Miss Florida & Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Orientation

 On May 19th and 20th, Orientation weekend was held at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in Downtown St. Petersburg. This was a great opportunity to meet the new contestants for the upcoming Miss Florida and Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen pageant, which will be held in July. There was a delicious luncheon that was in honor of Kristina and myself. I enjoyed speaking later that day about my reign to the contestants, parents, board, and directors. That night, there was a "Behind the Mask" party. All the girls had chosen a masquerade mask that reflected their personality or a theme. We had such a blast playing musical chairs, taking pictures, decorating shirts, eating ice cream, and dancing! Special thank you to my princess's dad, Pedro Cruz, for being our DJ at the Masquerade party. On Sunday, it was lottery day for the contestants to choose where they will be placed during the pageant. There were several vendors that are great sponsors for the Miss Florida Organization, which the titleholders could visit during their breaks. This weekend was a fabulous weekend that will help prepare the titleholders for the upcoming pageant in July.

Mary Sullivan and Kristina Janolo

My beautiful princess

Such great supporters! My princess and her family.

Yes, this is in fact a bobblehead of myself as Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen!

Sara York

"Behind the Mask"

Masquerade Party!

Our teen musical chairs winner!

Epic masks!

Dancing the night away.

Thank you Pedro for being our DJ!