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Miss Florida USA named during Fort Lauderdale event

By Eileen Holliday, Orlando Sentinel

Miss Emerald Coast, a 23-year-old from Grand Ridge in Florida's Panhandle, was crowned Miss Florida USA on Saturday night at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. 

Ashleigh Lollie will go on to represent Florida in the Miss USA pageant, but not this year. That pageant just finished last month. Lollie will go to the Miss Florida USA 2015 pageant.

First runner-up in the pageant was Miss Central Florida Kailyn Perez; second runner-up was Miss Capital City Jessica Voight; third runner-up was Miss Orange County Lacey Morgan; fourth runner-up was Miss Lake Eola Heather Martin. The Miss Florida USA pageant feeds into the Miss USA pageant, which feeds into the Miss Universe pageant. There were 70 contestants from across the state.

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Congratulations, Ashleigh Lollie, our new Miss FL USA!

70 women vie for Miss Florida USA crown

Source: Orlando Sentinel

There's a lot of beauty pageants that clamber for your attention throughout the year, and the latest is the Miss Florida USA pageant, which will crown a new Miss Florida USA this Saturday in Fort Lauderdale. There are 70 contestants from around the state including Miss Orlando USA, Miss Thornton Park USA, Miss Lake Eola USA, Miss Central Florida USA and Miss Orange County USA. The winner will go on to represent Florida in the Miss USA pageant, but not this year. That pageant just finished last month. This winner will go to the Miss Florida USA 2015 pageant. The contestants have been in Hollywood all week doing preliminary competitions. The winner will be crowned at a ceremony at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Central Florida residents can watch the pageant on Sunday, July 13 from 1-3 p.m. on WRDQ-TV, channel 27.

If you feel like we just had a Miss Florida pageant, we did. That was the pageant that feeds into the Miss America pageant. This year's Miss Florida was thought to be Leesburg resident Elizabeth Fechtel, but an audit of the results revealed that Fechtel's crowning was in error, and Panama City resident Victoria Cowen will get to represent the state in the 2014 Miss America pageant on Sept. 14 in Atlantic City, N.J. The Miss Florida USA pageant feeds into the Miss USA pageant that feeds into the Miss Universe pageant. So this year's Miss Florida USA winner is competing for a shot at next year's Miss USA pageant. The big difference between the Miss USA and Miss America pageant is the talent competition, which is only in the Miss America pageant.

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Miss Florida USA 2015 Returns to Original Home

by Grant Gravitt, Jr / Direcor, Miss FL USA

It is with much pleasure that we announce that Miss Florida USA 2015 will return to the historic Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale. The classic theater will host the seventy-plus delegates for two evenings of pageant competition leading to the announcement of our state champion and representative at Miss USA. The state wide and international broadcast will highlight the final evening of Saturday July 12th while Friday evening July 11th will see all of the delegates in the preliminary competitions of swimsuit and evening gowns. Parker Playhouse hosted the early broadcast years of Miss Florida USA as the competitions between 1983 and 1988 were held in this historic theater that his seen the likes of Carol Channing, Ann Miler and other classic greats of the stage. 

The Parker Playhouse curtain rose for the first time on February 6, 1967. One of Fort Lauderdale’s first venues, the neo-classical Playhouse, was built by Dr. Louis Parker and is managed now by the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. This 1,167-seat fully equipped theater plays an important role in the community by serving as a vibrant part of the area. Look for ticket information in Miss FL USA's next Ezine, only at http://www.missfloridausa.com/.

Brie-zing to the top

by Camber Clemence

Brie Gabrielle has been comfortable in front of an audience for as long as she can remember; as a toddler, she appeared in Downy and K-Mart ads before finding her first true creative outlet, dance. Brie was not picky about type and began performing ballet, jazz, and hip-hop on stage whenever possible (and Brie, as many of us did in the ‘90s, spent some time cornering friends and family while belting out her own renditions of all her favorite Spice Girls songs). As Brie grew older, her interests expanded and she began to travel between Florida and Los Angeles with her mother and sister to give acting and modeling a chance. At 13, Brie left public school and began homeschooling and attending community college in order to attain her high school degree by the time she was 16. It was at this time that she began to book guest appearances on television shows before landing a lead role in “Forget Me Not,” an independent horror film.

Shortly after the filming of “Forget Me Not”, Brie enrolled at Pepperdine University; it was during her years at Pepperdine that Brie became involved in pageants. Brie won Miss Malibu 2012, placed first runner-up at Miss California 2012 and was Miss Wellington USA 2014. Brie recently won Miss Jupiter USA 2015 and is looking forward to what the Miss Florida USA pageant will bring in July. Brie is currently working as co-host of the Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report, which airs on FOX Sun Sports every Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

Interested in learning more about Brie? Follow her on Facebook (shesbriegabrielle), Instagram (BrieGabrielle) and Twitter(@BrieMGabrielle) or visit her website (www.briegabrielle.com).

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