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MISS SA 09-10 Winners

Congratulations to all the beautiful young ladies who competed in the Miss San Antonio Pageant at Our Lady of the Lake University on December 13, 2009.

I had the pleasure on passing on my Miss San Antonio American Beauty 2008-2009 title to a wonderful set of young women.

The new San Antonio titleholders are:

Rachelle Garza - Little Miss San Antonio

Deliah Rivera- Miss Pre-Teen San Antonio

Priscilla Garza- Miss Teen San Antonio

Vanessa Garza- Miss San Antonio

Priscilla Caballero- Ms. San Antonio

Melissa Bourque- Mrs. San Antonio

Miss SA Queens & Contestants featured on WOAI

The Miss San Antonio American Beauty pageant was a huge success!
The pageant held at Our Lady of the Lake University this week crowned new SA queens in Little Miss, Pre-Teen, Teen, Miss, Ms, and Mrs SA categories.
I had the priveledge of handing off my Miss SA title to a great group of ladies.

The pageant was hosted by Shelly Miles who featured the girls on her Living show.
Click here to check out the story and for info on the Toy Drive!

KSAT Instant Replay

Tune in to KSAT's Instant Replay show throughout the holidays to catch promos by me and Mrs. Texas!

Click here to catch one on KSAT's website!

Animal Friends Forever Fashion Show

The Miss San Antonio contestants joined me and local celebrities for a special doggie fashion show benefiting Animal Friends Forever.

For more info on how to help Animal Friends, log on to http://www.animalfriendsforever.org/

The adoptable dogs modeled holiday fashions. We also collected pet food for the shelter and canned goods for the San Antonio Food Bank.

Christmas Toy Drive

You can help the American Beauties bring some holiday cheer to kids in need.

Participate in our Toy Drive! For more info, visit http://www.misssanantoniopageant.com/toy.html

Also, you can drop off toys during the Miss San Antonio pageant to be held December 13, 2009 at Our Lady of the Lake's Thiry Auditorium at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15.

Meals on Wheels Thanksgiving

We volunteered on Thanksgiving morning for the Meals On Wheels program.
We stocked volunteer drivers with cards, placemats, and tray favors handmade by local Girl Scouts.

Lutheran High School of San Antonio Auction

MRS. Texas Kimara Carmona and MRS. Alamo City, Lucy Ortiz-Lopez joined me in supporting Lutheran High School of San Antonio for their annual auction at Leon Springs Dance Hall.

Desire Laser & Medical Spa

Desire Laser & Medical Spa at Stone Oak offers the latest technology to help you look your very best. Watch out soon for a commercial featuring Laser and American Beauty.
Dr. Alberto Belalcazar is the official physician of the American Beauties pageant.

Miss San Antonio Pageant Rehearsals!

The newest contestants of the Miss San Antonio pageant are busy rehearsing for the pageant opening number dance! Rehearsals occur at the San Antonio Roses studio with choreographer, Cynthia Trinidad. The girls have been hard at work-- it's sure to be a great show!

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Walzem Elementary Summer Pen Pals

My summer pen pals and I got to meet in person and talk about our summer plans. The girls said they've had a great time so far this summer with awesome field trips.

Granados Community Center Summer Reading

The Granados Community Center celebrated summer reading with a discussion of John Grisham's The Rainmaker. The July book selection is To Kill A Mockingbird.

Habitat For Humanity

Michael and Rebekah Fell joined me in providing preceremony entertainment as we sang for the dedication of new homes in the Palo Alto Heights Habitat for Humanity Community. Read the full story here.

SMASHBURGER Grand Opening

Kimara, Mrs. Texas AB and I were two of the inaugural "Burger Smashers" at the sneak peak celebration for Smashburger San Antonio at Stone Ridge (Evans Rd and 281). We had a great time! Don't think pageant girls won't chow down on a good cheeseburger, because we sure did! Yum!

THAT'S how you Smash a Burger!

Learning to Smash

Holding the North Chamber's official ribbon cutting scissors.

More Smashburger photos should be up soon on these web sites:

http://www.Whatapartysa.com

http://www.myspace.com/screamagazine


ALSO.... we met a Miracle Baby named Zach...photos coming soon.

Zach, a transplant survivor, has an amazing story! Please check out his website for his story and details on how you can volunteer or donate.

http://www.cotaforzachb.com

Brown Bag Book Club

Come join me and the Granados Brown Bag Book Club in reading their June book selection-- John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I will be joining the Book Club on Thursday, June 25 at noon for a discussion of the book. To join the discussion, please bring your lunch to the Granados Adult & Senior Center at 500 Freiling in San Antonio, Texas.

The Granados Adult & Senior Center is open to adults 18 and over with a $5 annual participation fee. The Brown Bag Book Club meets the last Thursday of each month.

Hope to see you there!

It's Summer Time!
Summer Fun-- baseball (Go Missions! .... wait, Go Cubs!), reading (right now I'm reading Texas Women by Janice Windle Woods) and going to Port Aransas!

Upcoming appearances-- Pen Pal Program with Walzem Elementary School, Habitat for Humanity build ...

Cynthia Trinidad vys for Mrs. Texas United America

Root for Cynthia Trinidad, Mrs. San Antonio United America, as she competes for the title of Mrs. Texas United America. The pageant is Sunday June 7th in Austin Texas at 5:00 PM at the Wyndham Hotel 3401 S.IH 35 . See website for info. http://www.mrstexaspageant.com/index.html


For more info, visit www.saroses.com

Thank you Ms. Cynthia for all the help you've been in preparing me for Miss San Antonio and Miss Texas American Beauty!

Walzem Elementary Career Day

Mrs. Alamo City, Lucy, and I inspired elementary school children with motivational stories about our education, careers, and Titles! I presented to 5 classes of kids. They had so many great questions. I even wore my college cap and gown so they could get a visual of what it will look like when they achieve their goals. The first class even had time to write and share their goals and special moments that demonstrate their ability to BE GREAT! We talked about famous alums of the Boys & Girls Clubs like Denzel Washington and Shaquille O'Neal. The kids learned that you can be anything you want to be and came up with phrases like... Be Kind, Be Respectful, Be a Good Student. To learn more about the Be Great campaign, visit www.begreatamerica.org