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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Miss USA 2006


Handphone Nokia 6111 ku berbunyi tiba²... berbunyi deringan SMS... "Sapa pulak dah nih..." - cetus hati kecilku... giiittu! Macam nak tulis cerpen lak dah! *mati la mek baru tau, CERPEN tu ialah CERita PENdek. Hiks! So anyways, mek time tu mek tgh sebok nak publish entry review concert AF4 week 1 tu ler...

"Misss USA 2006 on Star World channel at Astro...now!"
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4-June-2006

Katanya dari Yazrie2. Why ado 2? Sebab dia ado 2 lines la that's why! Ish! Hiks! Anyways, mujurlah mek dosi siap published entry Concert 1 AF4 tu. Dan since PC mek buat ragam, ie ADSL Light mek dinch ado, dinch blinking dan bagai - terus mek OFF segala pc bagai semua dan pi nengok siaran ulangan Miss USA 2006 (original show was on 21st April, 2006) itiew. Thanks Yaz! Hiks!

So anyways, by the time mek nengok, the show dosi started dan dosi calling top 15 semifinalists sudah. Owh well, nuthing much lah yang mek missed pong. Awai² tu sure bohsan - I wonder ade dak one by one introductions? I don't think so. Hiks!

Depa kan la nih dok ubah stylo show tu yang ala² perlu menuju ke abad terkini, so dinch ado state-costume/ national costume intro bagai like they used to tu, kan? Tah lah u ols. Mek rase, kalau nan ado tunjuk state costume or national costume during intro round, rase macam dinch grand, KAN? Hehehe...

So anyways, sebelum mek go into details sapo dapat top 15 semifinalist, lets meet siapo the 2 hosts dan 2 commentators for that nights' pageant.



Drew Lachey - Sapa dia tatau? Adik Nick Lachey ke?
Nancy O'Dell - U ols, mek ingat dia nih model mana tatau. Tinggi sekals! Ke Drew tu yang katek? Hmmmm...

And the 2 commentators were:

Carson Kressley of Bravo's "Queer Eye" - mek lebih prefer ponen nih yang hostkan. Lawak sundelll dia nih! Mek sker dia - very der bersahaja.
Chelsea Cooley, the reigning Miss USA - Cantik lah dia nih, sweet sangat. Reminds me of Britney Spears, with smaller boobies and no blondie hair. Hiks!

The show was held live on April 21st, 2006... and it was a live telecast, broadcasted to the whole of the US and some other countries kot? And it was held kat The 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

Judgesnye siapo ek? "Celebrity Judges for the Pageant included: Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist Chad Hedrick; "Apprentice' regular and budding real estate developer, Donald Trump Jr.; shoe guru Steve Madden; NBC's "Passion's" star, James Hyde; "America's Next Top Model' winner and the new face of CoverGirl cosmetics, Nicole Linkletter; Super Bowl MVP, Hines Ward; television personality Jillian Barberie; and Vice President & General Manager - North America and Global Cosmetics, Procter and Gamble, Gina Drosos."

Stage concept - mek suker lah jugak, ala² bertangga² steps, levels and what not. Tapi mek dinch suka konsep yang bahagian depan stage ala² buat cam pelabuhan bagai itiew. DINCH! Hiks! Music and backstage lightings, aiyoh! MEK SKER! Sangat² suka!

Ok - moving on to the top 15 semifinalists (this is the part mek start nengok pong... hiks!)
  1. Candace Allen, District of Columbia - Sweet...
  2. Katee Stearns, Maine
  3. Lauren Scyphers, Nevada
  4. Tamiko Nash, California - My "Eyes on fav." to win!
  5. Lisa Wilson, Georgia
  6. Haleigh Stidham, Alabama
  7. Stacy Offenberger, Ohio - Macam bini Andrea Agassi tu apa nama dia? Steffi Garf?
  8. Cristin Duren, Florida
  9. Lacie Lybrand, South Carolina
  10. Lauren Lanning, Texas - Mek sker dia tapi ala² ade siket rupe kertu...
  11. Leeann Tingley, Rhode Island
  12. Brenna Sakas, Arizona
  13. Catherine Warren, Illinois
  14. Tara Conner, Kentucky - Aiyoh! She was 2001 Miss Teen Kentucky ok! Curlast!
  15. Lauren Grissom, Tennessee - Sweet also! Mek like!

