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Miss Arkansas Recap....
As I posted about here. I've been busy this week! This year my office decided to sponsor the Miss Arkansas Luncheon and the Pageant in general. So, what does that mean exactly?? It means that I had to attend the pageant Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night and speak at a luncheon...that's what it means. And, let me tell you that by the time Saturday night rolled around I had been over the whole pageant mindset for...oh.....3 days! One night was enough for me, but instead I endured 4!
Now, I'm not the pageant type thus I have never been in pageants. I was more of the studious or sporty type, I guess. I'm not saying pageants are bad, they are just not for me. I think it takes a lot of guts to get up there and prance around in a two piece in front of a lot of people....yes I do. Do I think that there are other things in life more difficult.....OMG, YES! I just got tired of the cheesiness and over emphasis on "what it takes to be pageant material" really, really, really, quickly! I mean what good is a $500 dollar scholarship when you've spent $500 dollars on a swimsuit you cannot swim in and that is crushed velvet! Seriously??? $500 will barely by a book in school! I'm not saying anything bad about the donators. I think it is really awesome that people donated so much! I'm just saying that there needent be such a big deal made over receiving a $500 or $250 scholarship. $20,000, yes by all means....gloat!
Now, don't get me wrong I enjoyed dressing up in hot ensembles every night and chitchatting and meeting some really great people, but I just could have done without all of the crushed velvet, rhinestones, cheesiness, and overbearing mothers! The contestants were just lovely, but some of the audience members and mothers were less than pleasant. I had about all of the negative talk and "OMG look at her cellulite" and people throwing fits because their contestant didn't win. It is really ridiculous to act such a way. Those girls were scrutinized beyond belief from the audience members, and at one point I turned to ask one of the loud mouths if they would so kindly take off all their clothes down to there skivvies and prance up on stage so that I could pick out each and every flaw that wasn't already obvious clothed! They didn't have much to say after that!
The contestants were a group of beautiful and talented ladies, and kudos to them for working hard to get a $20,000 scholarship!
Here's the rundown of contestants:
Miss Arkansas 2009: Sarah Slocum, Miss Ouachita River
Before the pageant, my staff and I were scoping out the competitors and making our predictions. I picked her out as the winner....solely off of this face shot and her platform. She is beautiful!....and I was right!
On Saturday night, my sister and my niece came along with me. My niece who is six had this to say when the below contestant walked out: "Grrrrrrr....She's smoke'n" The whole row died laughing.....you have to know my neice.
Coincidentally, this contestant became my niece's favorite because of this beautiful red gown. When this contestant was not crowned Miss Arkansas, my niece cried like a baby...really, she did! She's 6!!!!
Now, based on the program, Megan (below) was not my pick, but into competition she became my absolute favorite! She was beautiful, happy, sweet, and oh my goodness....she could walk in a pair of heels! WOW!
Beautiful and sooooo sweet!!! Oh, and she was a newbee....which I found was really rare. Most contestants are in it 3 and 4 times with a max of 5. I think that if I didn't win the first time, there's no way I do it again......but then again, what do I know of pageants.
Ok, that's enough of that.
On Friday, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Outgoing Miss Arkansas Luncheon to a group of about 500. It was great! I love public speaking!!!
This is our nurse and myself before the luncheon began and I had to relocate myself to the stage with a group of people I had never met. Let's just say that its a good thing I'm social and quick on my feet!
Wow! I'm glad I ran and did a little touch up after this shot....I look how I felt, EXHAUSTED!
Throughout the week, I composed a list of funny statements that were made to me or funny statements that I heard both on stage and off. Here are a few:
1. "You know everyone in this lobby is talking about plastic surgery, but with this group of people...everyone wants it, but they don't want anyone to know. They don't want anyone to see them talking to you!" -- I had a table set up in the convention center, and every time I met someone's gaze that was staring my direction, they would immediately turn away. I began making it a game and would walk around and pass things out in the crowd just to see how many people I could embarrass. I had to do something to keep myself entertained for that hour before the prelims began.
2. "Do you preform surgery on (in a hush voice) "man parts"?" -- From a man who was clearly a womanizer and trying to be cute. I can't tell you how often I get this in public....it's like men think this is funny or a pickup line or something! YUCK!
3. "Do you have a personal fashion consultant that puts your outfits together?" --From a random audience member and a nice comment!
4. "You have swwwweeeeetttttt legs little lady." --From a very rich elderly man in a wheel chair. Night 1.
5. "There's Hot Legs, Honey." -- From same man, pointing me out to his elderly wife. Night 2.
6. "Have I told you, you have some HOT legs little dumplin?" --Same man, different night. Night 3....see a trend here?? It went on all week!
7. "I just knew she would win this time. It's her fourth time and she lost 10 lbs for crying out loud!" -- A disappointed fan of a contestant who obviously didn't win.
8. "If you think you can preform like that and stand a chance....you've got another thing coming. That was an embarrassment!" --From a mother to a contestant during rehearsals. The worst part was that she didn't care that I was standing right there behind the stage. I wanted to jump in and defend that poor girl from her momma....now isn't that backwards???? Shouldn't Mommas be defending their daughters????
9. "Does B.S.N. mean "Botox Specialty Nurse"?" -- To our nurse, from someone trying to be funny.
10. "This can't be a ticket.....I usually intentionally park illegally down here, but I know I was in a legal parking space this time!" ---Me, to my nurse as we were debating on the purpose of this yellow slip of paper flapping under my wiper as we drove from the luncheon. It was a ticket. I had, unknowingly, parked in a cross walk!!!!
It was an eventful week. I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and met a lot of great people.
That's All!
