Miss Orange and Blue: brains and
spirit key
Informational meeting scheduled
for Wednesday about local pageant
The first informational meeting for women
interested in competing in the Multicultural Miss Orange and Blue
Pageant will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Room 213 Gregory Hall.
Krucial Diamond Productions, a community service organization, will
be sponsoring the pageant. The contest is open to any University female
with a G.P.A. of 2.5 or higher. It is tentatively scheduled for Feb.
11.
A maximum of 30 women will be chosen to participate in the competition
and contestants will be selected through an interview process. According
to Krucial Diamond Productions President Crystal Claybrooks, the organization
is looking for women from a variety of backgrounds who display confidence
and spirit.
Contestants will open the pageant with a song and dance performance
in the tradition of larger competitions. They will then participate
in a fashion show in which each woman will model clothing that she
feels reflects her personality or interests while an MC details the
contestant's academic qualifications. From this round, 10 women will
be eliminated.
Remaining contestants will go on to compete in swimsuit, evening gown,
interview and talent competitions. The winner will receive $500 and
progress to the Miss Illinois State Pageant where she can compete
against women throughout Illinois for a scholarship and a shot at
the Miss USA Pageant.
The first runner-up will receive a $100 gift certificate to Bergner's
and a sweater bearing the University emblem and the name of the pageant.
The second runner-up will also receive a sweater. All other contestants
will walk away with their sashes, a t-shirt and a certificate of participation.
Seven judges will decide the outcome of the pageant. Four of the judges
will be sent from the organization responsible for the Miss Illinois
State Pageant, two will be ex-University faculty members and one will
be a student body member who has yet to be chosen. Krucial Diamond
Productions has decided not to establish the criteria for choosing
the student judge until prospective contestant interviews have been
completed.
The Miss Illinois State Pageant typically draws its contestants from
the winners of thirty or so local pageants from around the state.
Contestants have been sent from Northern Illinois University, Eastern
Illinois University and Northwestern University in the past. The University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has not sent anyone to the pageant
for several years, according to Claybrooks.
"We (Krucial Diamond Productions) hope for the pageant to be successful
so that we can have it again and again," said Claybrooks. "We want
it to be an uplifting and fun experience for everyone involved."
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