Saturday, January 12, 2013
Shelby Township native and former Miss St. Clair Shores, Angela Venditti, competed for the title of Miss America on Saturday.
Miss Michigan represented the Mitten State with pride but won't be bringing the Miss America crown home to the Motor City in 2013. Angela Venditti, of Shelby Township, competed against 52 other women Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the title of Miss America. Miss New York, Mallory Hytes Hagan, was ultimately crowned and will be the recipient of a $50,000 scholarship. Venditti arrived in Las Vegas earlier this week to take part in a series of preliminary competitions leading up to the Jan. 12 pageant. She did not advance to the semifinal round. A former Miss St. Clair Shores, Venditti traveled to the Miss America competition toting her platform of "Above the Influence: Keeping Kids Drug Free." Crowned…
Miss Michigan Angela Venditti will compete tonight in the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas.
Miss Michigan will try to outshine 52 other women tonight at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to become Miss America. Angela Venditti, of Shelby Township, has been competing all week in preliminary competitions leading up to the pageant at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. The pageant, hosted by Chris Harrison and Brooke Burke-Charvet, will be broadcast on ABC-TV nationally and on WXYZ-Channel 7 locally. Venditti, who was Miss St. Clair Shores when she was crowned Miss Michigan in June, has a platform of "Above the Influence: Keeping Kids Drug Free." Not planning to watch? Stay with Patch for results after the pageant. And if you want to wish her well, say "break a fingernail," Venditti told Patch previously.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Vita Venditti talks to Fox 2 about her daughter, Miss Michigan Angela Venditti, just days before the Shelby Township native participates in the Miss America Pageant.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Vita Venditti talks to Fox 2 about her daughter, Miss Michigan Angela Venditti, just days before she participates in the Miss America Pageant.
Vita Venditti left Tuesday for Las Vegas to watch her daughter, Miss Michigan Angela Venditti, participate in the Miss America Pageant. The proud mother told Fox 2 in an interview that the Shelby Township resident and former Miss St. Clair Shores didn't participate in her first pageant until after high school and is following in her mother's footsteps. Angela volunteered as a teen at C.A.R.E., where her mother works, which is an organization which helps families affected by substance abuse. Now as Miss Michigan, Venditti's platform is "Above the Influence: Keeping Kids Drug Free." Venditti said before the main pageant Saturday, which will be broadcast on ABC-TV, her daugther will take part in on-stage question Tuesday, swimsuit and event …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Miss Michigan Angela Venditti, a Shelby Township resident and past Miss St. Clair Shores, will be competing in the Miss America Pageant. Before she competes, voters can cast a vote to make her the People's Choice.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Miss Michigan Angela Venditti, a Shelby Township resident and past Miss St. Clair Shores, will be competing in the Miss America Pageant. Before she competes, voters can cast a vote to make her the People's Choice.
Angela Venditti will soon be heading to Las Vegas to compete in the Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Before the Shelby Township resident and former Miss St. Clair Shores competes, supporters can cast a vote for her as People's Choice for Miss America. Click on People's Choice for Miss America to watch Venditti's video vote once before voting ends on Jan. 10. The final pageant when the People's Choice will be named and Miss America will be crowned will be Saturday, Jan. 12, and will be broadcast on WXYZ-TV Channel 7.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
St. Clair Shores resident Shelby Gardiner won the title Saturday at the Costick Activities Center in Farmington Hills.
Shelby Township resident Rebecca Fisher, 22, won 4th runner-up honors during Saturday's Miss Oakland County pageant, held at the Costick Center in Farmington Hills. St. Clair Shores resident Shelby Gardiner, 20, took home the title. Others competing included: Fisher performed ballet en pointe during the talent portion of the contest, and her platform is "Empowering Young Girls in Science". As 4th runner-up, she receives a $100 scholarship. Gardiner wins more than $1,000 in scholarship money, professional coaching with Rubicon Management, a portfolio photography session with Robert Bowden Photography and other gifts. Her platform is preventing date rape.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Angela Venditti, a Shelby Township resident and current Miss St. Clair Shores, was crowned Miss Michigan on Saturday and has started preparations for Miss America pageant.
When the field of 31 contestants for Miss Michigan was whittled down to the final two Saturday at the Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts in Muskegon, someone from St. Clair Shores was guaranteed to receive the crown. Either Miss St. Clair Shores Angela Venditti or Miss Wayne County Shelby Gardiner, a St. Clair Shores resident, would be chosen to receive the title and represent Michigan in Miss America. "As one person kept getting chipped away and it was me and Shelby ... I couldn't believe it," she said. "Something I had been working on for so long and I was right there." After Gardiner's name was called, Venditti knew she won, but was "in shock" that she won. The preliminary for the pageant began Thursday and included a 10-minute …
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Oxford resident Kelly Oles rises to the top among a crowded field of 15 candidates.
The Miss Oakland County pageant is history, but we've got memories from an unforgettable night of entertainment and suspense for 15 local women and their families. Kelly Oles was crowned Miss Oakland County 2011 at the Costick Center in Farmington Hills. The 23-year-old Oxford resident, who sang "I Could Have Danced All Night" from the Broadway hit My Fair Lady during the talent competition, told Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch that she got into the Miss American preliminary looking for a way to contribute to her community on a larger scale. The other contestants were: We've captured dozens of moments from the three-hour event. Feel free to share your own photos and video with our readers.
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Kelly Oles was first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Michigan competition three weeks ago.
Kelly Oles, named first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Michigan pageant three weeks ago, was crowned Miss Oakland County 2011 Saturday night at the Costick Center in Farmington Hills. Miss Oakland County was her first local pageant when she first got involved in the Miss America program in 2009. "I actually Googled 'volunteering', because I wanted to make a bigger impact in my community," the 23-year-old MBA candidate said. It has given her the opportunity to promote her platform, healthy living for kids, inspired by her concern over alarming rates of childhood obesity. But that's not all. "I love the friendships, I love all the girls," Oles said. As she works toward her advanced degree, Oles said she is looking for a job. "I've got two …
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cee robin
5:00 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Why did she bring up Mitt Romney; as if we ALL like him! He lost, thank G-d! I know that this contest was sponsored by Amway, that is owned by the other Repub DeVos family, but that was unnecessary to brag about being from Michigan and including Romney in that bit . . .yuck. You're gonna tell me DeVos and Amway had nothing to do with what she said? more ›