Texas, selepas diumumkan into the top 15... Perangai dia persis Ginger, kan u ols? Org lain sebok lah nak congratulate dia, tapi dia, buat tak tau nih terus meluru ke depan, kan G? Macam u ols kan? Mati la mek!

Lepas pemilihan top 15 semifinalists itiew, all 15 of them had to compete in the swimsuit category. Kaedahnye, mek noticed, ramai yang catwalk over lah. Mek dinch suka la catwalk² overdose, utk tayang tektek bagai, kan? Libas² rambut tu biasa la kot, tapi ade jugak contestants yang dinch mampu nak libas rambut. WHY? Sebab their hairs were like so nicely made ala² cam nak gi dinner bagai nih walhal hanya PPT (pose pose tektek katanya, KAN!? Motif bersiap dandan salah concept?) So anyways, mek had couple of selections yang mek rase very outstanding during the swimwear round. Tapi sayangnye, tak semua yang mek target tu managed to succeed into the final 10 cut.


Nah! HAMEK kau! Tektek menggunung katanya, even for a 20 year old! NANGIS! *sambil pose picit lemak tektek mek! OPPS! Mati lah Aizulaineena ckp lemak tektek mek persis tektek budak darjah 6! HANJENG SANGAT!
And malam itiew, the final 10 were...
  1. Lauren Lanning, Texas - Yes! Mek sker!
  2. Tara Conner, Kentucky - So so la... sweet also...
  3. Tamiko Nash, California - YES! Mek dah berguling² sker!
  4. Haleigh Stidham, Alabama
  5. Candace Allen, District of Columbia - Also favorite mek...
  6. Lisa Wilson, Georgia - Something's like tak betul la siket dengan dia nye senyuman...
  7. Stacy Offenberger, Ohio - Somethin' about her mek dinch suke. Kekwatly overconfi?
  8. Cristin Duren, Florida - Owh I HATE the dress she wore for evening dress round...
  9. Lacie Lybrand, South Carolina
  10. Leeann Tingley, Rhode Island
And afterwards, my favorite part of every beauty contests, evening wear round... mrasalah nengok designs katanya, kan? Hiks! My favorite dresses would be:
  • Miss Texas
  • Miss California
  • Miss District of Columbia
  • Miss Georgia

Evening dress Miss Kentucky nih macam pernah kulehat sajork... Volks, isn't this the same design I buat ngan Engy, guna kain jarang hijaubebiru daun² tu? Design Versace tu kan? Hehehehe... Cantik gak in white, nohh???

Those four were my favs. Sayang no pics to justify 'em. Owh well... ok. So lepas evening dress, diaorang terus select top 5. Curlast nih... top 15, lawan tayang body during swimwear round. Top 10 pulak, lawan evening dress. Top 5 baru IQ. GRAND! Hehehehe...cam nih la IQP patut buat. Opps! Mati la verangs bley dapat top 5 ley? Mati la Lambang itiew! HEHEHEHE!

