Miss Gay USofA 2009 Stasha Sanchez

Miss Gay USofA 2009 Stasha Sanchez

1st Alternate : Natasha Braxton

2nd Alternate : Coti Collins

3rd Alternate : Dorae Saunders

4th Alternate : Dominique Sanchez

Best Production : Stasha Sanchez

Talent Winner : Stasha Sanchez

Solo Talent Winner : Coti Collins

Evening Gown Winner : Stasha Sanchez

Interview Winner : Coti Collins

Miss Gay USofA 2009 Final Night

Miss Gay USofA 2008 Kara Young Ross

Tonight is the finals for the Miss Gay USofA 2009 pageant. Preliminary night category awards were given out today. All of the contestants had been divided up into 6 groups for the three nights of preliminary competition. Listed below are the winners for each group.

Category winners

Interview:

1 - Mya McKenzie

2 - Amaya Mann

3 - Dorae Saunders

4 - Coti Collins

5 - Natasha Braxton

6 - Angel Cavali

Gown:

1 - Mya McKenzie

2 - Taryn Taylor

3 - Naomi St. James and Dorae Saunders (tie)

4 - Stasha Sanchez

5 - Leyla Edwards O'Hara

6 - Angel Cavali

Talent:

1 - Tiffany Richards

2 - Amaya Mann

3 - Sahara Davenport

4 - Teonia Steele

5 - Leyla Edwards O'Hara

6 - Angel Caveli

They will go down to a top 10 or 12 for the finals. Those contestants will compete again in gown and talent. Interview scores are carried over.

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Top 12 Finalist Announced !

1. Leyla Edwards O'Hara

2. Sahara Davenport

3. Taryn Taylor

4. Coti Collins

5. Naomi St. James

6. Natasha Braxton

7. Stasha Sanchez

8. Dorae Saunders

9. Dominique Sanchez

10. Tiffany Richards

11. Teonia Steele

12. Amaya Mann

American Idol Top 2 Tonight !!!

American Idol 2009 Final 2 Perform Tonight !

Spoiler Alert !!!

Song Choices (Note : They could change)
Adam Lambert - “A Change is Gonna Come” (Like Patti LaBelle), “Mad World” and “No Boundaries Kris Allen - “What’s Goin’ On” by Marvin Gaye , “Ain’t No Sunshine” , “No Boundaries” via joesplace
According to Reuters, the Kara DioGuardi penned winner’s song, “No Boundaries” will get it’s first airing on AOL’s Popeater, moments after the winner is announced… The song was co-written with Cathy Dennis and Mitch Allen
Adam Lambert and Kris Allen are set to take the Nokia Theater stage tonight to sing 3 songs–Simon Fuller’s choice, Favorite song of the Season and the Coronationv Song. Plus, Carrie Underwood will take the stage to perform the Idol Boot song, “Home Sweet Home”. Kris chose to perform second tonight, after he won a coin toss after last week’s results show. Adam will perform first.
Wednesday night is the big finale, with a host of celebrities set to perform. The Top 13 will be reunited to perform once more, individually and in groups. At night’s end, the Season 8 American Idol will be crowned.
Adam Lambert is set to sing “Mad World” as his personal choice tonight. Reports are that he’ll be performing it with “a twist”
Santana’s “Smooth” and Pink’s “So What” will be performed by the kids on the finale. via twitter Fox TV reporter says Adam Lambert will perform with a “sweet” rock group on the finale. via twitter
Finale performers confirmed: Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas, Lionel Richie, Carlos Santana, David Cook, and Keith Urban Finale Duets: Kris Allen will duet with Keith Urban. Allison Iraheta will duet with Cyndi Lauper. Danny Gokey will duet with Lionel Richie. Santana will perform with the Top 13 Jason Mraz will appear on the finale. via his website David Cook will perform “Permanent” in honor of his late brother Adam, with proceeds of the iTunes performance going to charity. via Our Lady Peace myspace.

