Saturday brought more rehearsal, which by the way, was always fabulous! We had such a great team of choreographers who've been working with the Miss America Organization for more that eight years, Brian, Stacie and Barry were all so phenomenal to work with and always kept rehearsal entertaining. During rehearsal, a few girls were pulled out to do up close and personal interviews with Tall Pony (our production team) and Artistry by Amway. We had our hair and makeup crafted by some wonderful hair and makeup artists, mine happened to have such a darling accent which made for quite an enjoyable time. They were fixing us with a more natural look with runway appeal. Our hair was sleek and our makeup subtle to evoke this powerful look.
After rehearsals we changed into our killer Express outfits and went to the Fashion Show Mall where we would be participating in a runway type event. This was probably the coolest thing I have ever done in my whole life! We walked into the mall on the main level, walked out the doors into the parking garage, and got into an elevator that took us down a level. As confusing as this was I decided to go with the flow. Once downstairs our friends from Express and our stylists from the days interviews were there to make us all look fabulous. We were guided into this giant box where our positions were marked with a piece of tape. We rehearsed once the runway walk and then got to our positions and waited. It was only moments later that we were rising from the ground level to the main level of the mall. You started to see the feet and then the knees of onlookers, then cameras. We were rising out of the ground in a glass box! After we were in position, the runway began to rise out of the ground. At the end of the runway were cameras galore! It was the most extravagant and exhilarating rush of adrenaline I had experienced. It will definitely go down in my history as one of the greatest things I've done!
When the fashion show was done, it was off to Buca de Beppo's for some fabulous pasta and dessert! I even met a couple fans there outside the doors. That's always a great feeling when you have people cheering for you :) AND we did a little singing for Miss Alabama as it was her birthday and instead of spending it at home with her family she had to spend it will her new sisters!
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| Happy 25th Birthday to Miss Alabama, Cortney Porter! |
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| Yummy dessert! |
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| Playin' in the famous pizza sauce from Buca de Beppo! |
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| Miss America Class of 2012's hand print sign! |
And after a long day of rehearsals, fashion show, late dinner, and tired feet, what else is there to do besides read, enjoy some water and a lovely foot soak! This is my wonderful roommate Julia, Miss Maine. I just love this girl! In her grandma pajamas and with her silly foot soak :)
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| My wonderful roommate taking advantage of her foot bath! |
Needless to say we made a perfect team for each other. It was so great to talk about life and pageants as we both have such different stories. Julia won Miss Maine on her first shot so hadn't been exposed to the pageant world as long as I had. We had many different stories to tell and such a wonderful bond. This woman will always be a dear friend.
I went to bed after finding my verse to conquer the next day, James 1:2-4
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kids, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
And wrote a little prayer in my journal after that.
Dear God,
Please help me make it through this week in faith, in health and in strength. I can't do it without you!
Lots more to go,
Kayla
Miss Nebraska
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