May 2012
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Fargo woman chases Miss USA dream →
Fargo’s own Jaci Stofferahn is competing as Miss North Dakota in the Miss USA Pageant, and she needs your help.
Through June 2, fans can vote for their favorite contestant on Facebook, Twitter, missusa.com or nbc.com. The contestant with the most votes will earn a place in the semifinals.
The 23-year-old Stofferahn left for pre-pageant events and training on Friday, and the pageant will be held...
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Miss USA 2012 photo updates →
Just added two new galleries of Miss USA 2012 photos to my site… a third gallery of candid photos and the second gallery of official MUO registration & fittings photos. Fierce! As always the index page for all the photos can be found here: http://www.pageantupdate.info/missusa2012/pageant/index.htm
Candids (Gallery 3) - Behind-the-scenes pics, mainly taken by the girls themselves, of...
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North Havener heads to Las Vegas for Miss USA... →
She’s leaving on a jet plane and she’s hoping she’ll come back again as Miss USA.
Marie-Lynn Piscitelli, 26, Tuesday is headed for Las Vegas, Nev., where she will compete for the title of Miss USA 2012 against contestants from every state. While becoming Miss USA has been a goal for years, she is using it as a stepping stone to her business career. She is a freelance makeup artist and hairstylist...
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Miss USA 2012 Day 1 roundup
First day of Miss USA registration & fittings is over! The pageant sponsors Kooey Swimwear, Rain Cosmetics, Farouk/CHI and Sherri Hill have been busy fitting the girls for their competition wardrobe and primping them for their initial photoshoots. In addition to the usual Fadil photos, gown, swimsuit & headshot pics there is also another CHI shoot this year. Lots more pictures up...
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Miss USA 2012 Pageant Coverage Index - Pageant... →
Almost 100 pics from Day 1 of Miss USA 2012 are now up on my site! Click here for the main index page.
The three galleries are:
Departure/Arrival/Airport pics
Candids (general mishmash of photos from a wide range of sources, including contestant twitter & facebook)
Registration & Fittings (official photos from MUO)
Here are a few of the pics! I will be updating my site frequently...
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Fitness profile: Miss Florida USA 2012 Karina Brez →
@realmissflusa #missusa Karina Brez is Miss Florida USA 2012 and will compete for Miss USA on June 3 at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. The competition will be shown on NBC. To keep her figure toned for pageant competitions, she works out for 2 ½ hours seven days a week and eats five small, healthy meals daily. She also keeps fit to stave off health challenges, includingheart murmurs.
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Watch@realmissmousa #missusa (via Miss Missouri To Compete For Miss USA | FOX2now.com – St. Louis News & Weather from KTVI Television FOX2)
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Watch(via Video: 51 Miss USA 2012 Contestants on One Boat Makes For a Fun Ride - NASDAQ.com)
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Watch(via Video: Miss USA Stops by City Harvest - NASDAQ.com)
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WatchMiss USA contestants get ready for pageant
(via Fox & Friends - Fox News Channel - Fox News)
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Watch(via TODAY: Miss USA 2011 talks cancer awareness)
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Team Evil Geniuses Manager Anna Prosser Believes... →
Anna Prosser is one of a growing number of women rising to the top of the pro gaming world. Prosser gained national attention last year when she won the beauty pageant crown as Miss Oregon USA. The 26 year-old Portland native graduated magna cum laude from Oregon State University with dual degrees in International Studies and Speech Communication with a minor in Spanish.
The lifelong gamer...
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Martinsburg woman gets big sendoff to Miss USA... →
@realmisswvusa #missusa About 150 relatives and friends gathered in Shepherdstown Sunday afternoon for an official send-off to Andrea Rogers as she heads to Las Vegas and the Miss USA competition.
Rogers, 24, of Martinsburg, W.Va., was crowned Miss West Virginia USA in October in a pageant in Flatwoods, W.Va., in Braxton County. The 5-foot, 11-inch blonde is a permanent substitute...
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Miss Utah USA hosts Blue Balloon Day to raise... →
As part of World Asthma Day, Miss Utah USA Kendyl Bell hosted a Blue Balloon Day event to encourage environments where everyone can breathe clean air and have healthy lungs.
Bell, a BYU graduate and the current titleholder representing Utah in the Miss USA pageant, was diagnosed with asthma at age 17. At that time, she began volunteering for the American Lung Association.
In 2007, then-Gov. Jon...
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Martinsburg Woman To Compete For Miss USA →
A Berkeley County woman will represent West Virginia at the MISS USA® Pageant, starting later this month, in Las Vegas.
Andrea Rogers, a 2005 graduate of Martinsburg High School, will be in New York, next week, for a preliminary media tour before heading to Nevada on May 15th.
“I’m enjoying it. At this point, I feel like I’ve done everything I can to prep, to be ready for it...
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Think Quick profile with Jamie Dragon →
Interview with Jamie Dragon, Owner of Lush Salon & Boutique and Miss Vermont USA
What can’t your business live without? Clients. My livelihood depends on my clients, and I strive to make them happy.
Favorite BTV/Stowe hotspot? I love to eat dinner at the Cactus Cafe in Stowe, and for breakfast in Burlington I go to Magnolia Bistro.
Social media for your business: Valuable or a pain? I...
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North Haven's Marie-Lynn Piscitelli to Compete for... →
As the Miss USA pageant approches, ladies across the country are preparing themselves for a life altering experience that could define their future.
Representing Connecticut is 26-year-old Marie-Lynn Piscitelli. The North Haven native started competeing in pageants when she was 14 and, after a string of placing but no wins, she secured the title of Miss Connecticut in last year’s state...
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Las Cruces woman Poised for pageant →
On June 3, the Miss USA pageant will be aired on NBC, and Las Cruces’ Jessica Martin will be representing the entire state as Miss New Mexico USA.
“I just want to do well and make everyone proud in New Mexico,” Martin said.
For the second year in a row, Miss New Mexico USA hails from Las Cruces, and like Miss New Mexico USA 2011 Brittany Toll, she is a graduate from Mayfield High School.
Martin...
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Johnston Can Help West High Girl Go From Hawkeye... →
Rebecca Hodge had never been in a beauty pageant before.
She wasn’t a “pageant girl,” she said. Without her knowledge, co-workers at Wig and Pen entered the 2008 Iowa City West High graduate and former Iowa Hawkeye cheerleader in the Miss Iowa USA competition. She went for it and she won. That was in October.
Miss Iowa, Jessica Pray, who is from Johnston, competed in the Miss...
