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Illinois Galaxy Pageant and Wisconsin U.S. International Pageant
Mar 15th
Tim and Ms. Galaxy Stephanie Daughenbaugh, new director of Illinois Galaxy Pageants
Saturday night in Dixon, IL, new Galaxy queens from Illinois and the new Miss Wisconsin U.S. International were crowned. It was held, as this pageant has for nearly a decade now, in the Historic Dixon Theater just a mile away from the boyhood home of President Ronald Reagan. (I’ve gone to this pageant for years and finally had the opportunity to clomp around over there and take some pictures.) I’d like to thank Britt Harrison and Harrison Productions for generously having me out to cover the event.
In the heart of downtown Dixon, they put together a pageant to blow the doors of this historic pageant.
It was great to see some friends of the show like Jennifer Laystrom-Naida, Sarah Bertrand, Debbie Permoda, and Britta Thostrup.
In the opening number, the ladies came out in all white and did a wonderful choreographed number. That was followed by introductions of each of the delegates.
Tim with Autumn Brown, Miss Wisconsin U.S. International 2010
They introduced the hostesses for the evening, Britten Traughber and Jo-El Lacy. They began with Britten leading the contestants through “On-Stage Questions.” The questions were by other contestants, which is why some of the questions weren’t particularly good. (What can you do with “Who is your favorite actor?” There were a few questions that begged a one word or two word response…not good for on-stage. Contestants: you only get as good of questions as you provide. Make sure to have some good questions prepared before coming.)
Britt Harrison announced that it would be her last year as the director of the Illinois Galaxy Pageant. She recognized a number of people that have helped her over the past years. She also introduced publicly that Stephanie Daughenbaugh will be the new director of Illinois Galaxy Pageant.
Tim with Abbie Luther, Miss Teen Illinois Galaxy
Swimsuit competition followed and it is obvious these ladies had been taking this seriously. A great group of competitors.
Fun fashion wear was the next phase of competition. A number of interviews with outgoing titleholders followed.
After judge introductions, local singing sensation Ashley took the stage for a musical number. This was followed immediately by Evening Gown.
15 minute intermission followed. You’ll see the photographic aftermath at http://photos.pageantcast.com/
Farewells commenced for Teen, Samantha Simmons; Miss, Nikki Kaapke; Ms., Stephanie Daughenbaugh; and Mrs., Emily Sill.
Time for the results. Disclaimer: I don’t have the program here, so there may be a few misspellings. Please advise and I will adjust the posting.
Special Awards:
Swimwear: Abbie Luther, Teen
Fashion Wear: Casey Patton, Teen
Evening Gown: Saryna Ritter, Miss
Miss Wisconsin U.S. International:
RU: Sherry Valentino
Miss Wisconsin U.S. international 2010: Autumn Brown
Tim with Torrie Roberts, Miss Illinois Galaxy
Mrs. Illinois Galaxy: Stephanie Sylvester
Miss division results:
1st Runner Up: Saryna Ritter
Miss Illinois Galaxy 2010: Torrie Roberts
Teen division:
2RU: Despina Ades
1RU: Casey Patton
Miss Illinois Teen Galaxy 2010: Abbie Luther
Illinois International Pageant
Sep 7th
Reporting from College of DuPage, the Illinois International pageant is ready to go. The stage is great and set up for a wonderful pageant. The opening number was very energizing and filled with exciting pageantry. Photos were being clicked off by the fabulous Sean McCabe, and you can get your photos from him at http://www.seanmccabledesign.com/
Tim Kretschmann & Jennifer Naida
The crowd was very appreciative of the young ladies competing as they “shimmied” across the stage and introduced themselves. Reigning queens, Miss Illinois International Christine Boll and Mrs. Illinois International Kristin Melton. The production bounced along swimmingly as they introduced this evening’s emcees, Caitlin McCabe and Keith deBolt. They did a nice job keeping the show bobbing along.
They began the competition with Fun Fashion Wear competition for the Teen division. So far, no one has fallen over despite some very enthusiastic and bouncy walks. I’m just saying. The Fashion Wear was, in fact, fun. A nice group. The Miss Division followed in their rhinestone studded footsteps.
The judges were introduced as the ladies ran around in back and got dressed. It’s always fun to learn a little bit about the judges presiding over the event. Our next competition phase was on-stage question. I should mention at this point that I love the Power Point presentation putting up a slide as to who is onstage during the competition. It’s a wonderful way to keep track of who is up on stage at any time. I miss the little titles we get when watching a pageant on TV, so this is a fantastic way to address this situation.
Kristin Melton asked the questions for the Mrs. division. Christine Boll quizzed the Miss division. Caitlin McCabe was merciless with the Teens. Well, not really, but how many ways can I write the same thing? Give me a break. Dude.
Next was the aerobic wear competition. The words that people used to describe themselves (I didn’t catch them all and might have made up a few): personal, professional, passionate, empathetic, creative, decisive, faithful, patriotic, authentic, integrity, loving, unstoppable, parakeet, enthusiastic, energetic, amazing, bubbly, optimistic, outgoing, charismatic, diligent, sausage, fun loving, estatic, loyal, driven, passionate, caring, dedicated, confident, witty, honest, compassionate, dependable, goal oriented, vivacious, determined, assertive, trendy, and studious.
