It's been a while...

I realized today that I haven't posted anything in quite a while. That doesn't mean things haven't been busy. April was full of school finals and getting my students through the CRCT. Now that it's all over...I finally have some time to relax and get ready for Miss Georgia.

I had an appearance almost every weekend in April. Judging at the Miss Elbert County Middle School and the Miss Jackson County Pageants, making an appearance at home, singing at an event at my church and this past weekend, I appeared at the Madison County Relay for Life. To date this was probably one of my most favorite appearances. Not only was it laid back and casual, I had the chance to be around my students and the people that I work with. I had the opportunity to lead the opening lap with cancer survivors as well as entertain with a few songs. The event is even more special because of all the amazing support it gives to those suffering from cancer and those who have survived!

Salute to the Troops is up next and I'm looking forward to getting back together with so many of the incredible Miss GA girls :)

Busy, Busy, Busy

The past two weeks have been incredibly busy!! Between making appearances, working on talent, and looking for wardrobe I don't know how I have time for all the other things I'm doing. I had crowning shots done and I was really pleased with how they turned out! I'm posting a few of them below...






One appearance that was so much fun was judging Granite City Idol! Let me tell you it was really difficult to tell the contestants what I thought of their performances! I definitely do not envy Simon, Paula and Randy any more. Miss Chattahoochee and Miss UGA were my fellow judges and Leah was the emcee for the evening. Thank you to Debbie Herring and the East GA board for asking me to be apart of this event!




On March 29th, I had the priviledge of being the emcee for the Miss Southeast High School Pageant in Dalton. It was so much fun! I want to thank Leigh Ann for having me and all of the people in Dalton for being so welcoming!

Pumps for Pets

This weekend was the Pumps for Pets Cabaret Show in Atlanta. It was an amazing show, full of talented performers. Several former Miss Georgia's were in attendance as well as many of current titleholders. I performed a Linda Eder song, "It's No Secret Anymore." This was such a fun event, thank you to the Miss Atlanta board for allowing me to be apart of this fantastic show!

Singing!









Leslie and I with Leah Massee, Miss Georgia

My sister came to watch me perform!













Miss Wanda with "her" girls, Miss Carpet Capital, Miss Rome and Miss Atlanta.

More Pictures from Forum Weekend!

At the Miss Southern Rivers Pageant with Miss UGA and my good friend, Liza.

Sunday's meeting with Ashley!

All the Bulldogs headed to Miss Georgia!!! GOOOO DAWGS!

Miss Georgia Forum Weekend

This past weekend all of the contestants who will compete in the Miss Georgia Pageant in June gathered in Columbus, GA for what is known as Forum weekend. The weekend began on Friday with the trip to Columbus and attending the Miss Southern Rivers Pageant. The pageant was great and congratulations to Ashley Golamhosseini!

Saturday and Sunday's agenda included meetings both informative and instructional. It was a great time to become acquainted with the other contestants and to meet many of the teen contestants for the Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen Pageant.

Saturday evening was definitely the highlight with a dinner party hosted by Leah Massee, Miss Georgia themed as "Old Hollywood Glamour". Some of the pictures that we took are posted below. Thanks Leah for a great party. We were also fortunate enough to hear Leah perform her Miss America talent song. It was incredible and enjoyed by everyone.






More pictures to come!

A New Experience

This weekend, I had the opportunity to judge a Valetine Pageant in Franklin County. It was incredibly interesting to be on the other side of the table so to speak. Their were 70 contestants ranging from ages 0-18. The little ones were absolutely PRECIOUS! As an elementary school teacher, this was right up my alley. It was such a hard decision to choose a winner in each category. Most difficult was seeing the disappointed little faces of the children who didn't win.

Judging was such a fun appearance! I'm looking forward to my next opportunity to judge.

First Appearance

This weekend I had the opportunity to make my very first appearance as a MAO titleholder at the Miss Fulton County Pageant. It was so nice to actually get to sit back and enjoy a pageant! Congratualtions to Amber Ferrell who did a great job! I'm confident she will represent Miss Fulton well.




In addition to watching the pageant, I also enjoyed getting to know Miss Southern Heartland and Miss Forsyth during the pageant. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them again at forum.



Finally, probably the most exciting part of the night was meeting Miss Georgia 2004, Danica Tisdale! I remember being in the audience the year she was crowned Miss Georgia and loved her. It was wonderful to meet and chat with her.