October E-Letter

HAPPY OCTOBER EVERYONE! Here is the October E-letter. If you no longer wish to receive emails from Cinderella, please let me know.
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I am so happy to start off this E-letter introducing our Mini Miss_

Meet Our California Cinderella Mini Miss -Savannah Belle Preuss

Singing, Dancing, playing Pokemon on her Nintendo DS and going camping with her family are Savannah Belle's favorite things! She is an 8 year old 3rd grader and her favorite subject is math. She said that it is her favorite because it teaches her how to save and spend her money when she goes shopping!!! A native of California, Savannah is honored to be the Cinderella International Miniature Miss. She is the 2nd generation of her family to compete in the Cinderella System as her mother was an International Cinderella Teen and Mrs. America. Savannah Belle and her family spend a great deal of time raising money and awareness for cancer. After losing her Nana to cancer, Savannah decided to travel around the country with her mom volunteering and speaking about the disease and how to keep her Nana's spirit alive. When she grows up, she would like to be a veterinarian and a singer!!
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Happy Birthday to our Cindy Girls--
Ruby Garcia
Malaika Elahi
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Our very first "Glass Slipper" will be in the mail within the next week. I am very excited to be able to have California as the only State Pageant that has their own newsletter!!!

In this first issue you will find an entry form for the City Title Program.
Here are the details on the City Title Program:

This program is open to boys and girls of all ages upto age 24 years.

#1 Contestants submit 1-3 photos of themselves via mail, complete entry form (in the Glass Slipper), and write an essay

#2 Contestants will be judged on following:
Beauty- (60% )Delegates photos will be judged on photogenic appeal
and facial beauty.

150 Word Essay/Bio-(40% ) Delegates will be judged on creativity and
achievement( personal and/or academic). Bio will be displayed on our
web site and may be used in advertising.

If you are selected as the winner of your city you will receive your
title by paying the $125.00 City Title Fee and receive a Cinderella Pageant tiara or crown, embroidered satin sash and sash pin. You will also receive your free subscription to the Glass Slipper, your picture will be posted on our website and announced on 5-6 Pageant Bulletin Boards, you can attend as many free modeling workshops as you want and you will recognized at the State Pageant as a City Queen (0r Prince)! Plus your Beauty entry fee into our fabulous state competition in May 2008. Deadline to reserve local title is April 15th 2008 at midnight. City and Regional Titles will be first come first serve! There will only be one Teen San Francisco for example! So get your application in early so you can wear your city title.

And I am excited to announce that if you refer 5 contestants who sign up for the City Title Program you will be awarded a Hostess Title at the State Pageant! You will receive a full round crown, banner and a gift.
This is different than the referral program for State Pageant (see the Sept E-letter for those details).
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Check our calendar in the Glass Slipper so you can see where Cinderella will be this fall and winter. We will be having our first Modeling Workshop combined with our official Cinderella Holiday Party - you don't want to miss it!

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If you would like to host a Modeling Workshop let me know. What do you have to do to "host" a workshop? It is easy! You just have to invite as many friends as possible that you feel might be interested in Cinderella to your home for a workshop. I will come to your house and we will have a two hour workshop (free to all who attend) that will inlcude modeling lessons, wardrobe and makeup advice and includes a "goody bag" to each attendee. I hope to be able to do free workshops next year in "rented" spaces but this year I am unable to do this because of cost (I will be paying to get your location and staying overnight if necessary). If you know anyone who has a dance school or modeling school that would let us use their facility for two hours - I will give them one page of free advertising in the state program book!
The only "restrictions" on free modeling workshops are:
#1 if you live outside a 3 hour driving distance of LA, you must have at least 15 confirmed attendees before I can do the workshop. It just would not be a good use of my time or money to travel more than 6 hours round trip to give a workshop for 3-4 people. I am asking for 15 because we all know that if 15 confirm - aboout 7 or 8 will actually show up!
#2 Workshops are free for:
Anyone who is interested in getting information about Cinderella can attend one FREE workshop,
City Title Holders and any anyone who has pre-registered for the State Pageant may attend as many FREE workshops as they want
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Let's talk Fund raising!

For many of those of us who love pageants, the cost can be prohibitive. At California Cinderella we are trying to make the state pageant affordable for everyone.

We have lots of Cinderella Programs that can help and there are other programs outside of our inhouse programs that you can raise money for your pageant participation.

BEST WISHES ADS
You can buy Best Wishes ads for a pageant friend or have your friends and family buy them for you. Best Wishes ads are 1 line and cost $5 so everyone can afford them. For every ad you sell, $4 goes into your State Pageant Account!

Also along with raising money for your account - If you sell the most Best Wishes ads (minimum 30) you will be crowned Spirit of Cinderella and receive a 12" custom Cinderella crown (if Prince wins the a custom King crown will be awarded), monogrammed sash, robe and gift. If no one sells the minimum of 30 ads, the Spirit of Cinderella award winner will be the person who sells the most Best Wishes ads and will receive a tiara or crown and a gift. A winner will be awarded no matter how many ads are sold!

