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Miss Washington USA News and Announcements

Congratulations to Camilla Cyr for her Top 15 placement at MISS TEEN USA!!!

Posted at: Jul. 27, 2010, 11:00 pm

We're all so proud of you Camilla!

Post MISS USA 2010 Interviews with Rima Fakih, Paul Shugart, Johnny Weir, Stefania Fernandez...

Posted at: May. 20, 2010, 2:51 pm

The official After Party of the MISS USA in the Exotic Car Showroom at Dal Toro Ristorante - The Palazzo Resort & Hotel. Watch more at: www.MRKd.tv

Cheer on Tracy Turnure as she competes for the MISS USA title on the ROAD TO VEGAS!

Posted at: Apr. 20, 2010, 5:24 pm

Watch the B girls reality show trailer starring Camilla Cyr by going to: www.MRKd.tv

Posted at: Feb. 23, 2010, 8:58 pm

The stars of the show, "the B girls" (The Beauty Girls) are the current titleholders from ID, NV, VA & WA (the Miss Universe Organization including Miss Teen USA & Miss USA). Each young lady is put through a series of challenges as she prepares for the national title. These challenges tests her interview skills, sales abilities, physical prowess, mental & emotional psyche, competitive drive, improv abilities and more. There will be 12 webisodes and webcast every Sunday and Wednesday evening at 7:00pm (PST) with the first webisode on April 11th, 2010. You may watch the season series by going to: www.MRKd.tv

MISS USA will be telecast on NBC Universal on May 16th in Las Vegas from 7pm-9pm. Miss Washington USA 2010 - Tracy Turnure will represent our great state at the Miss USA. Go TRACY TURNURE, we love you!!!!

Congrats to our NEW 2010 Miss Washington USA-Tracy Turnure & Miss Washington Teen USA-Camilla Cyr!!!

Posted at: Oct. 13, 2009, 12:44 am

On behalf of Pageants NW, we’re proud to announce the new 2010 Miss Washington USA winner, Tracy Turnure (Miss University of Washington USA) who is 23. She graduated from University of Washington with a degree in Business Marketing & Sales. She works at a prestigious real estate company in downtown Seattle as a Market Analysis. The most intriguing part though was that she was crowned by her twin sister Tara Turnure, Miss Washington USA 2009. The new 2010 Miss Washington Teen USA winner is 17 yr old Camilla Cyr (Miss Kirkland Teen USA) who attends Eastside Catholic High School and is on the varsity cheer squad and tennis team. She hopes to complete her education at a 4 year university and study world business. She enjoys time with her family and friends and loves to help others. Camilla will represent our state at the 2010 MISS TEEN USA® pageant next spring and Tracy will compete for the 2010 MISS USA® title on April 18th, 2010. Sponsors contributed a record of nearly $900,000 in scholarships, prizes, cash and awards this year!

Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Washington USA®: 1st runner-up Lacey Carroll (Miss Kirkland USA), 2nd runner-up Lauren Ice (Miss Downtown Kent USA), 3rd runner-up Jennifer Le (Miss Kent USA) & 4th runner-up Rachael Kevin (Miss Snoqualmie Valley USA). CONGENIALITY – Mary Welsh (King County), PHOTOGENIC – Kelly Backous (Vancouver), SPIRIT – Sarah Carter (Juanita).

Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Washington Teen USA®: 1st runner-up Olivia Cruzat (Miss Maple Valley Teen USA), 2nd runner-up Lauren Kuhn (Miss Spokane Teen USA), 3rd runner-up Kyla Dixon (Miss West Tri-Cities Teen USA) & 4th runner-up Khadijah Homolka (Miss Puyallup Teen USA). ACADEMIC – Lauren Kuhn (Spokane), CONGENIALITY – Alana Osborne (Mercer Island), PHOTOGENIC – Elisabeth Jackson (Thurston County), SPIRIT – Khadijah Homolka (Puyallup).

