Thanksgiving for me means lunch/dinner with Henderson's and the Dallas Cowboys football game followed by a weekend at the Miss Texas Teen USA 2011 pageant in Houston, TX. 120 Texas Teens will be competing for the crown currently held by Miss Texas Teen USA 2010, Chelsea Morgensen.
I was lucky enough to interview a Texas beauty and former Miss Texas Teen USA 2009, Kelli Harral. Texas has a lot to be thankful for over the many years in pageantry and Kelli is a perfect reason why. Thanks Kelli for the interview and Happy Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy! -Will the Pageant Guy
Thanksgiving weekend historically, is a busy weekend for some major pageant systems across the country. Every year, National American Miss and American Coed Pageants have their national pageants at the Disney resorts in California and Florida respectively, and this year eight states in the USA system will also be hosting their pageants on the same weekend. Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania will be hosting both Miss and Teen pageants and Texas will be hosting their Teen pageant only.
I was lucky enough to get a quick interview with a former Teen titleholder from one of these states and I will be featuring more interviews in the next following days from a few more. So check out what Miss Maine Teen USA 2009, Jordan Shiers has been up to in her interview below and STAY TUNED for MORE exclusive interviews over the holiday weekend! -Will the Pageant Guy
This weekend will feature successful Teen titleholders from Miss Teen USA's past, competing as Miss contestants in California and Georgia. Katherine "Katie" Blair, Miss Teen USA 2006 and Alyssa Campanella, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007 (1st RU to Miss Teen USA 2007) both will be competing for Miss California USA 2011. Brittany Sharp, Miss Georgia Teen USA 2006 and 4th RU to Katherine at Miss Teen USA 2006, will also looking to capture the crown at Miss Georgia USA 2011!
I was lucky enough to chat with Alyssa Campanella last week before she competed at Miss California USA 2011. Check out thePageantGuy.com's exclusive interview of Alyssa Campanella's below!
UPDATE 11/21/10 - Alyssa Campanella is crowned Miss California USA 2011! Congratulations Alyssa!
Good luck to all contestants competing this weekend! -Will the Pageant Guy
The first time I came across Pageant Paperdolls I was pretty amazed at the surgeon-like precision and detail of these replicas. If you are a fan of pageantry then you respect a contestant, hairstylist, photographer, etc. paying great attention to detail and these 4 inch Paperdolls were no exception.
Afterwards, new Pageant Paperdolls would regularly pop up on my Facebook news feed. I admired the work from a distance -- most times browsing through them quickly -- until one day something familiar caught my eye. Two current Texas USA titleholders were "paperdolled" with one of my events in the background.
Kelsey Moore and Chelsea Morgensen on the Red Carpet at the Texas Pageant Expo
I'm sure both Kelsey and Chelsea were flattered that someone used them as inspiration to create art, and it was awesome that the artist actually recreated all of my sponsor logos on the banner behind them!
So I reached out to the artist, Paperdoll Pete, to express my admiration for his art and for including my banner in one of his pieces. He talked about his love for pageants and his gratefulness to use his talents to give something back to the pageant world. But, he admitted that some pageant fans view his work as creepy. Creepy or not, I thought Paperdoll Pete's work was pretty cool and he seemed like a good dude. From then on I continued followed Pete's work on Facebook and came up with an idea for to feature his Paperdolls in video.
With permission granted from Pete, I threw together a few video montages recreating "Great Moments in Pageant History" -- Paperdoll style. Take a look below!
Now that you've seen them, I want YOUR opinion! What do YOU think about Pageant Paperdolls? Creepy or Cool?
I had the amazing opportunity to interview the current Miss International 2010 - Ashley Smith. Ashley is quite an accomplished young lady! Not only has she has won 2 national titles (including Miss International 2010 of course), but she was on the dance team for the NBA's Houston Rockets, and graduated law school this summer. But don't let her superlatives fool you...she's one SILLY girl 🙂 I was fortunate enough to have Ashley intern for me so I can vouch for her silliness! Watch the video and take a look for yourself!
Thanks for the interview Intern! 😛 -Will the Pageant Guy
One Laredo beauty is the title holder for Miss Texas 2011. Laredoan Ana Rodriguez was crowned last night in Houston. Three participants represented Laredo and two of them placed in the top three.
According to the Laredo pageant director, Roel Gonzalez, "This is a big deal for Laredo". Lauren Guzman, the first Laredoan to hold the Miss Teen Texas title, was also a runner-up.
Thanksgiving for me means lunch/dinner with Henderson's and the Dallas Cowboys football game followed by a weekend at the Miss Texas Teen USA 2011 pageant in Houston, TX. 120 Texas Teens will be competing for the crown currently held by Miss Texas Teen USA 2010, Chelsea Morgensen.
