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Archive for April, 2012

Miss Illinois Shopping Week

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

This past week we’ve enjoyed working with the current queens
who will be competing for the title of Miss Illinois America in June. As the
official wardrobe sponsor for Miss Illinois we decided to conduct a shopping
week for all the queens.
Everyone that we’ve had the opportunity to work with has
been so amazing and beautiful and we’re honored to help them in their wardrobe
needs! We’re also very excited to meet up with all of them again during Spring
Forum in May and eventually watch them compete in June for the title of Miss
America.

For the lucky winner of Miss Illinois we will work closely
with them designing their wardrobe for the national competition of Miss
America. The 2011 Miss Illinois Hannah Smith was a Top 10 finalist at the Miss America
pageant this past January in Las Vegas and we enjoyed working with her in
regards to her wardrobe needs!
Don’t forget that we have the largest pageant selection in
the Midwest and have a gorgeous pageant room specifically designed to meet
every queen’s needs!

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Galaxy Weekend

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Well, it was a whirlwind weekend full of pageant frenzy last weekend. We were so glad to see all our Illinois and Wisconsin Galaxy International contestants and friends. The competition was very tough in the Miss category- but the new Miss Illinois Galaxy is Gina Melchiorri from Bloomington, Illinois, and the first runner up was Marcella Gillen. All the contestants looked gorgeous!

The Galaxy Pageant is divided into 5 categories, each worth 20%- Interview, Photo,
Swimsuit, Fashion and Evening Gown. Tim Kretschmann, of the PageantCast, was a
terrific emcee and kept the pageants moving quickly. The newly crowned Teen
Illinois Galaxy is Rachel Barter. The new Mrs. Illinois Galaxy is Christine
Fascetti. Their beautiful director and our pageant coach, Stephanie Piller, was
there but it is her last year as director.

And saying goodbye, but not farewell, to Despina Ades, Zena Malak, Scherrie Davis and Lisa Simmons was hard. Definitely some of our favorite people.

Good luck to all and we will definitely see you at Galaxy Internationals in Orlando in July and we will have a booth!!!!

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Pageant season is upon us!

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Pageant season is upon us and we’ve been busy hosting,
preparing, and participating in them!

March 24th we were lucky enough to host the Miss
Heart of Illinois and Miss Heartland Preliminary for Miss Illinois. There were
a lot of great contestants and the judges had a difficult task picking the
winners. Miss Illinois is part of the Miss America Scholarship Organization
which is a not-for-profit that focuses on community service; specifically
Children’s Miracle Network, bullying, and Character Counters to name a few.

Contestants participated in five areas: Private Interview,
On-Stage Question, Active Wear, Evening Gown, and Talent. Although there were
many who competed ultimately only four could go home with a title. Emily
McConnell is the 2012 Miss Heart of Illinois and April Strong was crowned the
2012 Miss Heartland. The teen for Miss Heart of Illinois went to Kierstin
Thompson and preteen went to Katelyn Roberts.

There was a reoccurring theme with the contestant’s attire;
color. From swim to interview to evening wear color was everywhere! Kierstin
strolled in to interview with a gorgeous watermelon colored dress. Emily
showcased a gorgeous neon yellow evening gown that popped on stage. Katelyn
Roberts was crowned wearing a lime green evening gown.

One thing for certain, the state competition is going to be
tough!

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