LOST IN LOS ANGELES

This photo was taken today - it's the last day of our fourth year students class. I was in the office reorganizing (hence jeans & a tee), when they pulled me out for a photo op. I'm going to miss this group once they become journeymen carpenters.

Taken this past weekend - I stayed home due to being ill ... boredom hit & I took all sorts of crazy pictures! :)

I just wanted to let you know that until the end of the month I will still be Ms Alaska Classic Beauty. However, November 1st will see me holding the title of MS CALIFORNIA CLASSIC BEAUTY! I was able to secure the title through our director, Stayc, as I am moving down there in January & while wanting to continue to hold my title as Ms Alaska, I felt it should actually be held by someone physically here! So my title is now up for grabs www.msclassicbeauty.com . So I will be getting a new banner & then sharing it briefly with Alaska before taking it home to California & rocking it out there! :) I'm trying to find someone here to take photos for my new title & then I'll post them once they are done. I'm so excited to have this opprotunity to represent my new home!

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A few weeks ago I was down in California visiting some family for the week when I get a call from a fellow pageant sister who is attending a charity dinner for SPCA & would I be interested in helping to give out prizes - one was a trip for two to Alaska. They thought it would be "neat" to have an Alaskan Queen give it away. Of course I said I would - any excuse to go shopping for a gown & to promote not just my beautiful state, but my platform as well! So I get down there & realize I dont' have my camera (fellow pageant sisters from the state were at the doors) & since I wasn't planning to be there, I didn't have banner or crown. It really touched my heart that regardless of being a different state, a different program, and minus a crown/banner, these were some of the sweetest & funniest people to be around! So many people attach a neagtive spin on the whole pageant system & I think that is truely a shame! The girls I was with were mostly l...