Star Search Pageants Blog!

GETTING READY FOR THE 21012 PAGEANT!

2012-01-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

yes, Getting ready for the pageant and the kickoff party to it, the Florida Aquarium "Enchantment Under The Sea: Event! Call 813 892 5502 for more info!

2011-02-08T16:25:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone! This year's pageant is going to be great! Can't wait to see everyone next weekend!

New Gasparilla Pageant Photo Site - Thank you, E!

2009-01-29T14:46:00.000-08:00

http://gasparillapageant.shutterfly.com/

Our wonderful Mrs. Gasparilla, Elizabeth Waraksa, has set up a picture site for everyone to see our Queens at their various recent appearances! The link is above.

New Date! Gasparilla Pageant - February 22, 2009 - Tampa Conv. Center

2009-01-11T16:08:00.000-08:00

Hey, Party People!

This year's event is going storng and promises to be the best yet!

Not Registered yet? Call today! 813 892 5502!

*Steph*

Gasparilla Pageant 2009 Is February 22, 2009!

2009-01-11T16:04:00.000-08:00

We are in the middle of things and going strong! This year's Gasparilla Pageant event promises to be the best ever, with many surprises thrown in!

If you haven't Registered - there are only a few spots left in the children's part. Ladies and Gentlemen, even you "Pirate types", we need you! Get your booty's to the Pageant!

Call 813 892 5502 to secure your spot.

The Gasparilla Extravaganza Parade!

2008-02-05T13:38:00.000-08:00

It was pretty fun until we got rained out! We were so excited to be there, ready to throw beads, etc!

Shopping For Dresses!

2007-12-29T17:17:00.000-08:00

Today I went shopping with the gals to look at new dresses. Wow! We had Mrs. and Ms. Gasparilla with us and we met the wonderful Patricia!

The Gasparilla Pageant is right around the corner and I have NOTHING TO WEAR!

Here is a picture of Mindy in something that was, well, a "no".

Meet Us!

2007-12-21T16:01:00.000-08:00

Hi there -

We just wanted to post some answers to some questions that have been spinning around out there! People lately are asking who is "Star Search"? Where did Stephanie come from?

Stephanie's a Tampa girl who worked her way through school, etc. by modeling in the 1980's, etc. Her main career path was advertising as a "mainstay", then evolved to event production when she launched FloridaJobLink.com, Florida's first employment web site...before there was a Monster. The success of the web site led to major job fairs and other events. Florida Job Link was the first company to ever hold a public event, (a major job fair featuring 70+ employers), at Raymond James Stadium when it first opened. For several years, she produced "Career SuperBowl" job fairs there in affiliation with the NFL. This all put her in the dot-com spotlight of the 90's "got her connected" with many television folks.

Currently, she does public relations and advertising. The pageants that are part of this work are usually community-based and have more of a "modeling" focus than most, although each one is different.

*Our pageants are not competitive to other systems and we don't preclude our winners from joining other system - In fact, we encourage it!"

Big Day On Television

2007-11-16T17:05:00.000-08:00

We had a great day at CW44! More on it later, but wanted to at least get a pic up here fast!

Thanks to Courtney and all the rest!

A muggy Saturday...

2007-10-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

Well, the Founders' Week Barbecue looks like it was rained out, or just about anyway, from what I understand. :(

Girls, I have a new Interactive Calendar I'm posting, so please be on the lookout for an email from me!

Stephanie

Excerpt from interview with PageantZine.com

2007-10-18T15:20:00.000-07:00

Interview 10-17-08 with Laura Murray of PageantZine.com with Stephanie Sims, Director of the Gasparilla Pageant.

What got you started producing pageants?
In the early nineties, I found myself alone with a three year old daughter who was beautiful... She had been in several baby pageants. I took my knowledge of special events and put on my first pageant. I had done modeling myself for about 10 years before that.
Was your daughter in that first pageant?
Well, sort of. She was there. Let's say that! We had a very nice, long "T" runway. I had never seen a "T" runway at a pageant before, but I thought it would be fun. Perfect for high fashion competition, right? Back then, I didn't know it, but what I actually produced was more of a modeling "walk-off" than a traditional pageant.
Like Zoolander?
It was great...
Your daughter was 3? She walked on the "T" runway?
She walked down to the end, sat down at the very end...and just took her shoes off. Just sat there.
Oh, my.
Every other contestant seemed to enjoy it, though! We had a lot of contestants from modeling schools and part of what I awarded them were one-on-ones with agents and casting people.
So, will this pageant be a modeling competition?
Modeling part will definitely be a part of this one, as well as many of the others we will be producing in the future. In this Pageant, we have the traditional pageant, the SuperModel and the SpokesModel divisions. And a talent portion.
Sounds great. Well, we look forward to speaking with you again next week and keeping an eye on how things shape up as we get ready for the big event! Gasparilla Pageant 2008 takes place on January 13th, 2008 at the Westin Harbour Island Hotel, Tampa. For more information, visit www.GasparillaPageant.com. That's a wrap!

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Gasparilla Pageant Commercial!

2007-10-17T19:50:00.000-07:00

Okay, we're shooting a commercial!

Any new Contestant in the Gasparilla Pageant or previous royalty is welcome to join us!

Working on the details of the shoot now - Possibly part will be in Hernando County and part in Tampa.

Stay posted!

We will be creating 2 different spots and a behind the scenes documentary! It'll be great.

The short Princess says she needs to be the star of the commercial...We'll see!

VERY EXCITING!

If you want to be a part of this, give us a call! 813 892 5502

Picture above is Allison D., one of our faves!

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Wednesday!

2007-10-17T04:42:00.000-07:00

Running like crazy again today!

Photo below the inside lobby of the Carnival Sensation cruise ship we plan to be on over the summer! We are going down to the Bahamas in late July with some of the Winners and are going to be highlighted on T.V. there! More in that later....

Talk to you soon,

Stephanie Sims

http://www.GasparillaPageant.com/

Welcome!

2007-10-16T13:44:00.001-07:00

Welcome to our new BLOG!

Photo below is our current Miss Gasparilla with some of her Lady Pirate friends!

This is the place where you might see my ramblings, if you're interested. Who really knows what this space will turn out to be?

http://www.GasparillaPageant.com/

I went to the Rattlesnake Pageant to judge this weekend! What an amazing event the Director, Donna, and her crew put on there! I was so very impressed! They know how to have a great time in San Antonio, that's for sure!

My little Princesses came along with me. The tall one cut her bangs the morning of...way too short! The short one would not leave my side for some reason - separation anxiety? Or maybe it was becasue I was sitting in the room where the food was, including cupcakes? Yeah, that's probably it.

It was so nice to see and catch up with Miss Hernando County, Tiffany Tyler and Miss Florida Galaxy, Tiffany Raia and others!

Plans are going hot and heavy for the Gaparilla Pageant! It's coming up right around the corner and I am getting so excited! We have some super cool celebrity guests starting to line up - No one will be disappointed!

Got the float for the Parade! Looking good!

Stay tuned here to this area...you never know WHAT you might see!

Ciao for Now!

Stephanie Sims

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