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December 2007 Edition Of
"The Excellence"
Mikaila's
Mirror
 The
Holidays are a time we give thanks for the great things in our lives. Such as
family, friends, and loved ones. A time where we look forward to the good things
in life and great blessings like my famous Pumpkin Roll (a pumpkin sponge cake
rolled and filled with a light sweet cream cheese... Yummmmmy!) I hope everyone
has a happy holiday and is able to share time with everyone on his or her list.
Once
again, I want to thank you all for the overwhelming congratulatory emails that
I’ve received from you. I was set on making sure that I responded to each and
every last one of them. I apologize if I haven’t yet gotten to yours. I
promise I will.
In my spare time when not appearing all over the greater Arizona area I
have been taking time to read over the handbook and rules and regulations so
that I may be ready to answer any questions promoters, contestants, or general
people would like to know about the America system. In the next few weeks I will
be going to
Memphis
to have my first “
Fathers/Daughter” meeting to discuss Miss Gay America related items. I look
forward to all they are going to teach me, and what they have planned for this
next amazing year. I am a sponge and ready to soak it all in. While in Memphis I
will be attending and helping raise money for the Memphis Child Advocacy Center.
It’s a great function Larry and Terry are a part of and I’m blessed and
honored to be included. We will also be making decisions on the official
headshots from my official Miss Gay America photo shoot (to use as the official
Promotional Photos), I had last week with Don Thompson of Thompson Imagery. I
had an amazing time and look forward to what we all decide on.
As of right now my first official Preliminary appearance is set for Miss Gay
Baltimore on February 8th at The Hippo. I’m very excited to be
asked back to Maryland not just as a performer but also now as Miss Gay America
2008. I have been getting lots of emails and phone calls from contestants about
their prelims. I offer my opinion when
someone asks me about their competition package, but it comes with the
disclaimer that “this is only MY opinion and I am by no means an expert on
what will represent YOU the best”. So for any of you that get frustrated in
your preparations for a prelim and need a 2nd, 3rd, or a 4th opinion, I’m hear
to listen or to ask a question feel free to email me at Misskaymga2008@hotmail.com.
The Season is about to get blown into full swing here in the next few short
months. I look forward to everyone I have spoken with that I will finally get to
meet again and get to know. If anyone has any questions at all or just want to
chat please don’t hesitate to drop me an email Misskaymga2008@hotmail.com.
My
advice: Pace yourself this holiday…take little breaks when trying to taste all
the goodies and always, always save room for desert. The holidays are time for
Desert Heaven. On a more serious note don’t ever let anyone tell you, you
can’t do something. Don’t doubt yourself or your gut feelings. Do what makes
you happy and what you feel in your heart. Show the world who you are. You’re
a unique individual with a passion for the art of female impersonation and you
strive to be the best. Show them when the lights come on, the music intro plays
and you step onto the stage, that it’s your moment and that you have what it
takes to be our next symbol of excellence as Miss Gay America.
Mikaila Kay
Miss Gay America 2008
 From the desk of Larry & Terry
The Molding of a Good Miss Gay America
As we will, in just a few days, be seeing our newly crowned Miss Gay
America 2008-Mikaila Kay, for our annual Fathers/Daughter weekend retreat to
provide more detail for job function, administrative issues and other general
preparation, we can already tell, just by our interaction thus far, that there
is great potential for Mikaila to make a very positive mark on the Miss Gay
America pageant system during his reign. Of course, we are very proud of his
beauty and talent, but those are only two components needed to define, in our
opinion, a good Miss Gay America. It is clear that the foundation has been laid,
either in daily experience or just learning from watching
the mistakes of others, but rest assured that by the time March 14, 2008
(The Miss Mid America pageant) gets here, which as of today, is the first
preliminary of the season, Mikaila will be more than ready to handle any
administrative issues that occur. Now that Mikaila has had several weeks to make
promotional photos (which are beautiful by the way) and to think about his
travel wardrobe, hair and accessories, we will begin, next weekend, our intense
training and preparation to assure us and the rest of the promoters, that he
will be ready to take on the job of Miss Gay America. We learn something new
each year, and we constantly strive for ways to alleviate some of the stress of
the reigning Symbol of Excellence. We know that this is not an easy job for the
nations best, but we also want him to be able to say at the conclusion of his
reign that this was one of the most incredible and worthwhile experiences life
to date. On, October 21, 2007, the judges made the selection of who would be the
next Miss Gay America, now it is our
turn to mold their selection into what the country expects a Miss Gay America to
be. Most of the time, the molding of the beauty and talent is already done…now
it is up to us to ensure that Miss Gay America is ready to do the best job
possible. Yes, our standards are high, and as a result, this country has
heightened its expectation of our leading gentleman. We want Miss Gay America to
shine brighter than the others, in every way possible. That is one of the main
reasons why we push as hard as we do to actually see the excellence in the
titleholder… If Miss Gay America is going to be known as the
“Symbol of Excellence”, he has got to earn the respect in order to be
well received. Many people, no matter who is wearing the crown, have an undying
and profound admiration for the title of Miss Gay
America
, so the love and respect is already there before the crown is placed on
someone’s head, so it is up to the new Miss Gay America, to maintain and
increase that depth of love and respect.
Be on the lookout, for a possible
exciting announcement about "The Pageant" documentary... We hope to
have an announcement in the next few weeks!
And now for a holiday thought...now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we are
reminded of how grateful we are, to be in the position to manage the operations
of the nation’s largest and most respected pageant for female impersonators.
It is not always an easy job, but when we are fortunate enough to have made many
friendships from all over this nation and can see the deep respect and
appreciation that most have for this incredible legacy that has played a very
important part in gay history, we are humbled to be in such an important
position. No matter your beliefs, we hope that each of you can take time to
appreciate what you have and to celebrate the “good will” that is so free
flowing during the holiday season.
Until
next time….
Larry and
Terry
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