“As a commander of my unit, I am powerful, I am dedicated and it is important that we recognize that gender doesn’t limit us in the United States Army.”
Allyn Rose, the Miss D.C. winner who will participate in the Miss America pageant in January, has decided to undergo a preventative double mastectomy at some point in the next year.
Photo courtesy Miss America.Not too shabby a Saturday night for a pair of local ladies at the 2010 Miss America Pageant. Miss Virginia — the alliterative Caressa Cameron of Fredricksburg, who, by the way, is also the reigning Miss Arlington — took home the top prize, which includes a $50,000 scholarship along with the symbolic crown and sash. Cameron beat out a pre-med ballet dancer from California, which sure seems like an upset. (Far be…
Jennifer Corey, Miss DC 2009 The Miss District of Columbia pageant took place Sunday night at the Lincoln Theatre, and 22-year-old American University student Jennifer Corey took home the crown. Corey (you can follow her on Twitter, if you like) will go on to represent the District in the Miss America pageant in January, where to the best of our knowledge, no Miss DC has ever taken the top prize. Corey won on the…
>> Le Loup was kind enough to let us know that they’re playing an unannounced show at Velvet Lounge tonight, with The Bang and Koshari. Catch them before they headline our next Unbuckled concert on July 11. 10 p.m. >> It’s the second concert in the Ft. Reno series tonight, featuring a stellar local line-up that includes Unbuckled alumni The Hard Tomorrows, Let’s French and The Mirror Script. Show starts around 7:15 p.m. >>…
We may not have voting rights, much less a state to call our own, but we do have a Miss District of Columbia Pageant. And you — yes you — have a shot at the crown. Today we received an email today from the pageant’s organizers, who are pleading for contestants. The original deadline was March 17 for the talent auditions and interviews, but they apparently haven’t had much luck finding any willing takers. It…
Who thought we’d have back to back posts on beauty pageants? Not us, that’s for sure. But after yesterday’s not-so-breaking news that Shannon Schambeau, the District’s contribution to the Miss America Pageant, wasn’t so much a local as a she was a Floridian looking for a state whose beauty crown she could claim, we received word that the organizers of the city’s premier pageant are again on the prowl for contestants. The best part of…
We may have missed the Miss America Pageant on Saturday night, but that doesn’t mean we’re unaware of the contest’s results. While Miss Oklahoma took home top honors, we’re proud to say that Miss District of Columbia did the city proud, placing fifth in the contest. But even better than that, Miss District of Columbia (whose sash was by the far the contest’s longest), Shannon Schambeau, took home the ever-important Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit…
