Our Mistresses of Ceremonies

As an entertainer and actor, Michelle Miller has been performing for over 20 years. Her music highlights include Michelle Miller performances with the Jacksonville Jaguars, American Music Jubilee Theater, PBR Tour, Concert on the Green, Orlando Magic and USO events. She performed and co- produced the USO 65th Anniversary Celebration, which starred Ed McMahon, and Mickey & Jan Rooney.

Michelle enjoys staying busy filming commercials, corporate films, recording voiceovers, and serving as professional host/emcee. Highlights include Griffin Lincoln Mercury, Stewart Lighting One, Kossak Companies, American Home Builders, Annie OAKley’s, Sunbelt National Music Video, WJXT Auctioneer & HBO movie “Recount”.

Being no stranger to the pageant community, she has served as Jacksonville Miss TEEN, Florida Miss TEEN, National Top Ten Finalist, Miss Florida Community College at Jacksonville, and Florida Azalea Queen. Proudly calling Jacksonville home, Michelle is represented by First Coast Talent Agency.

Candace O’Steen Candace Osteen is a Starke native and has been involved with pageantry for 10 years. She has been involved in every aspect of pageantry from competing to coaching and even producing.

She was a part of the Miss Florida Organization for 4 years and competed with the titles Miss Mandarin, Miss Ocala Marion County, Miss St. Augustine and Miss Jacksonville. She is a graduate of Florida Community College at Jacksonville and is currently finishing her Bachelor degree at the University of North Florida.

Candace is a newlywed and is loving every minute of married life.

Special Thanks to the Following JUDGES MEALS Player’s Grille Bono’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q Panera Bread - San Marco JUDGES GIFTS Barnes & Noble Creative Memories - Colette Kreiger Lifeway Christian Stores May Kay Cosmetics - Patty Jones Partylite - Alicia Dennison Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery Gwen Riggins - Proforma Fandango PRODUCTION...... Amanda Markland Domindo, Kristi Markland Rice No Limits Dance Studio FLOWERS...... La Mee, The Florist CPA...... Keith Johnson and Chris Daboul ENTERTAINMENT...... Emily Martin, No Limits Dance Studio PROGRAM BOOK PRINTING...... Printing and Promotional Partners SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ELITE SPONSOR - Dr. William Bosworth

SILVER PATRONS FRIENDS Cecelia Jennings Wanda Butler Angie Nixon Markeyta Williams Lorna Davis Dennis Thomas Kim Connelly Hariet Stephens & Daisha Janice D. Williams Regina Williams

JACKSONVILLE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD MEMBERS

Ruth Sidbury Karen Miller Royal Jo Johnson Claudia Harris Michelle Miller Foundation President, Co-Executive Director Director Director Executive Director Director Good evening ladies and gentlemenm, and welcome to the 2008 Miss Jacksonville and Miss River City and Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant, sponsored by the Jacksonville Scholarship Foundation, Inc. We wish to extend a very special thank you to all the civic-minded businessmen and businesswomen who have supported the pageant this year. It is only through your support that the pageant is able to successfully continue. If you, our audience appreciate them as we do, please support the businesses in this program book. Finally, we thank you, the patrons, for being with us tonight. We sincerely hope you find the pageant as enjoyable as we enjoy putting it on for you.

MISS JACKSONVILLE & MISS RIVER CITY PAGEANT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Mary Allison Emily Martin Ricardo Andrews Leon & Deborah Martin Mandy Domingo Bob & Barbara Thompson Patty Jones Cheryl Tindell Our Panel of Judges

