| Subject: Mrs. CA America |
Author: Just my opinion [Edit]
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Date Posted: 11:24:04 06/22/09 Mon
Last night I attended the CA America pageant. Here is my opinion.
The 15 contestants came out in, what I assume is an outfit of their choice, to present their personally designed masks. Each contestant explained why they decorated them the way they did. I was very impressed with how much detail and creativity that each woman possessed. There was a contestant, Julie Thong (I don't remember her city) but she had an amazing story. She was in a Cambodian concentration camp and went through an unimaginable amount of pain and torture, she was a true inspiration.
Next was swimsuit. WOW... these women were in it to win it. Some were ENTIRELY too thin for my taste but were in amazing shape. There were only 3 familiar faces from my pageant experiences and reading, Tracie Stafford (MRS CA US 2007 and 1st runner up last year), Nicole Gearing (Mrs CA US 2008 and Dawn Rodrigues (CA America 1st runner up 2007)
Best swimsuit figure: Dawn Rodrigues, Tobi Falzon and Stefani Nowille.
Then came evening gown - ALOT of white, no big surprises in evening gown, sadly I thought it was a bit boring.
Then top 5 was annouced with the contestants all BACKSTAGE! Wierd and extremely anticlimactic. As the top 5 were read the ladies walked out from behind a curtain. I didn't care for this method.
The top 5 were:
Carlena Maringer, Giselle Uffens, Stefani Nowille, Annamae Huante and Tracie Stafford.
They each did another round in their evening gowns, off to put on their swimsuits.
Best in Evening Gown - Stefanie Nowille. She looked elegant with a great presence. Tracie walked well and looked very confident, Giselle looked a bit like a deer in headlights, Annamae has a wonderful air about her (I REALLY hope she competes again), Carlena was a bit boring to me.
Swimsuit was next (WEIRD order) - Stefani ROCKED in swimsuit, this woman has a phenomenal figure. Giselle was second looking great, Annamae again has a great air. Tracie wasn't in her best form and I wasn't a fan of her suit. Carlena just didn't fit to me.
Back to evening gowns for the final question. These questions were fantastic. Stefani was asked about having 30 minutes with Michelle Obama, she answered flawlessly. Giselle was asked about her advice to teenager in relation to teen pregnancy, she answered about responsibility and financial security to get tested prior to intercourse. I don't remember the other questions as the answers were ALL over the place.
Then the crowning...
Carlena-4th
Annamae- 3rd
Stefani - 2nd (the crowd gasped as she was the audience favorite to win
1st - Tracie
Winner Giselle Uffens
The optional awards were given:
Outstanding Married Woman of the Year - Julie Thong
Congeniality - Dawn Rodriguez
Overall the pageant was alright... would have MUCH preferred less fillers as the singers were terrible but it ran pretty much on time.
Congrats to the new Mrs California America Giselle Uffens
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