2010 Galaxy International Pageant

More pictures will be posted soon!

I realized I have not posted in a while (I promise to update my blog as soon as I get some rest!) but I wanted to give an update on the 2010 Galaxy International pageant. I must first say that every participant is a queen, who is representing their states well! Everyone came looking great and poised and should be proud of their accomplishment of making it to the national level. There is no reason for tears--we are all winners!!

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Maria Torrez is a fabulous director! She was so beautiful, graceful and organized. I am thankful to have met such a wonderful lady!

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Congratulations to all of the beautiful ladies who won in each division. I am especially proud of Jennifer Rinaldi, Mrs. Galaxy 2010!! She was so sweet throughout the week and such a pleasure to be around. I am very proud of her for the hard work she put forth in becoming the queen she was destined to be!

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I proudly placed 1st runner up to Jennifer and won the Mrs Fashion Wear award. This must be one of my proudest pageantry moments outside of winning the Maryland Galaxy pageant. I cannot express how overwhelmed with excitement I am!! :D I thank God for this opportunity and I look forward to the future--I did not expect pageantry to take me this far!

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This is such a great lesson for me and to others who do not believe in the power of God. I pray faithfully and believe in God's promises, but I consider myself a "newbie" (only being a pageant participant for the past 2 years), I must admit that I doubted placing as high as I did in a national pageant. God showed me that through prayer and faith, ALL power is in His hands. He has never failed me yet... I cannot ever doubt or live without Him. I also believe that God has used me over and over and over again for others to see as a living example of what He can do! I went from low-self esteem, abuse and suicidal attempts to being confident, strong and a force against darkness. My Queendom girls see this and believe that they can change their own lives. My family sees a difference in my life. My co-workers cannot understand how I do as much as I do. But GOD...

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To those who doubt, disbelieve, feel they are without hope, have low-self or self-worth, do not believe that you can reach your dreams... I am here to tell you that you can through Him. I thank God for ALL things... :D