Rockin' Runway Fashion Show

The Anthem Group Presents: Rockin' Runway!

I have been so busy getting ready for the Miss Massachusetts Pageant that I have completely abandoned my blog! There are a few appearances that I did that I still want to mention, one of them being a model at the "Rockin' Runway" fashion show back in March.

My two favorite photographers- Raj of Light Filters Studio, and Dimonika of Dimonika Photography were there and took some great pictures! There were also some amazing designers dressing us, and I had such a blast modeling.

This was one of my favorite outfits of the night, super vintage inspired which is totally my style. It was so much fun getting my hair and make up done too, and the hair stylist loved my jew fro! Yay!

Below are two pictures with my favorite model of all time, the lovely Lizzy Amas. She is such a gorgeous girl and a fierce model! I met some awesome girls at this show, and tried to recruit a couple of them for Miss Boston 2012 ;)

Boston's St. Patrick Days Parade!

So for the St. Patty's day parade in Boston I thought I could just use my fathers convertible... wrong! I guess stick shifts do not equate well with the stopping and slow going of a parade route. So in a matter of days I needed to find a convertible for the parade, and thank everything for our old barn manager, Tricia Murrey, who so kindly lent me her Mercedes convertible!

Needless to say I had to get this convertible from Acton, where Tricia lives, to the city. Oh, and did I mention my parents were gone so I had to transport Charlie and Luna, the two dogs back to the city in it? Hmm... Well the drive was probably the most stressed out I have ever been in the history of my life. Thankfully my student Leah was with me, and spent the vast majority of the ride in the back seat attempting to keep the dogs on the towels that were protecting the seats. Oy vey.

Well I finally got the car to Somerville, and the next morning departed to South Boston to the parade route. Actually, this may have taken first place for the most stressful drive ever as every time I attempted to get to South Boston I was re-routed by angry police officers telling me I couldn't enter. Finally after about the 7th time of being told I could not enter the street I needed to, despite my protests that I was in the parade, I pulled over and started hysterically crying. The officer came over and gruffly told me to stop crying, and let me explain that I was supposed to be in the parade, and FINALLY let me through the barricade towards the parade route. Victory!

Once I finally got there, we lined up and started mingling with the other parade-ers. Here I am with what Billy Costa said on tv was the best ride in the whole parade! Again gigantic thanks to Tricia for letting me borrow her gorgeous car! Dana is also in this picture, and was so sweet to drive me in the parade! He was also a genius and snuck our way to the front of the parade route, since it was totally a bit unorganized....

The line up was a very eclectic group of different people, and it was nice getting to meet everyone. My favorite by far was the Ghost Busters group, as that is totally my favorite childhood movie.

The parade itself was so much fun, and it seems like I saw everyone I know there! This includes... my sisters best friend from high school, my boyfriends favorite co-worker, two boys I went to high school with, and one of my good friends from college. I received about a hundred marriage requests, and smiled so much my cheeks hurt. The parade itself was ridiculously long! It took three hours from start to finish, and there were over 600,000 people there.

The Middlesex County Pageant

The Miss Middlesex County Pageant is something that is very near and dear to my heart. This is a pageant I have been participating in ever since I started pageant-ing, and is the title representing my childhood county.

This pageant was one of the most competitive I have seen all year! It was amazing- everyone totally rocked it. There were 18 girls so they could give 4 titles out. The first group was vying for the titles of Miss Middlesex County and Miss Collegiate Area. Cherise Leclerc has been playing the harp for years and played a beautiful song for her talent segment. After owning all the phases of competition she won the title of Miss Middlesex County.

I have been competing with Cherise for almost as long as I have been pageant-ing. She is such a wonderful person, and one of my favorite girls in the program. She was Miss Massachusetts Outstanding Teen and has placed top five for the past three years at Miss Mass!

The title of Miss Collegiate Area was awarded to Ashley Rizzo, who by the way is Miss Boston 2010! She did a lovely job as always and sang a beautiful aria from Carmen. I am so excited to get to compete this year with my fellow Miss Boston sister and to get to know her better!

My pictures of the crowning of the other two titles did not come out which breaks my heart because they are two girls that I absolutely LOVE. Emily Bird has been competing with me for years, and I feel like is totally a fellow underdog. She scored her first title at this pageant and is now the reigning Miss Eastern Massachusetts! She was so lovely, and it has been such a privilege to watch her grow and succeed over the years.

The last title of the evening went to Cecilie Pope, who has one of the best talents I have ever seen on a Miss America stage- including states and nationals. This was her first pageant ever and she did such an amazing job! She is a phenomenal competitive ballroom dancer, and I was totally blown away after her talent. I think if she had not have won I would have demanded a recount.