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Check out the following press cover the New Mexico American Coed Pageants and its contestants. Learn more about our pageant events and girls. Note that some of these links m
- 22 Sep 2007 - Farmington Daily Times
- 11 Apr 2007 - KOB FM has a short audio interview with Michele Duran Skroch on their "Pop Girls Guide" under the "Albuquerque" events section, which is related to their Kids Summer Guide. Listen to Michele answer a couple of questions from Andrea Bongiorno, one of KOB FM's radio personalities.
- 26 Jul 2006 - Roswell Daily Record
- 26 Jul 2006 - Clovis News-Journal
- "Local
girls succeed at pageant" (link no longer active)
- 25 Jul 2006 - Portales News-Tribune
- "Dora
girl wins New Mexico America Princess crown" (link no longer active)
- 21 Jul 2006 - Albuquerque Tribune
- "Pageant is about more than looks"
- Don't forget to see the slide show in this article, including pictures and sound.
Look here for the latest content on our web site.
- 10 May 2008 - Pageant Techniques Workshop
- Our last workshop in New Mexico was held on 10 May 2008
at the Mountain View Club (Kirtland AFB) in the Albuquerque area.
The workshop was held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. See the workshops
page for pictures!
- 29 March 2008 - We now offer a free year's subscription to all new Queens for both Pageantry Magazine and Patsy's Magazine. See the Contest/Awards page for more information.
- 11 Sep 2007 - We were provided a few pictures from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 State Pageants. They're on the Gallery area under State Competition. Take a look. If you have more pictures, send them to us!
- 8 Sep 2006 -
Pictures in the Gallery - Events
shows our award-winning queens float in the New Mexico State
Fair! We won the Fantasy award for most whimsical float!
- June 2007 - We've
started listing our judges on the Judging
page. We're still adding more, but you can take a look now!
- 4 Feb 2007 - Our
newsletter Queen's Quill, is
ready and has
it's own website.
- 3 Feb 2007 - We've
updated a few of the 2007 pageant rules and fees. More updates
soon.
- 31 Dec 2006 - We've
updated the Gallery-Events, Gallery-Nationals, and Royalty pages with
new pictures of our 2006 queens.
- 22 Oct 2006 - We've
started putting some pictures from the DVD and the Photographer
slideshow DVD on the site.
- 10 Sep 2006 -
Pictures in the Gallery - Events
shows our first-place queens float in the New Mexico State Fair!
- 12 Aug 2006 - Pageant
Potpourri, our online store with items for every princess
and queen now has enough items that we want to announce it, and have
you take a look! We'll put more items online soon.
This news is directed toward our registered contestants, and those who will be traveling to Nationals. Check here for latest information about Pageant Weekend in Albuquerque and Nationals in Orlando, Florida!
- 20 Jan 2008 -
Congratulations to our new NM Jr. Teen, Mattie Pacheco and our new Coed
Bianca Otero. Mattie and Bianca will fulfill the remaining term
of their queen titles for 2008! Go girls!!
See their pictures on the Royalty page.
- 20 Jan 2008 - New rules for states
from Nationals:
- Our director has decided to participate in the new rules for girls that are not eligible to run in the current year, i.e., reigning queens giving up their titles and former queens who have not aged up to the next division. For the cost of a state sponsor fee, you will be appointed as a city queen and can still go to Nationals as an appointed queen. This means that you can have another shot at nationals. (You still must pay the standard national queen competition fees.) If you send one page of your required ad sales to Nationals by the date of the state pageant (total required pages is still two pages), we will have a special ceremony for you at State to present the crown and banner! Please call state director for details! This is an exciting change to our rules for ACP!
- 19-24 Nov 2007 -
Queens Ashlynn Ota, Andriana Hahn, and Kaija Bales attended nationals
along with Desiree Tafoya, NM Hostess and National Cover Girl 2007 as
well as Bianca Otero, Miss NM Ambassador 2007. Pictures will be
posted in the Gallery section when we receive them.
- 10 July 2007 -
Newsletter #3 was mailed to all registered participants. This
consisted of a folder with many separate fliers.
- 22 Apr 2007 - Newsletter #2 has been
completed. This is the newsletter sent after you pay your
sponsorship fee. It is also available on our web site in the
contestants-only area.
- 7 Mar 2007 - We've
had to move the 2007 Pageant to Albuquerque's Historic downtown Wool Warehouse.
We loved the MCM last year, but the low ceiling in the ballroom there
didn't give much room for our contestants on the raised stage.
The benefit is that this facility has a large stage that should be
great for the girls.
- 17 Feb 2007 - The
satin banner and crown available as either the Finalist level, Hostess,
or Cover Girl, all obtained through the advertising awards activity,
can be worn at the State Pageant outside of competition events.
- 15 Feb 2007 - There
is new information on the Contest &
Awards page about Mini-Optionals and the Hostess and Cover Girl titles. Based upon
feedback from contestants last year, we restructured this ad sales
activity and reduced cost per page. In addition, we have further
discounts ending March 1st and April 15th. More information is in
the February 2007 issue of Queen's
Quill.
- 6 Feb 2007 - We
have put the first issue of our eight-page Queen's QuillTM
newsletter together and will mail it out to many, particularly those
who have shown a stronger interest in the pageant. Queen's Quill current
and past issues are available on the Queen's
Quill web site.
- 31 Jan 2007 - We
mailed out our pageant postcard to some on our mailing list to kick off
the 2007 season. The postcard goes to those who haven't yet
expressed strong interest in participating.
