Posts Tagged ‘Bridal Elegance Style Show Theater’
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
On September 22, Bridal Elegance held the Bridal Elegance Pageant Prep and welcomed Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo,as a featured speaker to Bridal Elegance, the Midwest’s largest pageant retailer! Olivia spoke about her experiences in preparation for Miss Rhode Island and for Miss USA, as well as her current preparations for the Miss Universe pageant which will be held in December. Olivia was a very down to
earth girl with a great personality that everyone enjoyed, and Olivia was gracious enough to take photos and sign autographs with her fans. She was in awe at the hundreds of pageant gowns Bridal Elegance has to offer and tried on a few exclusive Mac Duggal pageant dresses to get ideas for Miss Universe. We were very blessed to have her at our store and hope to work with her and the organization in the future as they were all very wonderful guests
Our other featured speakers were Don Baker on Interview, Stephanie Piller on Walking and Image, Donna Donovan on Fitness, Dr. Michael Piller on Nutrition and the Soderstrom Institute on skincare/makeup/ and Plastic surgery, Allyce King Swimwear, and MacDuggal for their trunk show and their reps. We were also so pleased that Tim Kretschmann from the Pageant Cast was here for the entire weekend. Our pageant prep featured trunk shows from MacDuggal, Sherri Hill, the Lenz Collection and Tony Bowls, and a fashion show by Bridal Elegance and our great models- all visting queens!
Bridal Elegance wanted to thank all the visiting queens and contestants that attended and hoped
everyone had a great time! We look forward to watching all of you competing!!
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Tags:"We Dress the Best", Allyce King Swimwear, Bridal Elegance and Pageantry, Bridal Elegance Pageant Prep Event, Bridal Elegance Style Show Theater, Don Baker, Donna Donovan, Dr. Michael Piller, Fashion, Lenz Collection, Mac Duggal, Miss U.S.A. 2012, Miss Universe, Modeling, Olivia Culpo, Pageant Accessories, Pageant Cast, Pageant Dress Choice, Pageant Services, Sherri Hill, Soderstrom Skin Institute, Stephanie Piller, Tim Kretschmann, Tony Bowls
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Saturday, September 1st, 2012
There are limited appointments remaining during Bridal Elegance’s Pageant
Prep Event on September 23rd to have Allyce King design a swimsuit for you! If
this is something you are interested in, do not hesitate to contact Alyssa at
1-855-4YR-GOWN or by email at info@bridalelegance.us.com or alyssah@bridalelegance.us.com!
Allyce King Bio:
Allyce King is the designer for the brand of
her namesake, Allyce King Swim. She has created custom competition suits for
contestants in several national pageant systems including Miss America, Miss
USA, Mrs. America, Mrs. United States, Ms. United States, Miss Galaxy, and Miss
Hooters International. A former competitor herself, Allyce studied the cuts and
lines that flatter the figure, and started designing for the most intimidating
part of pageant competition—fitness/swim, immediately after receiving a degree
in Fashion Design and Product Development from Stephens College. Pageants were
and now still are a huge part of her life, second only to her first love–Paddy,
Allyce’s energetic and spoiled yorkie!
Allyce King Swim is designed and sewn entirely
in the USA! Allyce King Swim is a pageant swimwear company with specialty cut
one and two-piece suits available in over 100 solid colors & mesh,
holograms, and prints. This season we are introducing the AKS Custom Color
Palette System ™, mixing fabrics for a color suited just for YOU!! Along with
choice of oversized rhinestone or metal hardware and genuine hand-placed
Swarovski ® crystals, clients receive a true customized competition suit from
Allyce King Swim. You can reach Allyce at
allyce@allyceking.com and follow on facebook at
Allyce King Swim.
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Saturday, September 1st, 2012
Itinerary for September 22 Event with Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo
10:00- 10:15: Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo- Appearance and Opening Remarks
10:15- 10:30: Soderstrom Skin Institute
10:30- 11:30: Don Baker, Interview Coach
11:30- 1:30: Meet …
and Greet Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo
(Also, lunch available for purchase on premises)
1:30- 2:00:
Donna Williams Donovan, Fitness Coach
2:00- 2:30: Dr. Michael Piller, Nutrition
2:30- 3:00:
Andrea Patrick Forte, Modeling/ Talent Agency & Publisher of Gladys Magazine
3:00- 3:15:
Stephanie Piller, Image Consultant/ Pageant Coach
3:00- 3:15:
Allyce King Swim, Designer Allyce King Talks About Suits
3:15- 4:00:
Bridal Elegance Fashion Show, Featuring Swim Suits, Evening Gowns, Fashion Wear and Cocktails
Tickets are selling out fast! Be sure to order them online before they are sold out!!