So anyways, dari top 10 tu, mek selected 5 favs mek and in the end, hanyo 2 sajork yang betul...
  1. Miss Georgia - Hmmm... maybe sebab senyuman tak betul dan tektek meluak dia tu kot... and maybe sebab evening dress dia vast also la kot...
  2. Miss Ohio - EWW! MEK TAK PAHAM! Very der ala² Miss GAGAH ok dia nih! Tennis player kot dia nih!? Dah tu - very der over confident! Matilah Miss K! Oppps!
  3. Miss California - What a darling! Mek budget dia akan dapat lah...
  4. Miss Kentucky - Owh well, blessed with her blond no-bimbo look, mek voted her in also...
  5. Miss Florida - Second EWWW! Whatever happened to Miss Texas!!! Nangis!
And then, lepas dosi pilih top 5, sebelum ke final question session katanye, the contestant ala² diberi peluang utk berinteraksi, letting the judges and the crowd kenal diaorang dengan even better la kaedahnye. Yang penting, mek SANGAT benci Miss Ohio very OVER confident, kononnye dia masuk pageant tu sebab grandma dia sebelum meningg, ado pesan kat dia suruh masuk Miss USA sebab nenek dia bermimpi yang dia akan menang, ..."on this very stage, wearing the Miss USA crown..." - harrrrtuiiih! Feeling lah kau, kan!? The rest of the contestants, especially Calif and Kentuck, dua dua mek tabik spring - very relaxed. Georgia tetiber menampakkan persis Bimbo lak dah... dan Florida, what can I say - can't take the pressure tetiber jadik BLUR?

And then diaorang ke final q round, dimana they have to select judge yang nama² ado dalam bowl itiew, dan the judge will ask a question. Ala² IQP top 10 gittu, only this time, the judge sendiri yang ask, bukan host. HEHEHE die la Dina A Go Go buat mata mek terkebil², KAN? LOL!

Mek can't recall each and every one of the top 5 punye qs or answers but roughly yang mek ingat...
  • Miss Ohio: If you could tell your younger self of the things you as an adult have to go through and don't want your younger self to go through, what would it be and why? (Something like that la kot...) DAN TANPA mem-pause sesaat or dua, TERUS dia jawab... "TO BREATHE... bla bla bla bla..." A very good answer I must say, TAPI TERLALU CONFIDENT. Addinch!
  • Miss Kentucky: Do you think artists/ celebrities are being a good role models and gives good impacts / influences the younger genearations these days? Yes or No, and why? And she answered very relaxed, very, BERSAHAJA and bersembang type, like no pressure and what not. Mek tak ingat apa dia jawab, tapi dengan slang country dia tu, dia ade cakap something about celebrities these days boleh jadik good role model tapi ade kalanya depa over. Something like that la.
  • Miss California: What is the thing that holds family together? And this beautiful black darling went and answered something like this..."Time is the essential key that holds families together, whether it is a family of 2 adults, or a family of 15 person - spending a lot of time together will let us be together and with that holds us never apart..." ala² lebih kurang cam tu la - crowd went wild! Mek sker!
  • Miss Georgia: Mek tak ingat soalan dia, tapi dia tak jawab soalan. Soalan cakap pasal baju, dia jawab pasal kasut. Cam tu la lebih kureng. Hiks! Bimb! Oppps!
  • Miss Florida: Ini mek kena kesian kat dia. Soalan dia mek rasa paliiing susah among the top 5. And oleh kerana dia blur maybe sebab nervous ke ape ke, terus LAIN jer yang dijawabnye, tapi masih dalam konteks soalan la, tak macam si Georgia itiew. Opps! Nih macam kes mek during IQP2006 top 10 sajork? HEHEHE pengsannnnn!
And then lepas tu, the reigning Miss USA 2005 did her final catwalk before nak serahkan crown. Dan yang penting, she nearly terjatuh ok during her catwalk. Must have been the dress. DUA KALI ok! Mujur she managed to control herself and the worried crowd. Hiks! Mek dok risau crown Mikimoto dia tu jer. Haiii, jatuh tu, bertempiaran leeyyy Jepun punye pearls and diamonds itiew. NANGIS! Hiks!

And so, finally, the results...