After a lengthy intermission, we began with Miss Illinois International 2009 Christine Boll doing an Irish step dance. She did a great job with the dance (I’ve seen a lot of step dancing over the years, and Christine is quite good). There was a raffle, some 50/50 thingy, and other stuff…but really it was filler until we got to the goods: Evening Gown!
That’s right! Capital E. Capital G. Gown-a-palooza! Teens went first. Still no falls at this point. I was surprised that they all needed to climb and descend a set of steps which seemed to invite a nice fall; but this was a talented group and carried it off well. (There was one close call.) They paraded around to “Take Me Away” which is quickly becoming the default Evening Gown music of the land. Sparkle-ometer was subdued tonight, but there was still glitz in evidence on a number of the gowns.
Another close call later, it was time to name our new representatives for Illinois to the International Pageant.
Photogenic Award: Miss South Holland, Ashley Newman
Congeniality Award: Mrs. DuPage County, Jennifer Naida
Fun Fashion: Teen – Anna Gialombbardo; Miss – Saryna Ritter
Aerobic: Teen – Anna Gialombbardo and Sarah Bertrand (tie); Miss – Ashley Newman; Mrs. – Holly Torbeck
Evening Gown: Teen – Sarah Bertrand; Miss – Ashley Newman; Mrs. – Dena Porter
Teen final results:
First Runner Up: Brandy Sitar
Miss Teen Illinois International: Sarah Bertrand
Miss final results:
First Runner Up: Saryna Ritter
Miss Illinois International: Ashley Newman
Mrs. final results:
First Runner up: Terri Karch
Mrs. Illinois International: Jennifer Naida
Something that really impressed me was the number of PAST Illinois International Pageant titleholders that assist Donna for the pageant. That speaks volumes of a pageant. Congratulations to Donna Beering and all the folks at Illinois International on a great pageant. Thank you for the hospitality this evening!
PageantCast 186
Jun 2nd
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Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009
Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009
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2. Intro from Irvetta McMurtry
3. Opening Comments
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4. E-mail from a Listener!
5. Interview with Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009
Photo Gallery
Websites:
http://www.missinternational-usa.com/index.html
6. On the Road Again! July 17-18 and July 23-25 for the International Pageants in Chicago, IL
7. Lisa Harringon ID – Call us at 414-517-4908!
8. PageantCast Contest: Drawing for a Pageant Consultation with Libby Crawford and Be Prepared Pageant Coaching!
9. PODSAFE MUSIC: What Was I Thinking by Junior
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10. PSA: America Heart Association
11. Interview with Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009
12. ID from Karmyn Tyler
14. Closing
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Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International interview coming soon!
May 27th
Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International
Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International, visited our studios recently and we had a blast talking with her. She’s an absolute delight.
Saryna is a fierce competitor. I’ve know Saryna from MULTIPLE pageants she has competed in and she place first runner up every time I knew about. Saryna talks about the difficulty of perservering under those circumstances.
She’s truly a trooper, too. She came with Stephanie Daughenbaugh and we teased her quite a bit about her driving (to which she would simple respond “Bully”) but she would continue on again with a smile and a giggle.
For those of you that are having doubts about competing because you haven’t won that first title yet, you need to hear Saryna’s story. You need to hear how her faith in her own abilities drove her to success that will send her to Houston, Texas this summer to compete for the national title and a shot at a trip to Japan this year!
(Did I mention that Saryna hadn’t travelled much by air? If she goes to Japan, is she going to charter a row boat?)
Make sure you tune in for this great interview!
Website: http://www.missinternational-usa.com/
Photo Gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pageantcast/tags/sarynaritter/
Stephanie and Saryna INVADE TKPN!
May 16th
Here’s a video for today’s visit from Stephanie Daughenbaugh, Ms. Illinois Galaxy 2009 and Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009 when they recorded interviews for the PageantCast at the TKPN studios.
Illinois Galaxy Pageant
Mar 22nd
Tim Kretschmann with Saryna Ritter, Miss Illinois U.S. International 2009
Last night, March 21, 2009, I was the MC for the Illinois Galaxy Pageant. It was a wonderful pageant held in the historic Dixon theater in Dixon, IL. (Dixon, IL is near the center of the state and the boyhood hometown of Ronald Reagan.)
I was once again paired with my lovely co-host, Jo-El Lacy, Ms. Galaxy International 2006. During the evening we said goodbye to this year’s Illinois Galaxy Queens, Miss Britten Traughber and Ms. Laura Buhmann.
You want to know about the results, though.
For the special awards:
- Congeniality: Saryna Ritter
- Interview: Nicole Kaapke
- Photogenic: Stephanie Regnier
- Swimsuit: April Strong
- Fashion: Saryna Ritter
- Evening Gown: April Strong
Stephanie Daughenbaugh, Ms. Illinois Galaxy 2009, Tim Kretschmann and Nicole Kaapke, Miss Illinois Galaxy 2009
As for the titles themselves:
- Jr. Miss Illinois Galaxy: Abigail Luther
- Miss Teen Illinois Galaxy: Samantha Simmons
- Miss Illinois Galaxy: Nicole Kaapke
- Ms. Illinois Galaxy: Stephanie Daughenbaugh
- Miss Illinois U.S. International: Saryna Ritter
Congratulations to all these wonderful young ladies! Best of success to them at thier national and international pageants.
To see the photos I took (didn’t get many that night), check out our Photo Gallery.
And now…we’ve also added a video:
