Joseph Ribkoff Trunk Show!!!

On Saturday, February 6th, I had the very unexpected surprise of being invited to model the Joseph Ribkoff clothing collection! If his name sounds familiar to you it is because Joseph Ribkoff is the clothing sponsor for our new Miss America even though he is a Candian designer! I was asked to model his collection at The Clothing Cove in Milford, MI. I had heard of this store before, but this was my first visit and it will not be my last! The Clothing Cove is a very classy, high end store with everything from dressy evening, bridal, and prom dresses to casual and athletic wear! The jewelery and shoes were just as amazing as well!

The staff were absolutely wonderful to work with and chose the most beautiful outfits/dresses from Jospeph Ribkoff's collection for me to model! I was absolutely blown away by the clothes and I felt like a Miss America myself! What a blessing our new Miss America has to be able to wear these clothes everyday! The quality, style. colors and especially the way everything just flowed when I moved won me over! I am going to try and buy a few pieces of this collection as soon as I can!!

The collection was just for a one day trunk show at The Clothing Cove!!

Miss Lady of the Lakes Bowling Fundraiser!!

On Friday evening, Feburary 4th, the contestants who will be competing for Miss Lady of the Lakes and myself participated in a fundraising effort for the program at Wonderland Lanes in Commerce Township!! The lovely ED Jeanette Greco-Pawlowski invited me to join the ladies as I will be crowning her very first titleholder on Feburary 19th at Walled Lake High School!!! We all had a blast and we raised $689 for the pageant in a few hours!! Come out and join us for the first ever Miss Lady of the Lakes pageant!! I'll see you there!! :)

Advocacy phone call for the National Osteoporosis Foundation!!

As the Offical Teen Ambassador for the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) it was my honor to participate in the annual advocacy conference phone call on Monday, January 31st!! This was the first year that I participated. Back in 2008 I had the priviledge of addressing Members of Congress on Capitol Hill as an advocate for Osteoporosis awareness and prevention!

This conference call involved 15 people from several states including: Washington DC, New York, Rhode Island, Michigan, New Mexico, California, and a few others. We each introduced ourselves and then listened carefully as we heard about updates from NOF and future goals to reach within the year!! We discussed how to work together, how to budget, get resolutions up and running in each state, expanding the research, and promoting bone health as well as advocacy and updating policies!! I had the opportunity to share some of my goals that I hope to reach in the state of Michigan very soon! I am in the process of following up with NOF and those more personally invested in the state of Michigan legislature to bring more awareness about Osteoporosis to our students, their parents, teachers, and community leaders.