Upcoming: California Pizza Kitchen FUNraiser!

Hey Royalties! I am thrilled to announce my first official CMN FUNraiser, and excited to invite you all.

 Can't go? Donate direct to CMN here!

Eat at California Pizza Kitchen Prudential Mall on June 18, and 20% of your bill will be donated to Children's Miracle Network, the national Miss America platform. All you have to do is present this flyer.

See you there!

XO

Upcoming: 3K Heel-A-Thon Against Domestic Violence


I am so excited to be in attendance and honored to be leading Love Life Now Foundation's Annual 3K Heel-A-Thon Against Domestic Violence. This is a great opportunity to the community to come together to let victims and survivors know that they are not alone. Join us as we walk on behalf of domestic violence awareness and prevention!


Register today and you could be one of two to receive a Massage Envy gift card!

Registration Prices:
$30 – Adults
$10 – Students
FREE – Kids (12 & under)

Proceeds support Penelope's Place Shelter. Men & children are welcome!

XO

Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center Annual Benefit Dinner

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center Annual Benefit Dinner at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Mother Caroline Academy is an all-girls institution that offers tuition-free private schooling for middle school girls with limited financial means.

The theme of the evening was self-portrait which allowed the students the opportunity to share what each color, texture and pattern in their portraits represented about them. A lot of the girls used their national flag(s) to represent their heritage, while a few others used their favorite colors and hairstyles. Oh, and sequin was not scarce because each girl sparkled with articulation and stage presence beyond the self-portraits!


Julianna, joined me for the evening and we were truly delighted to have had such a wonderful evening alongside such bright young women, gracious hosts and generous donors. Sometimes it's just nice to offer your support incognito as to not take attention away from the cause truly worthy of celebration.

XO


Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2014 (in photos)

2014 Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen Pageant
Courtney's crowning moment
Another great crowning moment shot
Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2013, Courtney Adelman
Local titleholders, Miss Mass 2013 and Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2014
Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen past and present
Miss Massachusetts 2013, Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2014, Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2013
Miss Massachusetts 2013 and Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2014

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2014 Miss New Hampshire Pageant

Miss Collegiate Area, Lauren Kuhn, and I road-tripped from Boston, MA to Derry, NH for the 2014 Miss New Hampshire pageant and it was such a treat! I was like 6-year-old me in a candy store... Or 20-something-year-old me, either works! ;)

Watching the pageant served as great motivation as I prepare for Miss Massachusetts for the first and final time since I age out this year. It was so empowering to watch educated women strut across the stage with such confidence, poise and excellence- all while earning scholarship money and raising awareness to their selected platforms.

My favorite category to watch aside from on-stage question is talent followed by evening gown. Talent is an opportunity for each contestant to showcase what they can do. I find that singing and dancing are the most common talents, and while all were very polished and entertaining I was particularly excited to see a fellow spoken word performer make the Top 10! Oh, and there was a baton twirler- amazing!! If I wasn't on a social media cleanse, I would have gone straight to YouTube and watched a dozen more twirler performances.

Speaking of performances, Samantha Russo, Miss NH 2013, performed her talent. If you're not familiar, you're missing out. She won the preliminary talent award at Miss America and I am trying to figure out why I don't have her album on my iTunes! Her voice is INCREDIBLE!

Here are a few photos of me and my Miss Massachusetts sister queens during intermission. Enjoy!


Nicole Deblasi, Molly Whalen, Charlena Kennedy
Charlena Kennedy, Lauren Kuhn
Charlena Kennedy, Michelle Nigro

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