Vote for our 2011 Miss Jefferson County's Outstanding Teen!

Ladies and gentlemen...please vote for the beautiful Tasha Caprice for KY's Choice! It's only $1 per vote!!!! Vote today!!!!
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Miss Jefferson County Scholarship Pageant

Hello again everyone! I wanted to add a little post to let you all know what else has been going on! I'm in the process of planning my first pageant! yes....finally on the other side of the pageant world and directing!!!! My pageant is the Miss Jefferson County Scholarship Pageant and will be held April 2, 2011 at the Performing Arts Center at Kentucky Country Day school in Louisville, KY. The website is www.missjeffersoncounty.org we are currently seeking contestants for the Miss and Teen divisions as well as sponsors for the scholarship fund! If you are interested, please contact me at missjcorg@yahoo.com
I will keep you all posted!!!
Love
Ash

December 18, 2010

On December 18, 2010, one of my greatest dreams was realized and I became a member of the ILLUSTRIOUS sisterhood of DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.!!!! I'm so blessed to have this opportunity and to serve my community with the best sorority in the WORLD!!!!! I don't have a Lot of words right now because I'm still so humbled and honored so I will just say this...Oooo-ooop!!!
19-LAC-Fall 2010

How can I complain??

So ladies and gents...I'm sure that you have noticed that I haven't blogged much in the last couple months!!! Well I do apologize but I've definitely had a rough couple months! But please understand I'm not writing this for pity...there is a point and a message! Lol
So yesterday...I had a car accident and my car is out of commission for God knows how long. I felt like it was the straw that broke the camels back! Could anything else go wrong?? Was starting to feel a ot like Job and was getting more than frustrated with my situation! In my moment of weakness, when all the scriptures I tried to read to reassure myself that God would keep his promises were falling somewhat short, my little brother Keith asked me on a date!
He drives me to McDonald's where against my trainers knowledge(LOL) I have a LARGE fries and a caramel sundae!!! YUMMY!!! But comfort food was cheering me slightly and the gesture of my brother spending his hard earned money to treat me!
As we ate, the Tv in McDonalds (and yes I was shocked that McDonald's have flat screens) was showing a breaking news story about the miners in Chili and the rescue mission to save them starting soon. As I sat and watched, my mouth hung open and not from hunger. God slapped me real hard across the back of the head!!! He said girl, here you are complaining about fatigue, finances, injuries, work and cars and these men have been trapped underground for 68 days!!! SHUT UP!!!!
Ok maybe it wasn't just like that but I finally got it! This life and my life more importantly is not about me! Its about the uplift of His kingdom! And although my life isn't perfect and all things are not in alignment, I still must praise Him!
So, this may seem super random as my first blog "back" but I'm on the elliptical in the gym right now watching the footage of the miners and can't help but praise God! I have to say that my mind set has changed and I write this to challenge you to look at life outside of your bubble! Realize that no matter how bad it may look, it could always be worse, but most of all that God keeps his promises and will never forsake us.....
Today, I booked my first commercial in idk how long and a fashion show for Dillard's!!!! Ha! Go figure that when I stop worrying about poor little me and look UPWARD, HE works!!!
Praising God today!
And thanking Him that things are as well as they are!
Love,
Ash
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Finally the rest of my national experience

