here she is.

Miss America.
My friend Heidie and I have a tradition of hosting a Miss America party to watch the pageant live with friends. Heidie is the Director of the Miss Mississippi State Pageant and I have loved helping her the past few years. We get to work with, encourage, and prepare the reigning Miss MSU for her trip to Vicksburg to compete in Miss Mississippi!

This year's Miss MSU is the beautiful Fenly Akers. This girl WILL be Miss Mississippi in the next few years and I truly believe after a lot of work with pageant prep that she could seriously compete for THE crown one day! She is a beautiful girl with AWESOME hair and a big heart! I just love her and can't wait to cheer her on this summer.....Here's how we do it....

Taco salads and Margaritas

Heidie's daughter makes homemade crowns for each guest...

we each pick our top 15, then top 5 and write them on our crowns!
(i know what you are thinking...but WE think its FUN
and don't really care if you judge us!)a few of the guests getting ready for the show to start...

Smith LOVES Fenly. He wanted to sit by her all night....
and of ALL the people there, it was so cute that he tried to "crown" her all night long!

I am not allowed to announce my winner until they are about to name the winners. Its kind of a running joke because the past two years I have picked the winner during introductions!!! I liked Miss Virginia the whole time, but have to be honest and say that I thought it might be California until the On Stage Question... Virginia was the only one who sounded like she had ever been asked an interview question...(and believe me, these girls should be plenty prepared by the time they make it to Vegas.) She did a great job and deserved the crown!!!

Congrats Miss America 2010