Fred Ryan Hunter Virginia Crawford Denmark Fred Hunter is a Management Consultant Virginia Crawford Denmark began her association with the Miss Florida Pageant working with professionals and business as a contestant. Holding four local titles, she twice placed in the Top Ten at organizations as a business mentor and Miss Florida and also was awarded the Hostess Award, which was the Miss coach. Fred graduated from Washburn Florida Hostess’ choice for Miss Florida. Virginia reigned as Miss Alachua County, University, Topeka, Kansas receiving a Miss Jacksonville, Miss Jacksonville University and Miss Olustee Festival. A Bachelor of Business Administration magna cum laude graduate of Jacksonville University, Virginia uses her Degree. Fred has directed, produced, and Communications degree in their family-owned business CellRite. judged numerous Miss America Local Preliminary scholarship pageants in Virginia volunteers with the Sunshine Princess Program during Miss Florida Kansas, Georgia and Florida for over 10 Pageant week. Her daughter, Victoria, has twice been a Miss Florida Sunshine years. He served three years as a Princess, and was also an Inaugural Miss America Outstanding Teen Princess. Regional Field Director for the Miss Kansas A high point in Virginia’s judging experience was having the privilege to judge Scholarship Pageant. In addition, he Miss Florida Kylie Williams when she won her Miss Tallahassee title. Virginia served three years as a Kansas Delegate to enjoys developing fundraising projects for the children’s school. She and her the Miss America Scholarship Pageant in husband Terry have four children: Dusty, Ashley, Victoria and Preston. They Atlantic City, and four years as a Delegate are very active in their church and community. to the Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant. Fred and his wife Sandy will be delegates to the 2008 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas. He is an active Board member with Ilona Hagen (Conway) the Miss Tallahassee/Miss North Florida Ilona Hagen (Conway) is no stranger to the Miss America Program. Fair/Miss Capital City, Miss Gulf coast She celebrated her 25th anniversary of her crowning as Miss Indiana scholarship programs serving as their 1982 this year. Her pageant experience allowed her to compete in Director of Business Relations. Fred is a the National Sweetheart Pageant in Hoopston, Illinois, where she qualified Miss America judge. was chosen as Miss Congeniality in 1980, and first runner-up in 1981. Ilona was also a part of “The Queens” Department of Defense tour, which included semi-finalist, Bobbie Eakes, Miss Georgia. This group traveled and performed at military installations in Iceland, Gayle Hart Germany, the Netherlands, and the Azores. She has also judged, Gayle is presently the Director of Marketing performed, or acted as Mistress of Ceremonies at various pageants for the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair in Indiana, Kenducky, and Florida. She was a judge at the local and Expo Center. Ranked among North pageant of Ericka Dunlap who went on to become Miss Florida and America’s 50 largest fairs, it draws nearly then Miss America! 500,000 people to downtown Jacksonville over a 12 day period every fall. Having been away from the pageant scene for awhile, Ilona has been concentrating on her career. She went back to school and Currently serving as President of JAXMAC received her teaching certification from Nova Southeastern University (Jacksonville Marketing and Advertising in 1999. For the past seven years she has been teaching fourth Club), Ms. Hart has won international grade students at a Title I elementary school that her own children recognition by winning the Outstanding attended. In 2004, Ilona was selected as “Teacher of the Year” at Media Campaign twice from the her school and went on to be named one of the five finalists for International Association of Fair and Expos “Clay County Teacher of the Year”. She currently resides in Orange Annual Convention in Las Vegas. In Park, Florida, with her husband, Dan, and children, daughter Jordan addition, she has accumulated 22 first (17), who will be a senior, and her son Jacob (15) who will be a place awards from the Florida Festivals and sophomore. Events Association for the Greater Jacksonville Fair media campaigns.

A native of Midwest City, Oklahoma, Gayle Pamela E. Adams has a B.A. from Southwestern Oklahoma Pamela Adams is a native Floridian, a graduate of Lynn University with a degree in Business and Marketing. She lives in North Palm Beach, Florida, State University in Technical Theatre and with her husband, Charles Adams. For the past 35 years, she and her English. Prior to living and working in husband have owned and operated South Palm Construction, a general Jacksonville, Gayle worked for Ballet contracting company. Mrs. Adams is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker Oklahoma under the artistic direction of and a former flight attendant for Delta Airlines. She is presently a Trustee Edward Villella. and the Chairman-elect for the South Florida Fair and Exposition.

