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October 2011 Edition Of"The Excellence"
My Life On The "E" List
After
the Pageant I was rushed to the airport where I was flown to Memphis, privately
on a chartered jet to Memphis. Wow! its great to be a Miss Gay America. Next,
I was on to the Miss Gay Tennessee
Finally
the last prelim is here.. Miss Southeast America… Mike Rhinehart was its host.
He is such a great promoter and loves the Miss Gay America system and proves it
everyday. My Miss NC sister Emory Starr won his spot and Diamond Hunter was his
1st runner up. What a great night to top off a great year. I
want to take this time to thank each and every one for such an amazing year for
me. Each preliminary pageant brought new friendships, laughter and heartache…
every emotion was there. Seeing someone’s life change is one of the most rewarding
experiences. I only hope I have touched your life like you have touched
mine. Being Miss Gay America was my lifetime goal. My only wish is that the
next one crowned will love and enjoy his time as much as I enjoyed mine. THIS
I KNOW FOR SURE ...... I
NEVER LET ANYONE DETERMINE MY SELF WORTH In
closing , I want to wish each promoter and every contestant a safe journey to Ohio
. Best of luck to every contestant. May your dreams come true like you mine
has....
From the desk of Larry & Terry
Who
Is Ready To Be The Next Miss Gay America? To
the contestants who think that you are ready to be the next Miss Gay America,
you may wish to rethink that answer. If one looks back on the reign of Miss Gay
America 2011 Coti Collins, one can certainly say that all things considered, the
reign was a very smooth one. Granted there were challenges but seemingly Coti
Collins had an extraordinary reign as Miss Gay America 2011 and enjoyed every
minute of it… We can remember, almost as if it were yesterday, that Coti
called us just over a week into her reign and said that she had always imagined
what being Miss Gay America would feel like and what reigning as Miss Gay
America would be like, but then, when the crown was placed on her head, she was
simply not ready for all of the attention given to and the responsibility
expected of Miss Gay America. Coti has expressed time and time again that being
Miss Gay America is certainly much different than the perception of being Miss
Gay America. When the crown is placed on your head, it is instant stardom. You
become the instant expert in competition as you just captured the title of the
nation’s most prestigious pageant in female impersonation. You become a
counselor, a cheerleader, a mentor, a teacher, a student, a leader, a role model
and an administrator to something that is much larger than yourself. If you
expect to win Miss Gay America and think that the year will be all about you,
you are in for a rude awakening. In fact, it is just the opposite. Winning Miss
Gay America is quite an accomplishment but once you win, your focus shifts from
trying to win, into reigning as a winner and having a winning reign. Your focus
shifts to the promoters who most often insert their last monies to make the
contest successful and also to the contestants who would give most anything to
become Miss Gay America. Then, you
focus on attempting to carry-on, not take away from, the legacy that so many
others have worked tirelessly to preserve and continue. This pageant system is
far greater than any of us. The power of capturing the title is unimaginable
until you actually hear your name called as the new Miss Gay America.
And when you hear your name called as Miss Gay America and after you get
over the shock, the next day will arrive, you will have your first “fathers-
daughter” meeting with L & T and then the next 364 days will pass by much
too quickly. It is all so important to know the job for which you volunteer.
Learn the job responsibilities and learn the Promoters Handbook so that your
reign can be as smooth as that of Coti Collins. Clearly, Coti was ready for the
job…in fact she was prepared to be Miss Gay America and already acted as if
she were Miss Gay America before she was ever crowned, then when the crowning
moment happened, she did not have nearly as much “to-do’s”
because she was already prepared to be Miss Gay America and had a plan of
how to be a successful Miss Gay America. As we have said time and time again,
being Miss Gay America is not an easy job. We want the newly crowned Miss Gay
America to enjoy their reign for it could be an incredible year… and yes, just
to the contrary, if one is not prepared before they become Miss Gay America,
they could spend a few months getting ready when they could have been enjoying
the reign to the fullest. Being Miss Gay America is being talented,
travel-ready, compassionate, caring, beautiful, glamorous, responsible,
creative, organized, grateful, humble, sincere, inspiring, respectable and
dedicated to an organization that has a tremendous legacy. The Miss Gay America
team needs a Miss Gay America that is focused on the Miss Gay America pageant
system, rather than being focused on themselves. There is no “I” in team and
if the new Miss Gay America is ready to be Miss Gay America, the year will be
nothing short of incredible… and if they are not, then it may be more of a
challenge than anticipated. Rest assured that we will do all we can to school
you into being all that you need to be, in order to have an incredible year, but
we can only school so much, and then the rest is up to you… So to the Miss Gay
America 2012 Contestants, we ask you… “Are You Ready”?
Until
next time!
A Note From The Editor
The Excellence strives to be an informative newsletter delivered to the promoters,
contestants, audience and other supporters of the Miss Gay America Pageant System throughout the year. Should there be any issue or topic of discussion a promoter would like to see addressed (or to write an article to be published) in a future newsletter, please contact the editor via
Email.
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