- 3 Nov 2006 - We priority mailed the pageant DVDs from Video Tape It! to those that preordered the videos. There are two DVDs for the standard competitions and one for the optionals. A few production glitches made this take longer than we expected, but the quality of the videos is great! The video is captured from three cameras at the event. There is also a short video introduction about registration and other initial events at the pageant! If you'd like to order these DVDs now, please do so by emailing info@nmcoed.com or calling us. You can view the opening segment clips as MP4 files here: SMALL (1.5 MB) LARGE (12 MB)
We schedule royalty appearances at public events, benefits, and various volunteer activities. Here is a list of future and past events for our 2007 Royalty.
Future Appearances:
- More coming soon.
- 2007 NM State Fair Parade - We won the Fantasy Award for our float! (See Gallery-Events)
- Sep 2007 - Farmington, Meeting with Mayor Bill Standley
(Kaija Bales)
- 15 Aug 2007 - Alamogordo - Otero County Fair - (Alex McGee)
- 4 Aug 2007 - Farmington, Fashion show at t the Animas Valley Mall (Kaija Bales)
- 3 Aug 2007 -
Farmington, Connie Mack Parade, Main Street Farmington (Kaija Bales)
- 21 July 2007 - Children & Baby Fair, Expo NM
Fairgrounds by littlegrownups.com
- 23 June 2007 - American Cancer Society's Rio Rancho Relay
for Life
- 9 Jun 2007 - Cottonwood Mall "Kidgits" & Radio Disney
event
- 19 Nov 2006 - Cottonwood Mall "Evening of Giving" Charity Event - (See Gallery-Events)
- 31 Oct 2006 - Cottonwood Mall Halloween celebration
- 21-22 Oct 2006 - Healthy Lifestyles Expo, Albuquerque
Convention Center.
- 30 Sep 2006 - Eastern New Mexico University Homecoming
Parade
- 9 Sep 2006 - New Mexico State Fair Parade
- 31 July 2006 - Artisia NM - Artisia Parade
- Previous News Releases
- See our News Release Archive
- Current News Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 4, 2007
Contact:
Michele Duran Skroch (skraw), Director
New Mexico American Coed Pageants
505-897-2633, 1-877-501-2633, 505-220-6675 (cell), 505-899-5875 (fax)
Email: michele@nmcoed.com, web: http://nmcoed.com/
NM Girls Crowned State Royalty in Miss
American Coed Pageant
Fourteen girls from across New Mexico were crowned royalty at Albuquerque’s historic Wool Warehouse.
Albuquerque, NM – Girls from across New Mexico waited on stage as seven queens were crowned at Albuquerque’s historic Wool Warehouse Theater. Seven other crowned royalty titles and many other awards were given on finale night after entertainment was provided to the audience of 300 family and friends.
The pageant has seven age categories from 3-22 years. Pageant finale night, July 28th, culminated three days of workshops, socials, rehearsals, competition, and fun for 28 enthusiastic contestants and 2006 Royalty.
“All of the girls learned so much at this year’s workshops and competitions. It was great to see how confidence grew as they practiced their events and entertainment routines,” said Michele Duran Skroch, Director of the pageant. “Our new Royalty are on a path that will include public service events all year and lead to National competition this November in Orlando, Florida.”
New Mexico Royalty for 2007 has home towns in Albuquerque, Farmington, Hobbs, Holloman AFB, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Silver City:
Petite Princess Queen - Addison Seay, Hobbs
Princess Queen – Kaija Bales, Farmington
Sweetheart Queen – Melanie Lindahl, Albuquerque
Preteen Queen – Ashlynn Ota, Albuquerque
Junior Teen Queen – Alexandria McGee, Holloman AFB
Teen Queen – Andriana Hahn, Albuquerque
Coed Queen – Elva Murrillo, Albuquerque
Princess Hostess – Brittney Lamm, Albuquerque
Junior Teen Hostess – Aryana Lopez, Santa Fe
Miss Ambassador – Amanda Higgins, Silver City
Miss Ambassador – Bianca Otero, Albuquerque
Princess Miss Victory – Sasha Butcher, Albuquerque
Teen Miss Victory – Dawniell Bohannon, Las Cruces
Coed Miss Victory – LeeDonna Haynes, Albuquerque
Contestants enjoyed multiple workshops, including one by Jenny Marlowe, the 2007 Miss New Mexico. Courtney Whitley, Mrs. New Mexico-America 2007 also attended to judge and meet with the girls. A fun “Family Night” included a light competition and crowning of mothers, grandmothers, as well as fathers, and brothers.
All the girls were winners by gaining confidence to speak, interview and appear in public. This continues throughout the year as this New Mexico Royalty performs public service activities, meets government officials, and eventually attends national competition in Orlando, Florida.
More information is available at http://nmcoed.com, or by calling 505-897-2633.
About New Mexico American Coed Pageants
New Mexico American Coed Pageant is the NM State level competition for a National Pageant for girls from 3-22 years of age. Our family event helps these young women and girls become tomorrow's leaders, gain poise, self-confidence, and valuable communication skills. Our state pageant dates were 25-28 July 2007, featuring multiple talent competitions and crowning of seven New Mexico queens in different age categories. American Coed Pageants is one of the largest and popular pageant systems in the world. Since 1983, more than 12 million dollars in Cash, Scholarships, Prizes and Gifts have been awarded to deserving young ladies nationwide.
Contact:
Michele Duran Skroch (skraw), Director
New Mexico American Coed Pageants
505-897-2633, 1-877-501-2633, 505-220-6675 (cell), 505-899-5875 (fax)
Email: michele@nmcoed.com, web: http://nmcoed.com/
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