Gayle has lived in Jacksonville with her Mrs. Adams is a former President of the Junior League of the Palm Beaches. husband Erik (executive Director of the She has been involved with The Miss America system for 15 years. Mrs. Adams is experienced in dance and has performed and taught classical ballet. Florida Theater and their three sons, She was the travel companion for Miss Florida and had the privilege of Chuck, Russell and Derek, since 1987. accompanying Ericka Dunlap when she was crowned Miss America in 2004.

NORMA STORMS - REGIONAL DIRECTOR Norma resides on Amelia Island and serves on the Miss Florida Board as Field Director which includes pageants in the Jacksonville area. She received her Bachelors Degree from Florida Southern College, where she graduated as Valedictorian. She has a Masters Degree in Personnel and Guidance. She has been involved with the Miss America Pageant system for nearly twenty years. During this time she has helped many contestants prepare for competition; she has judged numerous pageants and has served as an Executive Director for a local pageant. She is proud to be a part of the Organization that is considered the largest source of scholarship opportunities for young women in the world. The 2008 Miss Jacksonville and Miss River City and Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageants

OPENING NUMBER / INTRODUCTION OF TEEN CONTESTANTS Production by Kristi Markland Rice and Amanda Markland Domingo INTRODUCTION OF MISTRESSES OF CEREMONIES Candace O’Steen and Michelle Miller

ON-STAGE QUESTION INTRODUCTION OF JUDGES CASUAL WEAR TALENT COMPETITION PHYSICAL FITNESS EVENING WEAR COMPETITION ENTERTAINMENT OPENING NUMBER / INTRODUCTION OF MISS CONTESTANTS ON-STAGE QUESTION ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE AND FITNESS IN SWIMSUIT COMPETITION SPORTS WEAR TALENT COMPETITION INTERMISSION EVENING WEAR COMPETITION ENTERTAINMENT

FAREWELL WALK OF FAREWELL WALK OF MISS RIVER CITY JACKSONVILLE MISS RIVER CITY JACKSONVILLE OUTSTANDING TEEN 2007 OUTSTANDING TEEN 2007 Brittany Morrison Lo’Real Butler Presentation of Teen Awards

CROWNING OF MISS JACKSONVILLE OUTSTANDING TEEN & MISS RIVER CITY OUTSTANDING TEEN 2008

FAREWELL WALK OF FAREWELL WALK OF MISS RIVER CITY JACKSONVILLE MISS RIVER CITY JACKSONVILLE OUTSTANDING TEEN 2007 OUTSTANDING TEEN 2007 Ashley Panaggio Brittany Sexton

Presentation of Miss Awards CROWNING OF MISS JACKSONVILLE 2008 & MISS RIVER CITY 2008 PRESENTING Our Miss Contestants IN CONTESTANT ORDER

#1 #3

#2

SARAH STILWELL MARKIA BUTLER AGE: 22 AGE: 19 TALENT: MAGIC TALENT: JAZZ DANCE SPONSOR: Life Changers Christian Fellowship

BRITTANY FORNOF AGE: 18 TALENT: PIANO #4 #5

PERIANNE BORING MARISSA DANISH AGE: 20 AGE: 17 TALENT: VOCAL TALENT: LYRICAL DANCE SPONSOR: Signa Health Care of Florida PRESENTING Our Miss Contestants IN CONTESTANT ORDER

#6 #8

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KATIE MATTHEWS JOHNSON LAURIE SNYDER AGE: 20 AGE: 19 TALENT: VOCAL TALENT: CLASSICAL PIANO SPONSOR: The Villages Clinical Laboratory

BRITTANY MCMILLIAN AGE: 20 TALENT: JAZZ DANCE #9 SPONSOR: Donet, #10 McMillan & Tronz P.A.