Ok, so I think where I left off, we were leaving the Prayer breakfast and were heading somewhere on a bus...we were actually heading to Octacorp for a commercial shoot! The owner was incredible and was very flexible with us...we each had the opportunity to take a photo and then on camera say "Welcome to Octacorp...where NOTHING looks better" This was fun! I guess I did a pretty good job because myself and a few other girls were able to do a second part! I can't recall right now what my line was but I got it down after a couple tries LOL! I can't wait to see the finished product! Fun times! After the shoot, we went back to the hotel for the Miss Black USA Talented Teen Pageant where my princess, Aunjanna Million placed as 2nd Runner Up!! congrats boo, you were incredible and very very beautiful! So proud of you! After the pageant, more rehearsals and finally to bed to get ready for our big day. Monday morning we had breakfast and then went to the headquarters of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. As the national pageant's platform, we had the opptortunity to tour the facility and see all of the great work that is done to retrieve our nations missing children. I was amazed at how well they do the age progression from childhood to adulthood and how much the photos actually look like the person! This was a very good experience and very interesting.
Once it was over, we went to Lincoln Theatre for lunch and rehearsal, and God bless Dawn for the SOUL FOOD meal she provided for lunch! It was GREAT! After lunch we had rehearsal and got ready for finals. All sorts of emotion and excitement that night as I prayed for God to have his way. At the end of the night, I placed as 4th runner up and was able to hold my head high, as I know I competed beautiful and honorably for the Lord. Press conference after and the last night with my roomie Lori...sad face! I had a great time meeting and bonding wiht all of the incredible women during the course of the week and I'm blessed to have made acquaintance with such awesome sister queens. I will never forget them and can't wait til our first reunion...big things in store for and from this group of delegates...keep your eyes peeled and remember our names!!!
Peace and Love,
ash

Pageant Week Update!

Hello bloggers!!!! Sooooo sorry I haven't kept up the past couple days! Let's see....thursday not too long after we returned from the yacht luncheon there was a horrible storm that knocked the power out the hotel! So from about 4pm til about 1pm there was NO POWER....which means no food being cooked, no cell phones charging, no air conditioning!!!! Ahhhh! LOL! And yes we still had a 3 hour long opening number rehearsal using the flood lights and an ipod! LOL! Finally, after showering with a glow stick I got in bed and woke up to power around 2am!
Friday was interview day....a little nerve wrecking but exciting at the same time! I felt like it went very well so I was sooo ready to get on stage in prelims Saturday! The rest of Friday was lots of rehearsals....yesterday was PRELIM DAY!!! At noon, we competed in fitness and evening gown at Pose Lounge! The setup was very high fashion runway and of course with the fabulous Stacy McKenzie sitting front row, we HAD to work it!!! I had soooo much fun and was even more excited to have lunch with my family afterwards and also with the beautiful Miss Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2010!!! After lunch, we headed over to Suitland High School to rehearse and prepare for prelim talent and on stage question! I felt VERY good about this competition and nailed my talent without dying!!! Lol! My on stage question was something along the lines of "what qualities do you think parents should teach your children?" Considering that I have wonderful parents, this was an easy one for me!!! I was so excited to have the support of my family and friends in the audience and was SO GLAD to finally get to see my Chrissy because I've missed him so much the past few days with this limited communication!!!
So....I guess that leads us to this mornings prayer breakfast which was incredible! We had yummy food and then received a blessing of a performance by gospel sensation Ashley Cooke. After that, there was an amazing and inspirational message from God that was a great start to the day! As I type this I'm on the bus heading somewhere...not sure where but I will blog about it later! Lol
I have more pics to post and will surely do it hopefully later today! Peace and love and lots of blessings!!!
Love,
Ash
Also...BIG shout out and love to my teen Aunjanna Million!!!! Good luck tonight sweetie!!!! Love you!
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Thursday at Miss Black USA!

This morning, we had breakfast at 8am, which was pretty yummy! Then had an hour to get ready for our first runway rehearsal with THE Stacy McKenzie! We spent about 2 hours with her...walking and hearing her teach us how to be FIERCE!!! It was pretty fun and always great to learn from someone that's an expert!!! After rehearsal, we went down to the harbor and took a ride on the Pelican...this was so far the MOST RELAXING thing ever! We went out on the Potomac and was able to see a lot of the arbor area and some of D.C while the wind blew in our hair and we did a little dancing when our jams were played. I had a great time and have had a great time since I've been here! Just got back to my room and my feet HURT!!! Going to relax a bit until it's time for the next rehearsal!!! Until later....
Love,
Ash