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06/25/07 Third
Time Is a Charm for Beauty Returning to a Beautiful Place
This week the City of St. Petersburg is pleased to welcome back for a third time the “72nd Miss
Florida Pageant”. The pageant is being held in the beautifully restored
Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts.
This week long event is
expected to be filled with tons of sunsational fun, meet and greet moments
throughout our community, a Devil Rays game, and ends with the crowning of
Miss Florida 2007 who will go on to compete in the Miss America pageant at
the end of the year.
“St. Petersburg is
honored to be the home of the Miss Florida Pageant,” said Mayor Rick Baker. “As a
community that invests in its young people and future leaders, St. Petersburg and the Miss Florida Pageant share in our commitment to education and
excellence.”
The Miss America
Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the
world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Since
2002, over $200,000 in scholarships have been awarded through the Miss
Florida Organization to contestants that have competed in the Miss Florida
program.
The pageant committee
selected St. Petersburg as the host location for its premier event due to
our central location which is anticipated to attract a record audience for
the 2007 event. Mary Sullivan, President and Executive Director of the Miss
Florida Scholarship Pageant stated “St. Petersburg is the perfect city
to host the Miss Florida Pageant and we are excited to return home for the
2007 pageant.”
We welcome all
attending the event to enjoy all that our sunsational city has to offer
along our beautiful waterfront. You can find shopping, dining and
entertainment opportunities for the whole family. Lastly, don’t miss our historical
tourist attraction “The
Pier” that welcomes approximately 1.8 million visitors per year.
Welcome to beautiful St. Petersburg!
The pageant’s
theme is Dreamgirls and the schedule of events is as follows:
June 24 – Miss Florida Day at Tropicana Field:
The Miss Florida contestants will join the Devil Rays as they play the
Dodgers. Contestants will meet and greet the public at 12:30 pm and take
center field with the players before the opening pitch.
June 27 thru 29 –
Miss Florida Pageant Preliminary Competition: contestants will compete in
Talent, Swimsuit, Evening Wear and On Stage Question segments. The event
begins at 7:30pm at the Mahaffey Theater.
June 30 – Miss Florida Pageant Final Competition: The pageant's Top Ten Contestants will complete in the final judged
elimination round, ending with the crowing of Miss Florida 2007. The event
begins at 7:30pm at the Mahaffey Theater.
June 30 – Miss Florida
2007 Gala Event:
This closing program event will be held at the Coliseum directly following
the Miss Florida Pageant Final Competition event held at the Mahaffey
Theater. The newly crowned Miss Florida 2007 will join Miss America 2007
Lauren Nelson, Fashion Designer Kayne Gillaspie and Miss Florida 2006
Allison Kreiger to celebrate the week long event of the Miss Florida
Pageant.
Visit www.MissFlorida.org to learn more
details about the pageant.
To purchase tickets for
this event contact the Mahaffey Theater Box Office at 727-892-5767 or go to
Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com/artist/736416
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