ERIN LANCASTER MEGAN O’KELLEY AGE: 23 AGE: 18 TALENT: OPERA TALENT: TAP DANCE SPONSOR: Maury Management Group SPONSOR: This & That Hair Creations PRESENTING Our Outstanding Teen Contestants

CAROLINE HOLDER #2 AGE: 14 TALENT: LYRICAL DANCE SPONSOR: MARK & LESA HOLDER

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GABRIELLE LEANE’T BUTLER AGE: 13 #3 TALENT: CONTEMPORARY JAZZ SPONSOR: LEROY & RHODESIA BUTLER CATHERINE TRISCH AGE: 15 TALENT: OPERA SPONSOR: WALKER WOOD PRODUCTS, INC. MISS JACKSONVILLE MISS JACKSONVILLE OUTSTANDING TEEN & MISS RIVER CITY & MISS RIVER CITY OUTSTANDING TEEN 2008 2008 WILL EACH RECEIVE WILL EACH RECEIVE

$100.00 Scholarship $700.00 Scholarship Trophy, Flowers by LA MEE FLORIST & Official Miss America Outstanding Teen Preliminary Crown Trophy, Flowers by LA MEE FLORIST and Official Miss America Preliminary Crown 1st Runner Up $50.00 Scholarship Trophy 1st Runner Up $300.00 Scholarship 2nd Runner Up Trophy $35.00 Scholarship Trophy

2nd Runner up MISS & TEEN AD SALES WINNERS $200.00 Scholarship Gabrielle Butler - $174.00 Trophy Caroline Holder - $150.00 Catherine Trish - $57.00 Marika Butler - $53.00 3rd Runner up $100.00 Scholarship Each of the Ad Sales Winners will also receive Yamaha Stereo Headphones From Winston Miller – Trophy KELLY’S PIANOS

ALL CONTESTANTS WILL RECEIVE

Beautiful Decorative Tote Bag with Gifts from PONTE VEDRA PLASTIC SURGERY Back Pack Bag & Specialty Beauty Products ($100 Value) from COLOMER USA Gift Certificate from SESSIONS MODELING White Formal Garmet Bag & Cologne from JESSICA McCLINTOCK-THE AVENUES Special Discount Certificate & Gift from FRENCH NOVELTY – CEDAR HILLS

MISS JACKSONVILLE & MISS RIVER CITY JACKSONVILLE WILL EACH RECEIVE

A $250.00 Gift Certificate from REGALIA MAGNIFICENT APPAREL-ORLANDO A $200.00 Deluxe Gift Basket of Specialty Beauty Products from COLOMER USA Specialty Gift Certificate & Decorative Tote Bag with Gifts from PONTE VEDRA PLASTIC SURGERY Deluxe Cologne Gift Set from JESSICA McCLINTOCK-THE AVENUES Gift Certificate from SESSIONS MODELING Gift Certificate from FRENCH NOVELTY-CEDAR HILLS Yamaha Stereo Headphones from Winston Miller – KELLY’S PIANOS

MISS JACKSONVILLE & MISS RIVER CITY OUTSTANDING TEEN WILL RECEIVE

A $250.00 Gift Certificate from REGALIA MAGNIFICENT APPAREL-ORLANDO A $200.00 Deluxe Gift Basket of Specialty Beauty Products from COLOMER USA Specialty Gift Certificate & Decorative Tote Bag with Gifts from PONTE VEDRA PLASTIC SURGERY Deluxe Cologne Gift Set from JESSICA McCLINTOCK-THE AVENUES Gift Certificate from SESSIONS MODELING Gift Certificate from FRENCH NOVELTY-CEDAR HILLS Yamaha Stereo Headphones from Winston Miller – KELLY’S PIANOS

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COLOMER USA & PONTE VEDRA PLASTIC SURGERY FOR JUDGES & EMCEES GIFTS JUDGES & EMCEES WILL EACH RECEIVE

A $150.00 Gift Bag of Beauty Products from COLOMER USA Decorative Tote Bag with Gift from PONTE VERDRA PLASTIC SURGERY

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