Now, I'm not the pageant type thus I have never been in pageants. I was more of the studious or sporty type, I guess. I'm not saying pageants are bad, they are just not for me. I think it takes a lot of guts to get up there and prance around in a two piece in front of a lot of people....yes I do. Do I think that there are other things in life more difficult.....OMG, YES! I just got tired of the cheesiness and over emphasis on "what it takes to be pageant material" really, really, really, quickly! I mean what good is a $500 dollar scholarship when you've spent $500 dollars on a swimsuit you cannot swim in and that is crushed velvet! Seriously??? $500 will barely by a book in school! I'm not saying anything bad about the donators. I think it is really awesome that people donated so much! I'm just saying that there needent be such a big deal made over receiving a $500 or $250 scholarship. $20,000, yes by all means....gloat!
Now, don't get me wrong I enjoyed dressing up in hot ensembles every night and chitchatting and meeting some really great people, but I just could have done without all of the crushed velvet, rhinestones, cheesiness, and overbearing mothers! The contestants were just lovely, but some of the audience members and mothers were less than pleasant. I had about all of the negative talk and "OMG look at her cellulite" and people throwing fits because their contestant didn't win. It is really ridiculous to act such a way. Those girls were scrutinized beyond belief from the audience members, and at one point I turned to ask one of the loud mouths if they would so kindly take off all their clothes down to there skivvies and prance up on stage so that I could pick out each and every flaw that wasn't already obvious clothed! They didn't have much to say after that!
The contestants were a group of beautiful and talented ladies, and kudos to them for working hard to get a $20,000 scholarship!
Here's the rundown of contestants:
Miss Arkansas 2009: Sarah Slocum, Miss Ouachita River
Before the pageant, my staff and I were scoping out the competitors and making our predictions. I picked her out as the winner....solely off of this face shot and her platform. She is beautiful!....and I was right!
Miss Arkansas 2008 crowning Sarah:
This is Sarah preforming "The Prayer"........in different languages! Very impressive!
Sarah in swimwear:
On Saturday night, my sister and my niece came along with me. My niece who is six had this to say when the below contestant walked out: "Grrrrrrr....She's smoke'n" The whole row died laughing.....you have to know my neice.
Coincidentally, this contestant became my niece's favorite because of this beautiful red gown. When this contestant was not crowned Miss Arkansas, my niece cried like a baby...really, she did! She's 6!!!!
Now, based on the program, Megan (below) was not my pick, but into competition she became my absolute favorite! She was beautiful, happy, sweet, and oh my goodness....she could walk in a pair of heels! WOW!
She won swimsuit in this little number:
And, the girl could SING!!!! She looked like a barbie doll doing it, too!
Ok, even more like a Barbie Doll below....I had a barbie dressed in this exact gown except in red!
Beautiful and sooooo sweet!!! Oh, and she was a newbee....which I found was really rare. Most contestants are in it 3 and 4 times with a max of 5. I think that if I didn't win the first time, there's no way I do it again......but then again, what do I know of pageants.
Sadly, she didn't make the top 5.
This was the first runner up: Amy Crain representing the U of A
Representing completely in red:
And, in talent where she clogged to "Game Time" and won!
Ok, that's enough of that.
On Friday, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Outgoing Miss Arkansas Luncheon to a group of about 500. It was great! I love public speaking!!!
This is our nurse and myself before the luncheon began and I had to relocate myself to the stage with a group of people I had never met. Let's just say that its a good thing I'm social and quick on my feet!
Wow! I'm glad I ran and did a little touch up after this shot....I look how I felt, EXHAUSTED!
Throughout the week, I composed a list of funny statements that were made to me or funny statements that I heard both on stage and off. Here are a few:
1. "You know everyone in this lobby is talking about plastic surgery, but with this group of people...everyone wants it, but they don't want anyone to know. They don't want anyone to see them talking to you!" -- I had a table set up in the convention center, and every time I met someone's gaze that was staring my direction, they would immediately turn away. I began making it a game and would walk around and pass things out in the crowd just to see how many people I could embarrass. I had to do something to keep myself entertained for that hour before the prelims began.
2. "Do you preform surgery on (in a hush voice) "man parts"?" -- From a man who was clearly a womanizer and trying to be cute. I can't tell you how often I get this in public....it's like men think this is funny or a pickup line or something! YUCK!
3. "Do you have a personal fashion consultant that puts your outfits together?" --From a random audience member and a nice comment!
4. "You have swwwweeeeetttttt legs little lady." --From a very rich elderly man in a wheel chair. Night 1.
5. "There's Hot Legs, Honey." -- From same man, pointing me out to his elderly wife. Night 2.
6. "Have I told you, you have some HOT legs little dumplin?" --Same man, different night. Night 3....see a trend here?? It went on all week!
7. "I just knew she would win this time. It's her fourth time and she lost 10 lbs for crying out loud!" -- A disappointed fan of a contestant who obviously didn't win.
8. "If you think you can preform like that and stand a chance....you've got another thing coming. That was an embarrassment!" --From a mother to a contestant during rehearsals. The worst part was that she didn't care that I was standing right there behind the stage. I wanted to jump in and defend that poor girl from her momma....now isn't that backwards???? Shouldn't Mommas be defending their daughters????
9. "Does B.S.N. mean "Botox Specialty Nurse"?" -- To our nurse, from someone trying to be funny.
10. "This can't be a ticket.....I usually intentionally park illegally down here, but I know I was in a legal parking space this time!" ---Me, to my nurse as we were debating on the purpose of this yellow slip of paper flapping under my wiper as we drove from the luncheon. It was a ticket. I had, unknowingly, parked in a cross walk!!!!
It was an eventful week. I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and met a lot of great people.
I just want to leave you with this pic. I would be a little upset with this shot. She looks.....so.....animated and not in a good way.
That's All!
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