Lots of fun to dress up and be a positive part of the community. Thanks for sharing!

How come there are so many queens? Can't you just win and them, you know, not?
;)

It's funny. Mine would've too, way back when I lived in the UK. But this is so much more a way of life here. Not the pageants per se, but the dressing up. This was mine and beest's realization this weekend. Americans love to dress up in a way that Brits don't.

We went to a local outdoor "old fashioned village" museum here this weekend (Memorial Day Weekend) to see the civil war re-enactments (not just battles, but regular every day life too). The soldiers' costumes were good and must've cost them a pretty penny....and there were plenty of them.... but the real surprise was the number of entire families in period costume. Possibly about 40% of the people there. Way more than just the families of the re-enactors. They were lapping it up.

Winning a "beauty" pageant is cool and people get pissed off if they don't win, but not in a big way -they enjoyment they get from dressing up and takiung part is generally still bigger than the sense of defeat.

That's why Halloween is such a biggie here, why parades and pageants are so popular. For all Brits reading this... The Halloween scene in ET ...not fiction. Kids really do all dress up like that and swarm the streets, and the parents do too. In fact the ET scene is tame. really.

I can't speak for an entire culture, but I looooove to dress up, too. In costume at any rate.

You thought the Halloween scene in ET was fiction? Well, it is, but . . .

Well they have different divisions for different age groups (ex. little miss:6-8 years, teen miss:14-16). It's to have more people to represent, I guess...

Very cool crown, indeed. And I would be proud to be titled Miss Black Heritage Festival, little miss, teen miss, or whatever. Is it helpful on your resume or college apps?

Actually it does. They consider it to be good leadership skills. Also we do many community service activities (Relay for life, nursing home visits, etc.)

missbhf - Your parents must be very proud of you; not just for winning miss BHF, but for being the kind of girl to earn the crown.

Work hard in college, be the best Miss BHF you can. I know you'll go far.

I was kidding.
:)
That photo tells the story pretty well, I think! Yea, I think it could possibly show a good community leadership role.

The same reaction does not happen when I show people my community service resume/volunteer hours, however. lol! This could get me fired let's not tal.....
:)

Is it just me, how did this thread turn from a shrimp deal to a black heritage thing? I smell troll. Hey pump me up.
Now jump on me.:lol2:

Dolls, . . .
 

. . . not trolls, busterb (sorry that's not a legit rhyme).
It seems like a totally legit discussion and encouragement for a fine young woman.

http://www.bhflc.org/photo1b.jpg

Shawntaye Thomas, Miss Black Heritage Festival 2007The words on the crown are backwards so,
when you're sitting up there on top of the back seat of the royal convertible,
drivers can see your motorcade coming up behind them and pull over. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/...mileys2/40.gif:queen:

ooh, look. the crown sparkles. that's cute. is that in our smileys?

missbhf07 isn't going to be working for Radar anytime soon.

Yes, it's deep in there, Cloud. When you see the :king:, you still have a way to go.
She's right after the :flower:, but I thought our queen should get roses (the rose smiley coming from my Yahoo email).

HFS ROFLOL T GD F

lol lol lol ha ha ha ha ha