Miss Gay USofA 2009

Miss Gay USofA 2008 Kara Young Ross

Competition will get underway at the Miss Gay USofA 2009 pageant in Dallas Texas today. The contestants are divided into six groups. There are three days of preliminary competition. Here is a breakdown of what each group will be competing in each day.

Groups 1 & 2

Tuesday Interviews

Wed Gown

Thurs Talent

Group 3 & 4

Tuesday Talent

Wed Interviews

Thurs Gown

Group 5 & 6

Tuesday Gown

Wed Talent

Thurs Interview

The finals will be held on Friday. They will announce a top 10 or 12 and those contestants will then compete in gown and talent again.

There were 40 contestants that showed for registration :

Group 1

1. Mya Mokka Iman

2. Mya Mckenzie

3. Summer Knight

4. Celeste Starr

5. Bryanna Banks

6. Cyren Paris

7. Tiffany Richards

Group 2

8. Taryn Taylor

9. Amaya Mann

10. Aliyah Kiarra Dumure

11. Paige Passion

12. Brooke Divine

13. Montana Michaels

14. Mia Dumarr

Group 3

15. Feleasha Savage

16. Naomi St James

17. Dorae Saunders

18. Londenn Raine

19. Dominique Cass

20. Dominique Sanchez

21. Sahara Davenport

Group 4

22. Ally Lenee

23. Tanisha Foxx

24. Phoenix O'hara

25. Coti Collins

26. Tabbi Katt

27. Teonia Steele

28. Stasha Sanchez

Group 5

29. Natasha Braxton

30. Leyla Edwards O'hara

31. Josephine Andrews

32. Alina Maletti

33. Chanel Cavalier

34. Strawbella Be A Goddess

35. Sasha Andrews

Group 6

36. Danielle DeLong

37. Tiffany Rachels

38. Holly Lulah

39. Angel Cavalli

40. Christina Saxton

Miss Gay USofA Classic 2009 Lawanda Jackson

Congratulations to Lawanda Jackson , Miss Gay USofA Classic 2009 !

1st Alternate : Amber Nixx

2nd Alternate : Kofi

-3rd Alternate : Nicole DuBois

4th Alternate : Sharde Ross

Lawanda Jackson had a perfect score in talent and interview.

Miss Gay USofA Classic 2009

Miss Gay USofA Classic 2008 Shae Shae LaReese

The 2009 Miss Gay USofA Classic pageant is underway in Dallas, Texas. Last night was the preliminary night competition. Tonight is the finals.

They had 16 contestants compete.

1. Kofi -Texas

2. Regina Gazelle -Arizona

3. S Suzie S -Wisconsin

4. Blanche Dubois - Illinois

5. Jewel Holliday - Georgia

6. Amber Nixx - Texas

7. Camille La Moure Paige - Texas

8. Christina Chase - Wisconsin

9. Penny Holliday - Florida

10. Sharde Ross - Florida

11. Lawanda Jackson - Texas

12. Reva Iman Black - Georgia

13. Nicole Dubois - Mississippi

14. Alexis LaRue - Arkansas

15. Dina Jacobs - Hawaii

16. Christiana Sinclair - Florida

Tonight the have gone down to a top 12. The top 12 will compete in evening gown and talent. The interview score carries over.

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The Top 12 Finalists :

Camille LaMour Paige

Sharde Ross

Christiana St. Clair

Jewel Holliday

Dina Jacobs

Penny Holiday

Christina Chase

Alexis Larue

Lawanda Jackson

Amber Nixx

Kofi

Nicole Dubois

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Preliminary Awards:

Best Finishing Non-Finalist: Regina Gazelle

Hospitality Award: Missouri

Best Regional: North Classic

Best State Prelim: Arizona

Promoter of the Year: Bob Taylor

Prelim of the year: Sin City

Distinquished Service: Georgia Classic

Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton

Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton on the WPIX Morning News

American Idol 2009 Final 2

Adam Lambert

Kris Allen

Danny Gookey

The final two for American Idol have been picked. Adam Lambert & Kris Allen will battle it out next week for the title. Danny Gookey was eliminated in the live results show tonight.

