Hello world!!!
I hope you and yours are doing well. I'm doing great, thanks be to God. On Sunday, May 4th, I attended the inaugural 2014 Miss Roanoke USA pageant in Salem, Virginia. The Miss Roanoke USA and Miss Roanoke Teen USA pageants are one of the qualifying preliminary pageants to the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA stage. Even though I've only competed in one pageant in my lifetime, which was the Miss Sierra Leone USA pageant, I always feel relieved when attending pageants and sitting in the audience to watch the show since I was crowned Miss Sierra Leone USA; I've served as a judge in a couple pageants, and that's also another tough position to be in.
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| Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson |
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| Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson and little Mr. Michelangelo |
The little cutie that made my heart melt in the photo above is Mr. Michelangelo! He's such a friendly and fun baby; he's only three months old! In addition to meeting the little cutie, I got to meet some other titleholders during the intermission and hear about their pageant systems. It's always interesting to hear how similar and different the systems are and hear about their segments of competitions and titles; as well as get to know what the titleholders are doing and how they're using their crown for a cause.
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| Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson and Miss Junior Teen Virginia United States 2014 Mariah Orr |
As mentioned earlier, the Miss Roanoke USA and Miss Roanoke Teen USA are local titles under the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageant system. Upon winning the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA titles, these ladies then represent their state at the national Miss USA pageant owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal, which leads to the road to Miss Universe. At the Miss Roanoke USA pageant, reigning Miss Virginia USA 2014 Arielle Rosmarino and Miss Virginia Teen USA 2014 Olivia Fletcher served as co-emcees. Arielle will be competing at Miss USA this June and Olivia will be competing at Miss Teen USA in August.
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| Miss Virginia USA 2014 Arielle Rosmarino, Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson, and Miss Virginia Teen USA 2014 Olivia Fletcher |
Pageants are always fun to attend, because regardless if you have only done one pageant (like myself) or multiple, there is always something new you can learn from the contestants on stage. Another reason why I attended this pageant was to support my friend and fellow Hokie, Midori. A beautiful, smart, and talented young lady, she exuded so much grace and poise on stage. I am very proud of my girl, and she did an outstanding job throughout the pageant! Congratulations, doll!
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| Miss Roanoke USA 2015 finalist Midori Oglesby and Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson |
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| Miss Roanoke USA 2015 finalist Midori Oglesby in evening gown competition |
Crowned Miss Roanoke USA 2015 is Miss Kiara Williams, and Alexis Ramsey was crowned Miss Roanoke Teen USA 2015; little Miss Isabella Boardwine was crowned Miss Roanoke Princess USA 2015. Congratulations to these queens that will be competing this November in Charlottesville, Virginia for the titles of Miss Virginia USA 2015 and Miss Virginia Teen USA 2015. The crowned Miss Roanoke Princess USA will be participating in Miss Virginia USA's Inspiring Princess Mentoring Program, this is a not a competition. Congratulations to all the seven Miss Roanoke USA contestants, six Miss Roanoke Teen USA contestants, and three Miss Roanoke Princess USA girls, all of you did a phenomenal job on stage! Also, the ladies had very beautiful evening gowns and sexy swimsuits, and I'd rock most of them!
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Miss Roanoke USA 2015 Kiara Williams, Miss Roanoke Princess USA 2015 Isabella Boardwine, Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson, and Miss Roanoke Teen USA 2015 Alexis Ramsey
Photo by Rick Myers of Myers Photography |
At the end of the pageant, myself, Midori, and some other folks that came to support Midori went to the city of Roanoke to eat dinner and celebrate. This was a well-needed meal for me because I had breakfast in the morning before heading to Church, however, I was unable to eat lunch before heading to the pageant because I went home to change after Church and immediately headed to the pageant, which lasted for a couple hours. The evening ended with great company, lots of laughs, and delicious food!
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Post-Pageant Dinner: Seafood Jambalaya
DELICIOUS!!! |
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
Ruby B. Johnson,
Your Miss Sierra Leone USA.
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