  • 4th Runner-up: Cristin Duren, Florida <- MOTIF!?!?!?!?! Kesian dia ok! Mek still  rase sebabkan soalan susah tu buatkan dia cuak dan dia at least patut leh kalahkan that OHIO! Urgh!
  • 3rd Runner-up: Stacy Offenberger, Ohio <- Mek melompat² kegumbiraan ok! Mati lah "... dreamed of getting crowned as MISS USA, tonight, on this stage... bla bla bla", KAN!?
  • 2nd Runner-up: Lisa Wilson, Georgia <- DOUBLE Motif!?!?!?! Kaedahnye org cakap pasal baju, dan kau menyempang jawab KASUT, boleh dapat 2nd runner-up!?!?!

Motif aksi lesbo? Tau lah rapat nak menunjukkan tali silaturrahim depa tu baguih, tapi perlu ke langgaran tekteks!? HISH!

Dan so, my fav. two girls were up there as the final 2 candidates, running for the title of Miss USA 2006. Mek budget Calif, but then...
  • 1st Runner-up: Tamiko Nash, California
  • MISS USA 2006: Tara Conner, Kentucky
Aiyoh! Another blonde menang? Not that I have anything against blonde girls, but Tamiko was the perfect Miss USA for me! Huaaaaarghh! NANGIS!!! But tak per lah, at least bukan OHIO yang menang! Kalau dia menang, mau aku campak TV set aku nih! Hiks!


Moments after she was announced, as the new MISS USA 2006! Congrats u ols! Hiks!

A little info about Tara Conner, Miss Teen Kentucky 2001, 2nd Runner-up Miss Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky 2006 and Miss USA 2006!!! (Sources from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Conner)

Tara Elizabeth Conner (born 1986) is a beauty queen who is Miss USA 2006 and has also competed at Miss Teen USA.

Conner's first pageant experience came in 2001 when she won the Miss Kentucky Teen USA crown. In August 2002 she went on to compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas and placed second runner-up to Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin. Conner's placement equalled that of Kristen Johnson, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2000, as the highest by any delegate representing that state.

Conner returned to pageantry in November 2005 when she won the Miss Kentucky USA crown, incidentally from former Kentucky Teen and Miss titleholder Johnson. In March she travelled to Los Angeles to tape a special episode of Deal or No Deal which featured twenty five of the Miss USA 2006 delegates and reigning queen Chelsea Cooley. The special aired in April 2006.

Conner represented Kentucky during the nationally televised Miss USA 2006 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006 and became the first women from that state to win the Miss USA crown. She was crowned by previous Miss USA Chelsea Cooley, who is from North Carolina. By winning the Miss USA crown, Conner proved that height is no issue. She is only 5'5" tall, which is relatively petite in beauty pageant terms.

Conner graduated from Russell County High School in 2004 and is currently studying toward a degree in Business Administration from Somerset Community College. Apart from her studies she is employed as a model and waitress. She is originally from Russell Springs, Kentucky but will spend her reign New York City. She is expected to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant on July 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

Year in the Life of Miss USA

Immediately following her pageant win, Conner moved into a Trump Tower apartment that she will share with Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA during her reign. Her first week in New York was a frenzy of media events, which included print interviews and spots on CNN Headline News, Live! With Regis and Kelly, The Early Show.

On 29 April Conner returned to Baltimore to make appearances connected with the Volvo Ocean Race and then returned to New York, appearing with Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova at the Invest in Our World Benefit on May 3.

In the first week of May she briefly returned to Kentucky and was a celebrity guest at the Mint Jubilee Gala benefitting the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. She attended the event with fellow national titleholder Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 (of Oklahoma) and former Miss Kentucky USAs Lizzie Arnold and Kristen Johnson, as well as other notable beauty queens.


Tu diaaaa! Copy and paste sajork. Hiks! So itu sajer yang dapat mek paparkan dalam entry ini, nah? Hiks! And we shall see, sama ada this Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky turned Miss USA 2006, will manage to masuk top 10 or top 5 ke in the upcoming MISS UNIVERSE 2006 - bila tatau? Julai mek rase. Hurmmm... will keep u guys updated, NAH? Hiks!







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