Congratulations to our New Queen of the Lakes and Princesses!

Queen of the Lakes Alexandra Forster the former Miss DelanoPrincess

Abbrielle Massee the former Miss Hopkins Raspbery Festival Queen

Princess Angela Kron the former Miss SvenskarnasDag.

The Aquatennial Ambassadors welcome you to our official website. The Aquatennial has a rich tradition of ambassadors that have represented Minneapolis' festival since 1940. The Minneapolis Aquatennial - a partnership between the Aquatennial Ambassador Organization (AAO) and the Minneapolis Downtown Council - fosters understanding and support of the civic responsibities and opportunities of citizenship in the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota. The Aquatennial Ambassador Organization forges relationships between smaller communities, the City and the Organization through participation in over 60 community celebrations throughout the State and as many as 300 public appearances throughout the year.

www.aquatennialambassadors.com/files/AAO_Powerpoint.pdf

This women are wonderful!! I have had the opportunity to meet each one of them and the poise, talent and beauty they each have is amazing. They will do wonders their year of reign.

Miss California Carrie Prejean Loses Her Crown

"Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday.
In a release first obtained by FOXNews.com, K2 Productions, the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from

Miss Universe, cited continued breach of contract issues as the reason for Prejean's firing.
"This was a decision based solely on contract violations," Keith Lewis, executive director of K2 Productions, said in the release. "After our press conference in New York we had hoped we would be able to forge a better working relationship. However, since that time it has become abundantly clear that Carrie has no desire to fulfill her obligations under our contract and work together.”Prejean came under fire for her answer to a question about gay marriage two months ago in the Trump-owned Miss USA pageant, in which she was the runner-up. After the pageant, Prejean was continuously attacked as she defended her belief that gays and lesbians should not be given the right to marry in California. She became embroiled in more controversy when racy pictures of her were published that some construed as violations of her Miss California contract." www.foxnews.com/.../miss-california-carrie-prejean-loses-crown/

In my opinion, this is so sad! So many young girls look up to these women and want to be like them. When you agree to the crown, you have to obey the rules for the whole year you reign and if you can not agree with the rules, then you should not accept the crown.

Miss Minnesota 2009 Gets Ready for Miss America

Here are some pictures of Miss Minnesota's Brooke Kilgraff, I have had the pleasure to meet her and what a wonderful woman she is!!! She will be representing Minnesota at the Miss America Pageant in November. Her platform is music and children. She is representing the Children's Miracle Network! Good luck Brooke!!!!!

Little Girl Crowned

This is why I feel terrible when I look at a poor young girl on stage getting crowned. Her parents are estatic about the win but she could care less and the crown is too big for her head. The show Toddlers and Tiaras are a perfect example of this, the moms are sooo into the pageant world and start their daughters so young and really when you think about it, do the little girls care?

New TLC reality series unveils hidden world of beauty pageants

"The cable network that brought you Jon & Kate Plus 8 is launching a new reality show focusing on “the unseen world" of beauty pageants. Cy Frakes, who has been coaching aspiring beauty queens for over 20 years will be the focus of the show, and the TLC network has ordered 12 episodes. The show will premiere, Sept 30.The premiere episode features the now infamous Caitlin Upton, the former Miss Teen USA from South Carolina who could not give a coherent answer during the question portion of the competition. She became a YouTube sensation, generating over 35 million views. In the premiere, Cy takes on the challenge of preparing the most parodied teen queen for a comeback to the pageant stage. "The series definitely captures the essence of who I am and what I do," said Frakes in a statement."

www.examiner.com/x-18064-NY-Culture--Events-Examiner~y2009m8d31-New-TLC-reality-series-unveils-hidden-world-of-beauty-pag...

After reading this article, I was in shock that TLC is actually going to make a television show to capture the beauty pageant world. I think it will be a very interesting show to watch! I have seen the previews for this and I believe it will be a big hit. It should give the audience a insight to what beauty pageants are all about. -samantha