Click on the link below for easy reservations/ tickets:
http://www.bridalelegance.us.com/store/comersus_listItems.asp?idCategory=1291
Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo
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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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Tags:"We Dress the Best", Bridal Elegance and Pageantry, Bridal Elegance Style Show Theater, Christine Fascetti, Despina Ades, Fashion, Galaxy Pageants, Gina Melchiorri, Lisa Simmons, Marcella Gillen, Modeling, Pageant Dress Choice, Pageant Fashion, Pageant Services, Rachel Barter, Runway, Scherrie Davis, Stephanie Piller, Tim Kretschmann, Zena Malak
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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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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Compliments of The CW Network
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL had its Midwest casting call at Bridal Elegance last week. With 80 contestants and several hundred people, girls from many states
were present to win a chance to star on the reality tv show. There were girls
from Texas, Ohio, Colorado and many more as well as many girls from all over
Illinois. WHOI CW out of Peoria ran the auditions and kept everything running
like clockwork. Each contestant registered and was assigned a number. The
contestants were to bring a headshot as well as a swimsuit shot for the judges.
Our local judges were Dennis Van Der Ginst, the National director of the
American Spirit Pageants system; Kristi Maag, a TV producer and the reigning
Miss Heart of Illinois, and Gretchen Carlson, TV anchor. Mark Welp was the
emcee and interviewed the contestants after they had a photo session, did their
runway walk which was filmed and then met the judges. The local winners who
will be offered local modeling jobs will be announced next week on our TV
segment on WHOI.
All contestants’ videos are submitted to the TV show in NYC and its producers
and directors will decide which contestants will make it to the TV show.
We at Bridal Elegance truly enjoyed welcoming America’s Next Top Model back to
our store and look forward to working with them again in the future!
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Tags:America's Next Top Model, American Spirit Pageants, Bridal Elegance and Pageantry, Bridal Elegance Style Show Theater, Casting Call, Dennis Van Der Ginst, Fashion, Gretchen Carlson, Kristi Maag, Mark Welp, Modeling, WHOI CW
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Look no further…
As the pageant consultant for Bridal Elegance, I can assure you we can meet all of your competition needs!
We are your one-stop pageant shop!
Please join us on Sunday, February 19 at 1:00p for our 2012 Style Show Extravaganza!
This will be THE pageant trunk show of the year!
We will be featuring a runway fashion show with designs from Mac Duggal, Sherri Hill, as well as our new Allyce King Swimsuit line.
Mac Duggal and Allyce King will be here to meet you as well as Miss Illinois, Hannah Smith!
We will have raffles for store gift certificates and special discounts apply for any attending pageant contestant!
Doors open at 12:00n, Style Show begins at 1:00p
Come meet me and all of our special guests on February 19th at BRIDAL ELEGANCE!
Stephanie Piller: Ms. Galaxy International 2010, Illinois Galaxy State Director, and the Official Image Consultant of Bridal Elegance and Pageantry
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Courtesy of: David Spencer/The State Journal-Register
As many of you know, we recetly attended the Miss Illinois County Fair Pageant. It was great fun as always, and we enjoyed seeing our clients on stage! Cathy Redshaw, the new director, did a great job! Miss Lake County, Brittani Schisler, was chosen as the new Queen for 2012! We were fortunate to be seated by the family of Jackie Driscoll, the 2011 Queen, and truly enjoued seeing all of our County Fair friends. I probably should apologize to the gentleman that I was bidding against on the Bears tickets at the auction… But it was fun!
We are very proud to have provided the opening number dresses for the pageant and definitely enjoyed providing the free pageant coaching sessions that were given by Stephanie Piller in our Style Theater.
I love the crowd at the Miss Illinois County Fair Pageant and admire how they show up and truly support their Queens! It truly shows what a caring system you are!
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
We had our Homecoming Style Show today and had some cute models and gorgeous dresses!!!
Check out our Facebook pages for all the pictures at http://www.facebook.com/bridalelegance.fanpage!
We are currently featuring a BOGO sale on select short dresses, 25% off select shoes and 10% off jewelry. We have a lot of gowns up on our website, www.bridalelegance.us.com, and more are arriving daily!
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