LUCKY DRAW TICKETS
You can sell Lucky Draw tickets ($1 per ticket) and the winner (drawn at pageant and the winner need not be present to win) wins a $50 Gift Card to Target. Fifty cents ($.50) of every ticket you sell goes into your State Pageant Account.
You can also win titles along with making money for the pageant-
Royal King or Queen - sell 250 tickets and receive the Royal King or Queen title which includes a crown, sash and scepter.
Royal Prince or Princess - sell 200 tickets and receive the Royal Prince or Princess title and a large crown and sash
Royal Duke or Duchess - sell 150 tickets to win this title and a large tiara (crown for boys) and sash
Everyone selling 50 tickets will be recognized on stage with a tiara or crown and a gift.
The person who sells the most tickets over 250 will receive $100 cash along with the Royal King or Queen awards!
All tickets will be put in the drawing and one winner will be announced at the pageant. Please have tickets filled out completely prior to the pageant.

AD PAGES
You can get local businesses, family and friends to purchase ad pages in our State Program book. Details on this will be in the Glass Slipper!

Make sure you read the article in The Glass Slipper for more ideas on how you can fund raise to compete in the State Pageant!

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INTERVIEW COMPETITION
A lot of you might be new to pageants that have Interview. At Cinderella, the Interview Competition is one of the most important segments of competition as it allows the judges to really evaluate the contestants.

In every future issue of the E-Letter and in the Glass Slipper I will be listing 7-8 Interview type questions for the age groups (Tot, Mini Miss, Miss, Teen and Woman). It is a good idea to start a notebook with these questions and then add some of your own! We do not want rehearsed answers but these sample questions will give you an idea of what might be asked at State and Internationals. Remember that there are NO wrong answers. We are looking for well spoken contestants with lots of personality not necessarily the "smartest" contestants.

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This month we will go over the Miss and Teen Division.
Next month we will discuss the Woman, and the Prince Charming Divisions. And at our state pageant we are going to have a FUN division- Cinderella Mom (grandmoms can compete too) and Cinderella Dad (granddads can compete too) and information will be in Glass Slipper- the best part is that Cinderella Mom and Cinderella Dad divisions are for fun and costs nothing to compete if your child is a contestant in the State Pageant!

Miss Division
As you have probably guessed - the Miss Division is just an older version of Mini Miss. White and pastels are still the most popular in this division. In this division, it is important that the dress fits! Our little girls are starting to grow up and it is difficult to find flattering off the rack dresses that do not try to make them look six years old. In this division a little age appropriate makeup is ok but NO eyeshadow that can be seen from farther than 3 feet. I would suggest light mascara if needed, loose powder and colored lip gloss that enhances the natural lip color and if you are great at blush then a little blush but it must be blended to look natural. If the judges can tell you have on makeup - they will deduct points in this age division. Hair should be natural and a down style is best. I do understand that some of our little darlings do not have "pageant hair" (my daughter has fine hair like I do) and that up do's sometimes just look better. Remember, do what enhances your child's natural beauty! If you feel your child looks best in an updo, then go with an updo as long as it is not with hair pieces or looks like she is ready for the prom! In this division you will still see white hose (if wearing a white dress) and nude hose. Shoes should be flats or if your daughter is at the older end of the age group, a small heel (1") is appropriate.

TEEN DIVISION
The teen division is less formalized than the younger divisions but we do not want low cut, tight fitting gowns or overdone makeup in this division either! Think of homecoming or prom type dresses but conservative! I have seen some prom dresses that are way too sexy for Cinderella Teen! Avoid anything that is cut below the waist line in the back and anything that shows too much bust. Chose a color that is your best color! I would not recommend black or red as those colors can be too harsh on stage without having on stage makeup. Soft colors are always a good bet but again, if you do not know your colors have them done and pick the most flattering color for you. Dresses should be floor length. The best stage length is covering the shoes! Toes peaking out from under a dress can be distracting! Remember the judges are sitting at floor level looking up to see you! Tan, taupe, beige or the great Cinderella (clear) shoe is best. Shoes that match your dress are popular but remember if you are in a fuchsia dress with fuchsia shoes - the judges eyes could be drawn down to your feet because of the color (if you dress does not touch the floor). Just a note here, there are no stairs to go up and down (like at Teen/Miss USA) so you do not have to worry about stepping on your dress. At state there will be 3-4 steps to get on the stage but you can ascend the stairs gracefully by gently holding your gown in the front (not on the sides as this makes the front still touch the floor) and then when you are at the first mark, you will have time to release the dress and get ready to be judged.
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Next issue we will go into Sportswear and Interview competition wardrobes for all divisions! If you have not guessed, I run the State Pageant at International level rules so that there are no surprises in competition at the International level. Some state pageants are more "relaxed" at the State level than the International level but I feel this can be a disservice. But remember, at State we will be having the Cinderella Charm for those contestants who are new to pageants and want to wear Sunday Best type outfits and there is no modeling in the Charm Division! And for those who are more experienced and want just a little more Glitz we have the Cinderella Cameo Girl that is judged on facial beauty only, no attire score and no modeling score (no fake hair or nails allowed but you can wear makeup).

Thanks to all of you for letting a magic, Cinderella magic, into your email!