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[> [> Subject: WHAT???? TN BOY you were THERE?????? HOLY FRICK I'm MADDD!!! I was there too, but got there too late to hear the judges introduced. I would have worn my plaid and shot a photo or two. Next time don't you dare come to my home town w/o letting me know!
[> [> Subject: Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the appeal of MN. She's definitely talented and above average looking, but I've yet to see a professional or candid shot that made me say "wow." Arkansas', Puerto Rico's, Cali's and PA's, however, have all given a wow impact. I dunno, I may be eating my feelings about it come MA time in January.
[> [> Subject: Sherri Hill, it was worn by Louisiana USA 1st runner up. The winner had the dress also but found out someone else had it so she switched. The two girls would have been in the same dress......winner and 1st runner up.....
[> [> [> [> Subject: So MIss OK USA 08 modeled this at FAshio ROCKS. In my slightly intoxicated redbull/vodka mind I decided I need to have this for MIss NJ. I run to Sherri and stand there, check book in hand, She legit ignores my presense for a good 15 minutes and just in time ALyssa comes over and says "That is NOT a competition gown...and don't bring you check book out anymore". LOL!
[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Alyssa was wrong, it IS a competition gown. The 1RU to LA USA wore it last weekend and looked spectacular. I think to pull this gown off you need great shoulders. Click in to see a pic from LA USA...
[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Yeah seriously--BTW I can't get over how beautifully Page Pennock has matured from teen to miss in one year!!!!! And I'm loving Jennifer Solieau's gown too---shades of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's meets Kristen Motil's USA gown.
[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Um, I'm sorry... did Meemaw defend a gown with sleeves. Good lord, our girl really is ill!!!!! Next she'll be outfitting every beauty queen in red dresses!!!!!!!! ;) Love you Meems! And love this dress too! :)
[> [> [> Subject: Where? I just went to the sight and looked through everything and couldn't find it. At some point I want to do Mrs. Arizona and think this gown would be perfect for it!
[> Subject: I just cannot understand why every photo that comes out of Arkansas looks like a wax fixture, portrait, or something highly over processed.
[> [> [> Subject: Just FYI-in defense of Sarah, we wanted these ads to have a very old hollywood almost etherial feel, so we put a filter over the entire photo to blur it a bit. However, I can attest to the fact that there was no photoshopping, or "airbrushing" of Sarah in the photo at all. Just a "glaze" given to the photo to achieve the look we wanted. We did the same to the two other photos we ran in ads at the same time, one featuring Miss AR USA Chanley Painter and the other a top five finalist from Miss Arkansas 2009.