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Subject	Author	Date
You have got to be kidding. She's as old as dirt! (NT)	No name	20:06:59 10/12/15 Mon
Old as dirt, and mean as a rattlesnake! You'd be better off with Robin Ventura as your coach (NT) -- No name, 16:42:00 10/13/15 Tue Then you don't know Karen very well. Caressa Cameron and Laura Kaeppeler would give you glowing references. (NT) -- No name, 09:56:14 10/14/15 Wed Dust her off and shine up that gold. Looking for my gold all the time. (NT) -- No name, 15:23:05 12/10/15 Thu

Are you serious! We weren't allowed to work with Karen DeWert when AS was in charge. Local directors we are very lucky! (NT)	No name	21:13:26 10/12/15 Mon


I take my had off to Ashley for accepting Karen coming back. Shame on Amalia for excluding Karen. Thank you Ashley!! (NT)	No name	19:11:16 10/13/15 Tue


Karen is amazing. Great photography as well. Hard working and very knowledgeable. All of our Miss Americas worked with ger. Smart move Ashley. (NT)	No name	20:09:04 10/13/15 Tue


Karen is a remarkable individual she will bring out the best in a contestant. (NT)	No name	21:11:51 10/13/15 Tue


Just want everyone to know that Karen DeWert is ready for contestants that will be competing in 2015-16!! (NT)	No name	16:43:40 10/18/15 Sun


Okay Karen, we get it. (NT)	No name	19:27:37 10/18/15 Sun


Want to compete this year!	No name	19:47:20 10/18/15 Sun
Good question, is there a new website? (NT) -- No name, 20:05:45 10/18/15 Sun

The Teen information is incorrect. Wrong logo.,. Is this the new info now? (NT)	No name	16:09:30 10/27/15 Tue


I LOVE Karen and so did my titleholders! MISPI would seriously benefit from bringing back the Dream Team. (NT)	No name	20:52:40 11/30/15 Mon
MAO doesn't want the dream team involved, which is part of the reason they awarded the new franchise to a group with all Southern Illinois ties. MAOs loss, but then again, it took them 9 years to deal with Amalia, so what do you expect out of an incompetent MAO organization? (NT) -- No name, 22:34:39 12/04/15 Fri Ashley had a superior bid and is doing an excellent job as expected. It would be great if we could keep it positive. (NT) -- No name, 16:19:52 12/06/15 Sun There's nothing wrong with being honest. Good for Ashley that she's doing a great job. But I also think that MAO intentionally wanted it away from northern Illinois so as to bypass any involvement by the Dream Team and to avoid the Chicago media after the WGN expose'. And if candor is "negative" then so be it. (NT) -- No name, 18:26:50 12/07/15 Mon While there's obviously nothing wrong with honesty or candor, implying Ashley's bid was only selected because an "incompetent" MAO wanted to avoid certain people was not only a backhanded, negative comment on (and an underestimation of) Ashley's bid, but also a gross overestimation of the "Dream Team's" importance. That said, I can't blame MAO for wanting to distance itself from the negative past of the IL program and for making the somewhat radical choice to give the bid to a former and move the program south. It needed a new direction if it was ever going to be saved. That doesn't seem incompetent at all to me. (NT) -- No name, 19:23:20 12/08/15 Tue So after MAO ignored compliants for nine years and guys like Marc Angeli backstabbed titleholders and volunteers who stepped forth with the truth, you think it's a backhanded comment that somone spoke the truth about MAO's incompetence? No one said Ashley was a bad director or doing a bad job. If anything, her Southern Illinois presence made her bid look better in the eyes of MAO, who was definately going out of their way to avoid certain people they are paranoid about and to stay of the the ire of the Chicago media. (NT) -- No name, 23:44:10 12/10/15 Thu I said it was a backhanded comment on Ashley's bid, not on the MAO. What are you even talking about? And again, not disagreeing with the assertion that the bid was, in part, more attractive to MAO because it was a southern one. But where the original implication was that it was some nefarious scheme, I just see it as smart business. (NT) -- No name, 09:30:49 12/11/15 Fri I don't see it as smart business. The best resources and media resources are in Chicago and St. Louis. Marion is close to nothing. I don't see it as "smart business". MAO cut off it's nose to spite its face. They could have moved the program back to the Chicago area and kept the Dream Team at bay. (NT) -- No name, 00:08:57 12/13/15 Sun I appreciate your opinion; I just think we disagree on this. But either way, the program seems to be moving in a positive direction right now. Time will tell if MAO actually cut off its nose to spite its face. (NT) -- No name, 12:39:55 12/15/15 Tue

Looks as if So IL people have taken over & Michelle Holmes is the new Image Coordinator. (NT)	No name	00:22:21 12/05/15 Sat


Michelle Holmes? What a joke! (NT)	No name	16:26:18 12/05/15 Sat


Miss World 2015 Brunch and Viewing Party @The Trump Tower	No name	22:13:52 12/07/15 Mon
When you change the topic, you should create a new post. Otherwise no one is going to see your message. (NT) -- No name, 11:14:48 12/08/15 Tue Let's make sure the public understands that the viewing party is being hosted by Derrick Lee. They didn't mention that. Why would anyone give him a dime or support anything his name is involved in? He is the former Miss United States director that stole from a children's hospital, didn't give his prize package to the contestants, and former director of Belleza Latina where he screwed his state queens. Nothing like getting to nationals without a hotel room or entry fees paid. All which should have been paid as part of our prize package. Derrick Lee has made a living being a con. DO NOT attend!! (NT) -- No name, 18:16:59 12/08/15 Tue Belleza Latina is a trainwreck of a pageant system. I don't know how Derrick Lee could have made it any worse. (NT) -- No name, 23:47:38 12/08/15 Tue Derrick Lee needs to go away! (NT) -- No name, 19:28:01 12/10/15 Thu

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