Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri To participate at The White House Easter Egg Roll

On Monday, April 21st, Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri will be part of the White House's largest annual event, The White House Easter Egg Roll, a 136-year old tradition. This year more than 30,000 people are expected to attend and the theme is "Hop into Healthy, Swing into Shape" in support of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign.

The day-long event will feature egg-rolling, live music, sports, cooking stations and storytelling, where Nina will be one of the featured readers on the Storytime Stage. There she will join other celebrity readers Jim Carrey, former NFL player and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, DJ Lance Rock, Debby Ryan from the Disney Channel's JESSIE and Sesame Street's Mando, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster.
Other highlights of the day will include yoga sessions, healthy eating demonstrations as well as appearances by numerous celebrities, world renowned chefs and athletes and of course President Obama and the First Family.

To learn more about the Easter Egg Roll visit www.WhiteHouse.gov/EasterEggRoll. Tune in for live streams from the South Lawn on April 21, 2014 on WhiteHouse.gov/live. You can also join the conversation online using the hashtag #EasterEggRoll and get the latest updates by checking out Let's Move! on Twitter and Facebook.

Source: Miss America Website.

Theresa Vail: From Army to Miss America to the Outdoor Channel

U.S. Army sergeant Theresa Vail had to change her talent from archery to singing when she competed as Miss Kansas in the Miss America pageant in 2013. “I guess the Miss America organization has an insurance clause against projectile objects,” she told FOX411 before she hit the stage. Vail’s new employer has no such qualms. The Outdoor Channel has brought the buff beauty on to host a new show, “Limitless,” where she hunts with her crossbow while tackling other feats of strength and skill.

Vail told the Wichita Eagle that half of each show will be hunting, and the other half a personal challenge.“I told them I didn’t want to do what everybody else was doing and they said they didn’t either,” she said. “We both wanted it to have more than just me on hunts. I was sold from there on.” For example, during a New Mexico elk hunt, she will also hang out with the state’s Smoke Jumper fire fighters. “You have 100 pounds of gear on, and you’re running up and down buildings carrying people in a fireman’s carry,” she said. “It’s going to be pretty tough, but I thrive on things like that.”
Vail, 23, is used to pushing boundaries. In addition to being one of the few serving armed forces members to compete in the Miss America pageant, she was also the first contestant to openly show her tattoos. “We’re placed under certain convictions and we feel we have to stay under them and I want people to know, it doesn’t matter what society says. It doesn’t matter what the quote, unquote rules say,” she told us. “You can do whatever you want, whatever you set your mind to, that’s what I did when I showed my tattoos.” In addition to her new show, Vail remains a sergeant in the Kansas National Guard, having reinlisted in 2013 for six years, and still plans to pursue a graduate degree in dentistry.

Making the rest of us look pretty lazy indeed.

Miss America Will Be Crowned in Tony Bowls

by Laura Pennington (source: The Pageant Planet)

Miss America state winners will be working with Tony to design their dream gown for finals night on the Miss America stage. While each contestant will have the opportunity to select her own gown for preliminary evening gown competition if desired, all state winners will grace the stage in Tony Bowls for the final night of competition. One contestant will walk away with a $50,000 scholarship, a year of travel and service, and her crowning moment forever remembered in a Tony Bowls. This is a sponsorship like no other, putting the creative power of Tony Bowls at the hands of each state queen to design the evening gown of her dreams. We look forward to seeing your unique creations in Atlantic City this fall!

5 Questions Pageant Girls are Done Answering

by Bess Brooks

Being curious is what makes the world go round, but for those of you not in pageants, do us all a favor? Do NOT ask a pageant girl these 5 questions…You might just get these answers:

1. Why are you in pageants? Aren’t they like bad? I thought you were a feminist!
“Why yes, they are the worst thing on Earth, which is exactly why I am doing them. Also, I hate feminism…another reason to do pageants!”

2. Do you know Honey Boo Boo?
“A close cousin actually…I look forward to Thanksgiving together.”

3. Have you seen that show Toddlers and Tiaras?
“What?! Sorry, I can’t hear you from this rock I’ve been living under…”

4. How can you walk in front of all of those people in a swimsuit?
“I don’t know. How do you do it while on the beach? Also, I worked hard for this body.”

5. So is Donald Trump, like your boss?
“Yes, the King of all Pageants, he directly employs me while I compete for Miss America, which is a completely different system with no affiliation with Miss USA, but why am I even trying to get that through to you?”

And just a kind reminder to all the frustrated pageant girls out there- these should be answers said in your head, not out loud ; ) Remember to keep your cool and smile because at the end of the day, you’re still a queen!