The combined event which took place October 10th -11th included a celebrity panel of judges including Alex Thomason (NBC’s “The Apprentice” final four), Candace Newton (producer), Jeff Lang (22 year music executive with Warner Music Group, produced 13 TV shows, and now owns The Sound Advice Team of RE/MAX in Gig Harbor), Julie Sun (was a producer at Direct TV nad has been featured on HGTV’s Househunters), Kathy Kovacs (anchor/reporter), Kelly Olerud (Chair of Little Bit Capital Campaign and wife of MLB first baseman John Olerud), Paul Gordon (award winning director/producer), Rex Crain (former Boston Red Sox and current life coach to the stars), Sammy Maloof (stuntman in many of Hollywood’s major hits), Scott Milligan (International male model)

The MISS UNIVERSE® Organization (jointly owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal) is proud to be in the 57th year of operation providing young women with financial assistance for college as well as opening the doors to many career opportunities.

TICKETS!!!! For the 2010 Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA!!!

Posted at: Sep. 23, 2009, 6:43 pm

Tickets may now be purchased for the 2010 Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA pageants which will be held at Highline performing arts center in Burien, WA! You may purchase tickets online, over the phone, at Brown Paper Tickets in Seattle or at the actual pageant event. The Presentation Show (Prelims) is on Saturday, October 10th at 4:00pm and the Finals Show is on Sunday, October 11th at 1:00pm. Finalists will not be announced until after the start of the Finals show so you may want to attend both the Presentation show (where each contestant will have more stage time than during the finals) and the Finals show. Here are additional details:

Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 South 152nd St., Burien, WA 98166

Brown Paper Tickets

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/83900 (direct link to the tickets)

800-838-3006 Phone Orders (24 Hours)

Physical Location: 220 Nickerson St., Seattle, WA 98109

(Mon-Fri. 9am-5pm / Sat-Sun. 8am-4pm)

MISS opening dance number!!!

Posted at: Aug. 27, 2009, 12:06 am

MISS ladies, here's your opening dance number for you to learn!

Miss Dance from Vimeo.

TEEN opening dance number!!!

Posted at: Aug. 27, 2009, 12:04 am

TEEN ladies, here's the opening dance number for you to learn!

Teen Dance from Vimeo.

Congratulations Sadie for your Top 15 Semi-finalist placement at MISS TEEN USA from the Bahamas!!!

Posted at: Aug. 02, 2009, 2:35 pm

Sadie Porter - Miss Washington Teen USA was one of the Top 15 Semi-finalists at the recent MISS TEEN USA from Paradise Island, Bahamas. She was the first semi-finalist from WA since Jasmine Jorgensen in 2003. Her performance was worthy of winning the MISS TEEN USA title. We're so proud of you Sadie!!! For appearances or autograph opportunities with Sadie, please connect with us by going to the "contact us" tab.

Watch Sadie compete for the MISS TEEN USA title on Friday, July 31st @ 5:00, by going to: www.missteenusa.com

Posted at: Jul. 28, 2009, 10:20 am

Watch Sadie compete for the MISS TEEN USA title on Friday, July 31st @ 5:00, by going to: www.missteenusa.com

The live webcast is from Paradise Island in the Bahamas!!!

Watch Tara & Sadie on the B girls and on the Red Carpet from Las Vegas at: www.MRKd.tv

Posted at: Jun. 08, 2009, 10:53 am

Go to: www.MRKd.tv and watch Tara & Sadie in their show, "the B girls" and check out the Red Carpet interviews from Las Vegas at the MISS USA! The show below is "the B girls" pilot season trailer.

Come join Tara & Sadie with Team Miss Washington USA at the Race for the Cure!

Posted at: Jun. 04, 2009, 3:19 pm

Come join Tara & Sadie as they will be in the Maritime parade in Gig Harbor on Saturday, June 6th @ 10am and join Team Miss Washington USA in the Race for the Cure on Sunday, June 7th at Qwest Field at 8am for the 5k coed walk!

