On Sunday, the sweeper pageant crowned three more exceptional ladies:
(the first runner-up from last night) Miss Nutmeg 2009 - Christina Sciongay...
...Miss Mountain Laurel - Corinna Pysa and...
...Miss Constitution - Sharalynn Kuziak. 
By the end of the pageant, I was Christina's new Business Manager! 
Here she is with her beautiful mom, Carol. 
Here we are before we start the show with special guest performer and former Glory Girl as well as a former 3rd Runner Up to Connecticut's Outstanding Teen and Miss Charter Oak 2006, Carolyn Fleischauer-West. She has a new country CD out entitled "Here I Am." 
I'm harrassing Johnny here as he prepares to announce from backstage. Speaking of "Backstage," that is the name of Johnny's show on 97.3 WZBG every Saturday morning. It's dedicated to the arts of our area! 
Here are all of the contestants before opening number. 
Thanks so much to the Executive Director, Stacy Perrone-Petta (Miss Connecticut 1996) and the rest of the staff! 
Here we are after the show with Miss Connecticut 2008 - Ashley Glenn. Always an amazing woman - she will be graduating with her PhD in May. So we were calling her Dr. Miss CT! 
Since this was the next to the last pageant of the season, a lot of representatives were there to congratulate the new winners! 
Two new young ladies were crowned - Miss Greater Waterbury - Amber Caron and...
...Miss Brass City - Dana Brooks. They will be excellent representatives! 
I also got to catch up with another former Glamour Girl (I know - two in two weeks!) Kris Waldron. She served on the judges panel for the night. And she will be performing in Guys And Dolls soon! Johnny O and I got a kick out of that! 
Check out this amazing cake from Edible Dreams in Naugatuck! Wow!
I took my daughter to see the Elmo show! Imagine my laughter when they came out for this number. Sometimes, that picture is worth 1,000 words... Don't we all wish a "PAGEANT" was that easy!
The event raised over $2,000 that day! Congratulations to Cori for making it a great event!
Myself, Cori and Miss Teen America. 
Miss North Haven America; Mrs. CT United States, Lynette Piombo and me.
I had the pleasure of meeting one of the leading Doctors at Yale (she is a specialist with hemophilia) and one of the Hemophiliac Foundation members.
Some of the Miss America preliminary titleholders. 
When it came time for the ribbon cutting ceremony, Cori gathered us around and the hotel manager spoke about her nephew - who was an inspiration for the event. One of the Selectmen was also on hand for the event. 
Here is my yummy red velvet birthday cake... 
...and two seconds later when I dropped the lit cupcake on the table! LOL!!!! It sure was YUMMY!!!!!
The 2009 All American Queens as featured in the Crown Clips ad in the upcoming Pageantry Magazine! Rhonda gifted all of us with the Crown Clips for our crowns! Thanks so much Rhonda! (That's me in the middle of the back row!)
Stacy and I went out to Foxwood's Casino for a night of triple duty! We got to catch up with Jackie and her daughter. Jackie was Stacy's Traveling Companion when she went to Miss America.
We also got to see Sara perform with the Disco Revue. Sara, Stacy and I all performed together in The Glamour Girls.
Then, Stacy and I celebrated my birthday with food at California Pizza Kitchen and a little casino fun!
