: Miss Washington USA
Before Miss USA, Miss Washington must survive finals
Earlier
we told
you about one group of college students whose work is far from over after
finals -- the Seattle Pacific University Women's Basketball Team. Here's
another co-ed who's got plenty to be nervous about after her two finals next
week -- Michelle Font, a.k.a. Miss
Washington USA.
"I've
worked really hard to be there and I don't want to think about what I could
possibly do wrong, but think of everything I can do right," Font said in
a phone interview this morning. "I guess I could just pretend that the
camera doesn't televise throughout the country." On March 26 the
26-year-old University of Washington engineering student flies to Las Vegas to
compete in the world famous Miss
USA Pageant, broadcast live on NBC April 11.
Engineer
she may be. Still, it's hard to apply the label "nerd" to a
salsa-dancing, yoga-loving, drop-dead gorgeous Latina beauty queen. Not to
mention her workout habits. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays have been all
school, but to be in top shape for that all important swimsuit portion, Font
sees a trainer Tuesdays and Thursdays and spends hours at L.A. Fitness
locations as far north as Mill Creek and as far south as Renton doing cardio
and abdominal exercises.
Also
-- how many nerds do you know who get regular facials at Gene
Juarez?
Font
is no stranger to beauty contests, but she's no lifelong pageant princess,
either (read more on her bio and
the one from the Miss
Washington USA page). This year could mark the fortieth year Miss
Washington hasn't won Miss USA. Font intends to do all she can to change that.
"I
have this opportunity that almost nobody in the nation gets." she said.
"Since I was little I always watched every pageant that's ever been on
TV. I actually saw them as untouchable, something that was – some superpower
women, I had no idea that I could be up there with them. It really is
encouraging to know you don't have to have any special powers, you just have
to be able to do it."
Font
will travel to Las Vegas on her own and meet up with Miss Idaho, her roommate
for the pageant. Font's parents arrive April 5, the day of the preliminary
competition to select the top 15 finalists. Her sister, her aunt, her cousin,
and relatives from Puerto Rico, Miami, Texas and Chicago – "even family
I've never met is going!" Font said – will follow.