Watch Tara Turnure & Sadie Porter as onstage presenters at the NW Emmy Awards on May 30th!

Posted at: May. 20, 2009, 9:24 pm

Watch the 46th Emmy Awards live webcast with Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA as the onstage presenters for each of the Emmy winners. For more information, go to: www.natasnw.org

Congratulations Tara at MISS USA!!!

Posted at: Apr. 21, 2009, 3:18 pm

Tara did a FABULOUS job of representing our evergreen state at the MISS USA! She has recently been featured in local and national media including USA Today and Inside Edition. You'll be seeing more of Tara as she makes appearances statewide and will be hosting red carpet events.

Go to: www.MRKd.tv to watch Tara & Sadie as they prepare for the national title!!!

Posted at: Mar. 18, 2009, 1:35 pm

Hello everyone! Tune in to watch the show, “the B girls” starring:

Tara Turnure – Miss Washington USA 2009

Sadie Porter – Miss Washington Teen USA 2009

Marissa Wickland – Miss Idaho Teen USA 2009

Georgina Vaughan – Miss Nevada USA 2009

Ileri Tunrarebi – Miss Nevada Teen USA 2009

The story follows these five young ladies as they prepare for the MISS USA® or MISS TEEN USA® competitions. Although not always willingly, these ladies divulge their preparation secrets including the development of great interview skills, searching for fashionable wardrobe, discovering beauty tips, and working on overall health & fitness. The MISS USA® pageant will be telecast live on NBC Universal on April 19th from Las Vegas and the MISS TEEN USA pageant will be on July 31st from Paradise Island in the Bahamas!

View the trailer and continual webisodes each Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday nights at 7pm PST / 10pm EST (copy and paste the following link into your web browser).

www.mrkd.tv

If you want the possible opportunity to star on the next season of the B girls, apply online at:

Idaho: www.missidahousa.com

Nevada: www.missnevadausa.com

Washington: www.misswashingtonusa.com

Watch the 2009 Behind The Scenes - Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA!

Posted at: Feb. 25, 2009, 11:30 pm

2009 Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA "Behind The Scenes"

Shane & Shawn Shoes...check out the video!

Posted at: Nov. 17, 2008, 2:36 pm

Shane & Shawn Ward, founders of Detny shoes and recent judges at Miss Washington USA & Miss Washington Teen USA 2009! www.shaneandshawn.com

Shane & Shawn on the Wendy Williams Show

Congratulations to Tara Turnure, Miss Washington USA 2009 & Sadie Porter, Miss Washington Teen USA 2009!

Posted at: Oct. 13, 2008, 11:53 am

-----PRESS RELEASE-----

On behalf of Pageants NW, we’re proud to announce the new 2009 Miss Washington USA winner, Tara Turnure (Miss Greater Seattle USA) who is 22. She’s been studying Business Marketing and is planning on pursuing a career in Broadcast Journalism. She loves spending time with her family, being in the gym, fashion, the outdoors and baking. Tara hopes to be viewed as a positive inspiration for women of all ages. The new 2009 Miss Washington Teen USA winner is 17 yr old Sadie Porter (Miss Selah Teen USA) who is a senior at Selah High School and serves as the ASB vice president and is a member of an award winning dance team. She plans on attending Stanford University while double majoring in Psychology and Spanish and hopes to own her own business some day. She enjoys time with her family and friends and loves to help others. Sadie will represent our state at the 2009 MISS TEEN USA® pageant next summer and Tara will compete for the 2009 MISS USA® title on April 19th, 2009. Sponsors contributed a record of over $200,000 in scholarships, prizes, cash and awards this year!

Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Washington USA®: 1st runner-up Samantha Wilson (Miss King County USA), 2nd runner-up Portia Payton (Miss Greater Vancouver USA), 3rd runner-up Lacey Carroll (Miss Lake Union USA) & 4th runner-up Dallas McCormick (Miss Camas USA). CONGENIALITY – Hallie Blakey (Tacoma), PHOTOGENIC – Sanjee Seneviratne (South Seattle), SPIRIT – Jamie Dellinger (Skagit County).

Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Washington Teen USA®: 1st runner-up Camilla Cyr (Miss Kirkland Teen USA), 2nd runner-up Danielle Letts (Miss West Pierce County Teen USA), 3rd runner-up Evelyn Clark (Miss Wahkiakum Teen USA) & 4th runner-up Khadijah Homolka (Miss Puyallup Teen USA). ACADEMIC – Anikka Abbott (Gig Harbor), CONGENIALITY – Alana Osborne (Mercer Island), PHOTOGENIC – Camilla Cyr (Kirkland), SPIRIT – Nedessa Silvestre (North Seattle).

The combined event which took place October 11th -12th included a celebrity panel of judges including Eduardo Khawam (producer/director of Zeus of the World 2004 & Red Carpet events / movie premieres), Cindi Rinehart (multiple Emmy Award winner on KOMO’s Northwest Afternoon as the Queen of Soaps), Jeff Lang (22 year music executive with Warner Music Group, produced 13 TV shows, and now owns The Sound Advice Team of RE/MAX in Gig Harbor), Jennifer Murphy (Top 10 Miss USA 2004, an author, motivational speaker and has a lead role in the upcoming action film “Dangerous Ground”), Shane & Shawn Ward (Co-CEOs and founders of Detny by Shane & Shawn shoes, www.shaneandshawn.com), Kayleigh Perkins (Top Hydroplane driver, won the 2007 season championship in the 150 MPH Unlimited Light Hydroplane Class), David Blackham (president and founder of David Lawrence, Inc. specializing in designer apparel for men and women), Natasha Curry (MISS USA top 10 in 1998 and now a freelance anchor for CNN Headline News and recently featured on FOXs Prison Break), Stephen Salamunovich - Well over 2000 TV credits as an Award winning Casting Director…the 2005 Artios Award (highest honor by peers in the CSA).

The MISS UNIVERSE® Organization (jointly owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal) is proud to be in the 57th year of operation providing young women with financial assistance for college as well as opening the doors to many career opportunities.

If you have any questions or need interviews/appearances, please contact us at 425-985-4176 or email us at staff@misswashingtonusa.com

VOTE for MISS PHOTOGENIC!!! Click here for Ticket information!

Posted at: Sep. 29, 2008, 4:49 pm

You, the public may now vote for one TEEN and one MISS contestant for MISS PHOTOGENIC! Go to the "Contestants" tab and click on "Miss Washington USA Contestants" and/or "Miss Washington Teen USA Contestants". Then click on "Vote for Miss Photogenic" and it will bring up all of the contestants for that particular division. Vote for the one you feel is most photogenic!! As for tickets, you may purchase tickets online at: www.ticketwindowonline.com or by calling 206-325-6500. The PRESENTATION show (Preliminary) is at 4:00pm on Saturday, October 11th and the FINALS show is at 1:00pm on Sunday, October 12th at Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien, WA. We hope to see all of you there!!

Great job to MANDY SCHENDEL - Miss Washington Teen USA 2008 at MISS TEEN USA!!!

Posted at: Aug. 18, 2008, 11:35 pm

Congratulations to Mandy Schendel for doing such a fabulous job at the MISS TEEN USA 2008 from Paradise Island, Bahamas! Mandy made us proud as she terrifically represented our state...thank you Mandy!!!!

MISS TEEN USA coming up at the Atlantis Resort - BAHAMAS!!! Go Mandy Schendel!!!

Posted at: Jul. 31, 2008, 9:22 pm

Be sure to follow Mandy Schendel, Miss Washington Teen USA compete for the prestigious national title of MISS TEEN USA 2008 on Saturday, August 16th from Paradise Island! Goooooo Mandy!!!

Miss Universe - Dayana Mendoza

Posted at: Jul. 21, 2008, 11:13 pm

2008 Miss Universe - Dayana Mendoza