Chelsea Ingram is a name you should remember… One day, when you’re trying to figure out what to pack for your adventure across the country during that ‘tricky time of year’ (aka, April or October)… should you decide to grab the remote and take a peek at The Weather Channel, you just might be getting your weather from none other than Miss Vermont, 2012.

Chelsea is currently working in Baltimore, MD as a ‘weather-person’ (weatherman is politically incorrect and weather-woman sounds weird) for the CBS affiliate.  In case you didn’t realize it, Baltimore is the #24 media market in the country.  That’s pretty impressive for someone who’s only 23 years old!

All the best to Chelsea – we hope to see you make your mark in the ‘weather-world’ and become one of the many success stories from the Miss America program!  Now – on to the competition!

Junkies Say Here’s Who to Watch:
– Jackie Croft – 1st Runner up ’12
– Janelle Achee – 2nd Runner up in ’12, just won $30,000 as a Truman Scholar
– Rylee Field – 3rd Runner up in ’12

All the Best, Ladies!!!  Good Luck!!! 🙂

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times… THE JUNKIES LOVED LEXIE MADDEN!!!

Seriously – If we only knew her personally, we know she’d love us too (LOL!)

Without a doubt, the best surprise of Miss America was seeing Miss Wyoming in the Top 5!  If you didn’t read our ‘wrap up blog’ in reference to Lexie’s performance in Vegas, you can see it here.  We basically begged the first finalist from Wyoming since 1953 to RUN, not walk, to Miss Wyoming USA.  Let’s just say, Lexie is going to be one of those contestants we can’t wait to see in 15-20 years!  She’ll always be one of our absolute favorites!

Now – On to Miss Wyoming 2013!

Junkies Say Here’s Who to Watch:
– Rebecca Podio – 2nd runner up ’12,
– Sarah Cheeney, 4th runner up ’12 and Miss Congeniality
– Caitlin Bush – Cheerleader at University of Wyoming

I gotta say… I’ve never lost 50 pounds at one time before.  So, when Molly Bouchard lost that much weight and donned a bikini for one of the first times in her life on the Miss America stage, we say, it’s just fine to be proud of such a significant accomplishment.

Molly is currently planning an August wedding – We wish her and her fiance all the best!

Now – if you think Miss Maine isn’t a ‘Pageant State’… May we take a few moments to change your mind?  Just take a look at who’s competing this year!

Junkies Say Here’s Who to Watch: 

Kelsey Early – 2nd runner up ’12
Marissa Butler – 4th runner up ’12
Mallory Lavoie – Miss ME OT 06
Kristin Korda – Miss ME OT 09, lovely voice

ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE AT MISS MAINE!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

MAJ

From the moment we read Emily Audibert, Miss Connecticut’s Catalina Questioniare, we knew we loved her…

Question: “What’s is the one guilty indulgence you can’t live without…?”
Answer: “I love peanut butter and cookies.  It’s very difficult for me to go a week without eating peanut butter, and if anyone offers me a cookie, it’s very difficult for me to say no. Though to help these cravings, I schedule when I will have peanut butter, so I have a little and don’t crave it.  I also will make cookies every 2 weeks.  I will make a big batch, pick 3 I want to eat and then give the rest away so I can have a little cookie and am satisfied.”

Seriously – I think Emily and I were separated at birth (except I don’t give away my cookies – LOL!).

The Junkies were THIS CLOSE to traveling to New London to see Miss CT in person this year!  We’re grateful for the invitation and perhaps one day in the future, we’ll be able to make it.  Truth is – we know there is some stiff competition at Miss CT this year and we would’ve loved to have see it in person!  This should be a race to the finish in our minds…

Junkies Say Here’s Who to Watch:

Ashley Membrino – 1st runner up ’12,  Top 10 in ’11
Kaitlyn Tarpey – 2nd runner up ’12, Overall Interview and Prelim Swimsuit
Amaryllis Rodriguez – National American Miss Queen ’10 (from CT)
Alexandria Puglisi – Top 10 in’ 12, Overall Talent Winner
Alyssa Taglia – Miss CT Teen USA ’10
Andreanna Buccheri – Top 10 in ’12, CT OT contestant, musical theater major at NYU

ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE AT MISS CONNECTICUT!!!

MAJ

It’s not often we find a ‘judges perspective’ on a state pageant… so when we discovered a blog post by someone who judged Miss New Mexico Candice Bennatt, we thought we should share.  As written by musician Tom Sharpe (full blogpost available here).

        “Perhaps surprisingly for it being my first pageant, I went into this with extremely high expectations…  I knew I wasn’t just judging a beauty contest.  I had the bar set extremely high from the beginning and expected these ladies to nail it. 

This is how we make believers out of the MAO system… one person at a time 🙂

Now – on to this year’s competition! Lots of fresh faces at Miss NM…

Junkies Say Here’s Who to Watch!

DeAnna Jerge – 3rd runner up in ’12, Irish step dancer
Stephanie Chavez – 4th runner up in ’12, 3rd time to Miss NM
Adrianne Jaramillo – NM OT competitor, baton
Gabrielle Torres – crazy photogenic – stands out 
Alexis Duprey – NM Teen USA ’09, Top 10 ’12
Shelby Marquez – Cheerleader U of NM, another photogenic girl