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Miss California USA pageant will be streaming via a live webcast

Submitted by: Jennifer Chan, Marketing Analyst

Miss California USA pageant will be streaming via a live webcast from Rancho Mirage, Calif on Ustream 3-5 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, Nov. 22 at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/miss-california-usa. The pageant is not available on television outside of California, and the Ustream webcast offers viewers the opportunity to watch the dramatic event where two winners will be crowned this year for the first time. Pageant officials did not confirm if it was a proactive response to the controversy of the last year, but encourages viewers to tune in live to watch what happens.

View the stream or embed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/miss-california-usa.

Wedding Bells to Ring in Virginia

Glenn and Deborah Glakas of Centreville announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristi Lauren Glakas, to Andrew Frazier Ingram, son of George Ingram, IV of Washington, D.C., and Claudia Weicker, former First Lady of Connecticut, of Old Lyme, Conn. and Charlottesville, Va.

Ms. Glakas graduated from the University of Virginia in 2008. She is pursuing her second bachelor’s degree in nursing at U.Va., along with a master of health science in Global Health at George Mason University. She was Miss Virginia 2005 and the 3rd Runner-Up to Miss America 2006. She is Virginia's only triple winner as she was Miss Virginia USA 2004 and Miss Virginia Teen USA '99.

Mr. Ingram graduated from Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., and from the University of Virginia in 2008 with a master of urban and environmental planning. He was a field organizer for the Obama campaign, and is currently a project manager for Northrop Grumman in Washington, D.C.

A June 2010 wedding is planned in Charlottesville, Va. at the home of Governor and Mrs. Lowell Weicker, Jr.

Donald Trump ousts Prejean as Miss California USA

Submitted by: John Rogers, AP Writer

Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who stirred up trouble for herself when she said gays shouldn't be allowed to marry, got two dreaded words from pageant poobah Donald Trump on Wednesday: "You're fired."

Trump and other pageant leaders said Prejean was being sacked not because of the remarks but because she hadn't been holding up her end of the agreement she signed when she entered the pageant.

"Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests," Trump said.

Prejean spokeswoman Melany Ethridge declined to comment, saying she hadn't been able to reach the former beauty queen since the announcement of her ouster.

"This was a decision based solely on contract violations, including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization," the California pageant's executive director, Keith Lewis, said in a statement.

He had complained at a news conference last month that Prejean was skipping Miss California USA events while speaking out against gay marriage at unsanctioned appearances.

After the complaints reached Trump, who owns Miss California USA's parent organization, the mogul decided to give her a second chance and keep her on. On Wednesday, he changed his mind.

"I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so," Trump said in a statement. "Unfortunately it just doesn't look like it is going to happen."

Pageant officials said Prejean would be replaced by the Miss California pageant's first runner-up, Tami Farrell, 24, who was crowned Miss Teen USA in 2003. They had announced last month that Farrell was being named a special ambassador to fill in for Prejean at any events she didn't attend.

First annual Miss Centralplex//Miss Centralplex Teen Pageants to be held in Waco

Submitted by: David Eddleman

Diamond Crown Productions of Waco, Texas, is planning it's first annual MISS CENTRALPLEX/MISS CENTRALPLEX TEEN Pageants for Saturday, June 20, 2009. Diamond Crown Productions, owned by David Eddleman, is also the producers of the MISS HEART OF TEXAS/MISS HEART OF TEXAS TEEN Pageants (formerly the MISS WACO USA/MISS WACO TEEN USA Pageants.

As an official recruiter for MISS TEXAS USA and MISS TEXAS TEEN USA, the winners will be given the opportunity to adavance to those pageants, as are the winners of the MISS HEART OF TEXAS/MISS HEART OF TEXAS TEEN Pageants.

To enter, or for more information, you may email them at diamondcrownproductions@hotmail.com or call 254.235.1759

Miss USA to be in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Miss USA 2008, Crystal Danae Stewart of Missouri City, Texas, will appear on the 2008 Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade at 10 am Eastern/ 9 am Central on NBC. She may also appear on the ABC network version of the annual parade held in New York City on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2008. Check local listings for times.

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