Miss Hollywood/Southland/South Counties Pageant!

Photo by Doug Hikawa

On Saturday, October 27, I had the pleasure of watching two of my incredibly kind, amazing, intelligent, beautiful, and classy colleagues say farewell to their 2012 titles: Miss Southland Carly Valdez (Top 12 at Miss CA!) and Miss South Counties Crystal Lee (1st Runner-Up at Miss CA!!). I hope that these two wonderful women will continue to compete in the Miss America system; their successors have some incredible shoes to fill! <3
The pageant was very well programmed; there were some technical difficulties, but the duo star hostesses kept the mood light and the audience entertained: Miss California 2011 Noelle Freeman and Miss Washington 2011 Brittney Henry! They were clever, witty, absolutely hilarious, and they played off of each other brilliantly! =)
Other entertainment included former Miss Ventura County 2011 contestant Charlotte Bashner, who sang the National Anthem to kick off the pageant and performed two of her original songs at breaks in the program.
After some majorly fierce competition, the results were announced:
Miss Hollywood 2013: Lauren Smolka
Miss Southland 2013: Annie Wilson
Miss South Counties 2013: Courtney Trouten
First Runner-Up: Caylynn Simonson
Second Runner-Up: Izamar Olaguez
Top Swimsuit: Caylynn Simonson
Top Interview: Lauren Smolka
Top Talent: Izamar Olaguez
People's Choice: Kimberly Bebo
Facebook Favorite: Kelsey Schwarz
Spirit of Hollywood: Sarah Burt
The entire evening was a lot of fun; thank you to the Hollywood/Southland/South Counties committee for putting on a very entertaining pageant! =)

Walking into the Pageant =)

With Olivia Sichmeller, Amanda Ford, Laura Berger <3 

With Now Former Miss Southland Carly Valdez <3 

With My Princesses!
Alyssa & Ashley Horton <3 

Who Says Pageant Girls Can't Be Silly?? =P
With Miss City of LA Laura Berger <3