Contestant Good Luck Lines

Wish me good luck in the Miss Black Ohio USA 2010 Scholarship Pageant.

The Good Luck Wishes are $10 each and appear in the program book. Each line is 50 characters including spaces. $3 of each line goes to help with my pageant fees.

Let me know if you'd like to "officially" wish me luck!

Miss Black Ohio USA 2010

I won the title of Miss Black Southern Ohio in April (click here for pictures) and will be competing for the title of Miss Black Ohio USA August 13th-16th in Columbus.

The State Finals will be held August 16th at 2pm at the Columbus Performing Arts Center in the Shedd Theater.

Each contestant is required to sell 4 tickets and a full page ad by July 17th, 2009. Cost of the tickets are $25 each. If you would like to come and support me, please let me know and purchase the ticket(s) in advance.

Also, if you would like to support me and the pageant by placing an ad in the program book, I'd greatly appreciate it.

The program is 8.5” x 11”. All advertisements can be submitted in digital format or can be designed at no cost to the advertiser. Advertisements will be done in gray scale.

Full page advertisement ~ $150
Half page advertisement ~ $85
Quarter page advertisement ~ $50
Business Card ~ $30

Miss Black Ohio USA Preliminary

This Sunday, I am competing in a preliminary to Miss Black Ohio USA. There will be 3 titles given away: Miss Black Central Ohio USA, Miss Black Northeast Ohio USA, and Miss Black Southern Ohio USA.It is taking place at 1pm at:

Ramada Columbus North Hotel
6767 Schrock Hill Ct.
Columbus, OH

I will be competing in private interview, talent, and evening gown. For talent, I will be singing "It's Not A Secret Anymore" by Linda Eder. I am very excited to perform this piece.

I know I said I was going to compete in Miss Ohio International, but I could not get a sponsor. Each preliminary title holder will receive free entry into the Miss Black Ohio USA pageant in August.

Just Checking In

I am still getting ready for Miss Ohio International. I've been working on my paperwork and sending out sponsorship forms.

Last week, I bought my fitness wear top and am very excited to wear it.

On Valentine's Day, I saw He's Just Not That Into You with Megan Wombacker. That's about it. Nothing new has happened to me, but I said I would blog more. Until next time.

Donate to My Miss Ohio International Fund

I am competing in the Miss Ohio International Pageant May 16th-17th. If you would like to help me reach my fundraising goal, please click the button above my profile.

Miss America 2009

It has been sometime since I have blogged. This is because since this blog really has to do with my pageant life and since I have not competed in a pageant since August, I really haven't known what to do with it.

I watched Miss America 2009 with a completely different set of eyes. In 2008, I watched Miss America with Ashley Hartman and Megan Wombacker. This year I watched it by myself and surprisingly not live. I DVR'ed it, but it gave me time to pause and rewind.

I loved the new music this year. And I wanted to point out that with my swimsuit music choice at Miss Ohio, "The Way I Are" by Timbaland, I was "slightly a head of my time" with that being the music for that phase at Miss America this year.

As for evening gowns, Hawaii and I would've been fighting for her evening gown if I had been competing at Miss America. It was in true Amy Fashion.

Left: Miss Hawaii

Right: Me

I had a completely different reaction during the crowning moment than I have ever had in my life. Last year when Kirsten was crowned, I was all smiles and just kept repeating, "Praise Jesus," the phrase Kirsten said after she was crowned. But this year, I bawled. I could not stop crying. Katie's reaction touched me so much, and for those of you who know me or have read my blog, you know I do not cry. Ok, I did cry when I was crowned, but hey that was a unique moment in my life.

So over all, I really liked Miss America this year. And now that I've blogged again, I'm going to try to make it a regular part of my week! Until next time...

Wow! It's been a while...Would you like to help me compete in Miss Ohio International?

It's hard to believe that I haven't been blogging. At one point in time, I would be thinking all day long what could I put on here. I will have to catch you all up on what's been going on with me. Right now, I am trying to get ready for Miss Ohio International. I am trying to raise the money for the entry fee. I even sold an evening gown!

I'm still short on the entry fee. If you would like to help me compete please contact me here or through my email: aallen2@mvnu.edu.

Don't Forget to Register to Vote

The deadline to register to vote in Ohio is fast approaching. I would like to encourage all those who are eligible to vote to do so. Click here to register.