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Teen USA to be on Webcast!

The Miss Universe Organization, Ustream and NewTek announced today that the 2009 MISS TEEN USA® Pageant will be webcast live on July 31st, 2009 from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas at 8 PM ET on www.missteenusa.com via Ustream and NewTek.

This marks the first time the Miss Teen USA pageant will be streamed online to a worldwide audience. Ustream, the leading internet broadcasting platform, allows anyone to live stream to an online audience. Along with NewTek TriCaster, anyone can simultaneously produce, live stream, broadcast and produce a network-style production.

Miss USA 2008, Crystle Stewart and host of NBC Mobile’s “Entertainment Buzz,” Seth Goldman will host the pageant which will include performances by talented rising star, singer/songwriter, Leah Renee and the hit band, Honor Society, straight from their tour opening for the Jonas Brothers.

This year’s distinguished panel of judges includes: John Shea, Commercial Agent, Frontier Booking, Inc.; Mark Turner, Commercial Agent, Abrams Artists; Duane Gazi, Director of Scouting and Development, Trump Model Management; Heather Kerzner, Kerzner International, Inc.; Rhona Graff, Vice President/Assistant to the President, Trump Organization; Gillian Sheldon Heckendorf, Managing Editor, Momlogic.com; Eric McLendon, Actor and Realtor, The Corcoran Group and Eva Chen, Beauty and Health Editor, Teen Vogue.

The technology provided by Ustream and NewTek will ensure that viewers receive the highest quality live streaming content and that the pageant reaches an unprecedented mass audience.

New Web Site for Former Miss Teen USA 2001

Marissa Whitley, Miss Teen USA 2001, has a new website that includes pageant pointers, tips, photos, updates and latest news in her life.

The link is www.marissawhitley.blogspot.com and is updated almost every day! Marissa was Miss Missouri Teen USA 2001, under the Vanbros and Associates state directing team of John and Jennifer Vannatta. The teen pageant was her first pageant and then went on to become the first delegate to win Miss Teen USA in August of 2001.

Articles, photos, videos from her year and images of her year living in New York City are all on her website!

Leave a comment, ask a question, request her to judge your pageant or speak at an event all from ENIGMATIC BLISS: The Life and Times of a Has-Been Beauty Queen.

Louisiana Teen USA Stripped of Crown

Submitted by: FoxNews.com / Photo from Bosier City PD

RPM Productions, producer of the Miss Louisiana USA and Miss Louisiana Teen USA pageants, told FOXNews.com Wednesday that Lindsey Evans was stripped of her title.

"Lindsey Evans has been part of an organization that believes in opportunities when earned and consequences when warranted. Due to recent circumstances, Lindsey has been relieved of her duties as Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2008 effective immediately," the group's executive director Paula Miles said in a prepared statement. "RPM Productions, Inc. wishes Lindsey success in her future endeavors."

The 18-year-old beauty queen and three friends were arrested and charged with theft on Saturday after walking out of a Bossier City, La., restaurant without paying the bill.

Evans left her purse in the restaurant and they were caught when they returned to get it, police spokesman Mark Natale told The Associated Press.

Date Set and new Local for Miss Teen USA 2008

2008 MISS TEEN USA Finals Competition. The 2008 MISS TEEN USA Finals Competition will be held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas, on Saturday evening, August 16, 2008.

PRESENTATION SHOW. The Presentation Show will be on the evening of Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Atlantis Resort.

The arrival date for all contestants competing in the 2008 MISS USA Pageant is Tuesday, August 12,

Unofficial Preliminary to Miss SC USA/Miss SC Teen USA Seeks Delegates

Carolina Pageant Productions, an unofficial preliminary to the Miss Universe Organization is looking for young ladies between the ages of 15 - 26 to compete for the titles of Miss Carolina Foothills - SC, Miss Carolina Foothills Teen - SC, Miss Palmetto - SC, Miss Palmetto Teen - SC, Miss Piedmont - SC, and Miss Piedmont Teen - SC 2007/2008. The pageant will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2007 in Spartanburg, SC.

"Our organization hopes to provide not only an annual competition for the young ladies in our state, but an outlet for them to grow as a young lady and a person. We hope to provide an avenue for them to be successful in the world and in life; through invaluable lessons in public speaking and presentation skills, and the self-confidence to be their best personal self. This years competition is extremely exciting because it is the first ever competition for Carolina Pageant Productions," says Jeremy Smith director at Carolina Pageant Productions. Mr. Smith has over eleven years of pageantry experience on the local and state level.

The new titleholders for Carolina Pageant Productions will be selected based on personality, physical fitness in swimsuit, and evening gown. The top five finalists in both the miss and teen competitions will compete in an onstage personality competition in the final moments of the pageant.

"We are not looking for some façade of who you are. We want the you that you are off the stage. Confidence, composure, and beauty from within exuding out will win this competition. Carolina Pageant Productions was formed with the ladies of South Carolina in mind. We are a group of educated and experienced young professionals who wish to provide an opportunity to help guide the young women of South Carolina to their personal best and to define beauty with a purpose. "

Each contestant must meet the criteria set forth by Carolina Pageant Productions and the Miss Universe Organization. Including; being a resident of South Carolina at least one month prior to the competition or a student in South Carolina.

For more information, please contact Jeremy Smith at 843.230.0973.

Miss South Carolina USA/Miss South Carolina Teen USA Pageants are official preliminaries to the Miss USA, Miss Universe, and Miss Teen USA Organization. The program gives the ladies of South Carolina an opportunity to become their best self through community involvement and fair competition.

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