Teyona Wins ANTM Cycle 12

Teyona & Tyra

America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 Winner Teyona

Allsion made the final two. She was my pick as winner. I think she will have a very good career as a model.

Aminat finished in the top 3.

Paulina Fired From ANTM

Tomorrow's finale won't just be Allison, Aminat, and Teyona's last time on America's Next Top Model, the finale will also be judge Paulina Porizkova's last ANTM appearance. During an apperance on tonight's Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Paulina says she was let go by Tyra Banks and America's Next Top Model.
When Craig Ferguson asked Paulina how it was working with Tyra Banks, Paulina broke the shocking news. "Listen, do you know why I am in Los Angeles...because I am looking for a job. Because I was fired by America's Next Top Model on my birthday." A birthday firing? Ouch!
A quick wikipedia check reveals that Paulina's birthday was April 9th, so the supermodel stunner was fired just over a month ago. It sounds like no love is lost between Paulina and her now former employer, "The reason I was told I was fired was because, it seemed that America's Next Top Model has gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat and the fat was me." Paulina later said she figured the other reason she was fired was, "My gigantic huge ego. Which I wasn't aware of until I was told by the producers that I have an ego problem." Sounds like it was not a pleasant ending for either party.
Paulina joined America's Next Top Model as a judge during Cycle 10 as a replacement for Twiggy.

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"Golden Girl" Bea Arthur Dies At Age 86

(CNN) -- Bea Arthur, the actress best known for her roles as television's "Maude" and the sardonic Dorothy on "The Golden Girls," has died of cancer, a family spokesman said Saturday.
She was 86.
Spokesman Dan Watt said that Arthur died Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, her family by her side.
She is survived by her sons Matthew and Daniel and grandchildren Kyra and Violet, he said.
No funeral services are currently planned, Watt said, adding that the family asked that donations be made to either the Art Attack Foundation or PETA in lieu of flowers.
Arthur's opinionated Maude first appeared on Norman Lear's "All in the Family" as Edith Bunker's cousin, and was so popular that Lear created a spin-off series.
In the '70s, "Maude" was ahead of the social curve, tackling hot topics not usually mentioned on situation comedies -- pornography, race relations and, in an episode titled "Maude's Dilemma," abortion.
That episode spawned demonstrations and generated hate mail for Arthur -- when Maude and husband Walter (Bill Macy) decided on that episode they were too old to raise a child.

But many saw Maude as an enduring icon for women's liberation -- a big deal for the shy, Jewish girl born Bernice Frankel in New York City.
During the Depression, Arthur's family left the Big Apple and opened a clothing store in Cambridge, Maryland. By the time she was 12, Arthur was nearly 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and self-conscious about her height.
But she masked her insecurity with comedy and eventually returned to New York to study acting. Along the way, she had a short-lived marriage she never spoke about, but she kept the last name -- Arthur.
The young Bea Arthur earned a living singing and doing stage work on Broadway and off-Broadway. Critics delighted in her haughty, serpent-tongued deliveries.
Her first television appearance came in 1951 in a long-forgotten series called "Once Upon a Tune," but she quickly made a name for herself with appearances on "Studio One," "Kraft Television Theatre" and "The Sid Caesar Show."
Arthur drew attention in "Threepenny Opera" on Broadway with Lotte Lenya, but she really turned heads in 1964 originating the role of Yente the Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof."
In 1966, Arthur won a Tony Award for the caustic Vera Charles in the play "Mame," playing opposite Angela Lansbury in the title role. Eight years later, she reprised the role in the film version opposite Lucille Ball, but by then she was already well-established as Maude.
Arthur left "Maude" in 1978, making television and some film appearances afterward. She starred in a short-lived series, "Amanda's," in 1983 and then joined the cast of "The Golden Girls" in 1985 with Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
Her role as Dorothy Zbornak gave Arthur her other major television success as one of four older women living together in Florida. (Getty, the youngest of the four, played Arthur's mother). The role earned Arthur a second Emmy -- the first was for "Maude."
Arthur left the show after Dorothy remarried at the end of the 1991-92 season. White, McClanahan and Getty continued for another season on the show, renamed "The Golden Palace," but the show lasted only one season without Arthur.
Arthur entered semi-retirement after the show ended in 1992, returning to television in sporadic guest appearances and appearing at several celebrity roasts. In the early part of this decade, Arthur appeared in several one-woman shows.
Her last stage appearance was in 2006. Her last television appearance was on "The View" in 2007.

Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton

Miss USA 2009 is Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton !

LAS VEGAS – Miss North Carolina USA Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 on Sunday, beating out 50 other beauty queens in the live pageant televised from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The 22-year-old aspiring motivational speaker and entertainer from Wilmington edged out first runner-up Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, of San Diego, and second runner-up Miss Arizona USA Alicia-Monique Blanco, of Phoenix."It feels really natural," Dalton said of her win. "I've worked so be here and this has been my lifelong dream and it's finally here. And whoever knew you could win in a turquoise gown?"Contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia competed in the pageant, aired live on NBC. Contestants were judged by their performance in swimsuit and evening gown modeling contests and their responses to a question asked onstage; unlike the rival Miss America pageant, Miss USA contestants do not perform a talent.The top 15 contestants worked the stage in white string bikinis designed by pop star Jessica Simpson's swimwear line. Rocker Kevin Rudolf performed his song "Let it Rock," followed by The Veronicas, who performed their single "Untouched" as the top 10 beauties showed off their choice of evening gowns. Dalton's was a flowing, blue Grecian number that stood out among a series of white gowns. Her title comes with a year's use of a New York apartment, a public relations team, a two-year scholarship at the New York Film Academy and an undisclosed salary. She also will go to the Bahamas in August to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, where American beauties haven't been lucky in recent years. Both Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart and her predecessor, Rachel Smith, wiped out on stage during the evening gown competition, becoming accidental YouTube stars.Asked about the tumble during the show on Sunday, Stewart said it was a lesson in bouncing back from defeat."I think it was a true test of my character," said the 27-year-old Texan, who worked to raise awareness for breast cancer as she traveled the globe promoting the beauty contest.If there is a YouTube moment from Sunday's show, it may be Miss California's answer to a question about legalizing same-sex marriage. The tall blonde stumbled some before giving an answer that appeared to please the pageant audience."We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage," Prejean said. "And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."Some in the audience cheered, others booed. The answer sparked a shouting match in the lobby after the show."It's ugly," said Scott Ihrig, a gay man, who attended the pageant with his partner. "I think it's ridiculous that she got first runner-up. That is not the value of 95 percent of the people in this audience. Look around this audience and tell me how many gay men there are."Charmaine Koonce, the mother of Miss New Mexico USA Bianca Carla, argued back."In the Bible it says marriage is between Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!"The pageant had enjoyed a scandal-free year until earlier this month, when Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza was skewered for a blog posting from a trip to Guantanamo Bay. The entry described having "aloooot of fun" at a base that houses the notorious military prison; it was later deleted from the pageant's Web site.The contest, which is owned by NBC and reality TV mogul Donald Trump, was hosted by "Access Hollywood" co-anchor Billy Bush and Nadine Velazquez of the NBC sitcom "My Name is Earl." This year's judges included "Saturday Night Live" cast member Kenan Thompson, "Dancing with the Stars" winner Kelly Monaco and gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Miss Wyoming USA Cynthia Pate, of Casper, Wyo., was voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants. Jessi Pierson, of Milton, W.Va., was voted Miss Photogenic through an online contest on the Miss Universe Web site. Organizers said Sunday's show kicks off "Green Week" at NBC. As part of the environmental awareness campaign, the Miss USA crown was designed by a jeweler that specializes in conflict-free and eco-friendly jewels. The crown from Diamond Nexus Labs of Franklin, Wis., is worth $202,000.