I hope my silence on the M.A.O pageant speaks volumes about how I feel about THAT production! After the wonderful event, in which Caressa Cameron joined the likes of my favorite Miss America - Vanessa Williams (1984) as well as the equally shocking, yet fun, event which brought us the youngest Miss America ever crowned - Teresa Scanlon, the powers that be sought fit to bring us THAT.
Have we not seen a resurgence in this country over the past twelve months about the DANGERS and traumatizing effects of bullying!? What does the Miss America Organization go and do but BULLY some of the most talented, intelligent and charismatic young women in the country. To say I was disappointed in their tactics would be an understatement. On top of the fact that the WORLD knows Miss Florida should have been in the top 5, the sheer cruelty with which they treated those young women will not soon be forgotten.
What's done is done but I sure hope that all of my true pageant purists and fans write everyone they can so we don't have to witness this horror and injustice next year!
And in other news, before heading out to my MAO watch party with my fellow directors and "former" pageant girls, I had the pleasure to accompany some beautiful young women from the International, Black America and Black USA system to "Black Oppulence" - A VIP gifting suite which preceded the glamorous BET Honors taping in Washington. The event was hosted by BET's 106 & Park Host Rosci Diaz and Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe Enjoy the pics!
Miss International 2011 Ciji Dodds, and BET's 106 & Park Host Rosci Diaz.
Miss International hits the red carpet
Miss Black Washington USA 2012, BET's 106 & Park Host Rosci Diaz and
Miss Black America Baltimore 2012, Alexandra Morton
Miss Black America Baltimore 2012 hits the red carpet
