That is right all my Girly Girls; Paige Lawson, Miss Saginaw,  took home the award for Miss Photogenic at the Miss Michigan Teen USA 2009 Pageant over the weekend.  Paige worked hard so I am glad she didn’t go home empty handed.  I am also excited about the fact that her beautiful picture was taken by my husband, David and you can check out his other stuff at his website.

I think Paige was a little disappointed, but she shouldn’t be.  She did such an amazing job and I know she will come back next year and win the title.  She is solid!

I must tell you today that I am very excited for the coming weekend.  Why, you may ask?  Her name is Paige Lawson and she rocks!  I met Paige and started coaching her for the Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant about two months ago.  The pageant will take place at the McMorran Place Theater in Port Huron, MI this weekend and I have a sneaking suspicion that Paige is going to take the cake!

I began coaching Paige by teaching her skills such as walking and posing.  She is tall and slender and she has a cute shape for a teen so I think that will help her.  Also I have to give her credit because her posture wasn’t bad either.  Bad posture is a common problem that I usually see in taller teenage girls, but I think the fact that she is a basketball player may have helped her.  The fact that she enjoys Pilates workouts helps also to sculpt the abs.

Paige picked up the runway techniques quickly and more importantly, practiced them!  That is the key to a successful pageant…PRACTICE.  If you ask her what I hounded her on the most, she would probably tell you…practice!!  It can not be stressed enough.  Practice makes perfect.  When you hit the stage with lots of practice under your belt and BUTTERFLIES in your stomach, you have practice to thank for a flawless performance.  When you don’t have to think about your walk or turns or poses, it is easier to keep nerves under control.

Not everyone is perfect and Paige’s nemesis turned out to be interview.  Not surprising, as that seems to fall many a young lady.  Interview is not only the most challenging part of a competition, but also extremely important.  It is amazing how a simple question can become hard to answer in interview.  We discovered the key to Paige’s interview success and once we did, she ran with it.  I knew it was there because she is smart and all it took was to tweak the delivery.  Now she is gold!

Pray for Paige.  Any first time pageant girl will tell you that nerves can get the best of you.  Her Daddy can’t be here because he is down south helping to restore power to hurricane Ike effected areas and it  is hard for a young girl to be without her dad to support her for an event like this.   She is strong and is going to win.  I will keep you posted.

That sounds like a wonderful way to glam up the dreary farm life.  Maybe Obama is onto something!  Surely he wouldn’t have used that phrase to speak of another person, like Sarah Palin.  He is such an upstanding guy, isn’t he?!

He is so very concerned about the economy so do you think he was hinting at the idea that it may increase the profits of pork farmers?  The other white meat may be worth more than previously thought?  Oh, wait someone may take that and make it into a racial slur.

And the saga continues!  I wonder if he gave any thought as to what color the lipstick should be.  Or what brand to use; if it is made in America or tested on animals.  I bet if lipstick sales start to skyrocket, he will take credit for it, even though we all know the sales will have increased because everyone read it here from a Girly Girl!