We're all so proud of you Hosanna!!!
MISS IDAHO USA® &
MISS IDAHO TEEN USA®
MISS IDAHO TEEN USA®
Miss Idaho USA News and Announcements
Congratulations to Hosanna Kabakoro for winning Miss Congeniality at MISS TEEN USA!!!
Posted at: Jul. 27, 2010, 11:01 pm
Post MISS USA 2010 Interviews with Rima Fakih, Paul Shugart, Johnny Weir, Stefania Fernandez...
Posted at: May. 20, 2010, 3:23 pm
The official After Party of the MISS USA in the Exotic Car Showroom at Dal Toro Ristorante - The Palazzo Resort & Hotel. Watch more at: www.MRKd.tv
Cheer on Jessca Hellwinkel as she competes for the MISS USA title on the ROAD TO VEGAS!
Posted at: Apr. 20, 2010, 5:25 pm
Watch the B girls reality show trailer starring Jessca & Hosanna by going to: www.MRKd.tv
Posted at: Feb. 23, 2010, 9:00 pm
The stars of the show, "the B girls" (The Beauty Girls) are the current titleholders from ID, NV, VA & WA (the Miss Universe Organization including Miss Teen USA & Miss USA). Each young lady is put through a series of challenges as she prepares for the national title. These challenges tests her interview skills, sales abilities, physical prowess, mental & emotional psyche, competitive drive, improv abilities and more. There will be 12 webisodes and webcast every Sunday and Wednesday evening at 6:00pm (PST) with the first webisode on April 11th, 2010. You may watch the season series by going to: www.MRKd.tv
MISS USA will be telecast on NBC Universal on May 16th in Las Vegas from 7pm-9pm. Miss Idaho USA 2010 - Jessca Hellwinkel will represent our great state at the Miss USA. Go JESSCA, we love you!!!!
Congrats to our NEW 2010 Miss Idaho USA - Jessca Hellwinkel & Miss Idaho Teen USA - Hosanna Kabakoro!!!
Posted at: Oct. 28, 2009, 2:38 pm
On behalf of Pageants NW, we’re proud to announce the new 2010 Miss Idaho USA winner, Jessca Hellwinkel (Miss Ada County USA) who is 19. She is in her second year at Boise State University studying Business Marketing and plans on continuing her education in Fashion Marketing. Jessca loves spending time with her family on the ranch and enjoys horseback riding, motor cross, hiking, snow and wake boarding, and of course the gym. She also enjoys her work at Larry Miller Honda in Boise. The new 2010 Miss Idaho Teen USA winner is 17 yr old Hosanna Kabakoro (Miss Magic Valley Teen USA) of Twin Falls and is a U.S. Congressional Award Gold Medalist, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, and National Discover Scholar. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Jefferson Award, and was recognized by Mrs. Laura Bush as one of America’s top 50 high school volunteers. She is a dual credit student, studying to become a political news correspondent, and hopes to work for a major news network. Hosanna enjoys snowboarding, training for Ironman, kayaking, tap-dancing, teaching Sunday-school and exploring exotic foods. Hosanna will represent our state at the 2010 MISS TEEN USA® pageant next summer and Jessca will compete for the 2010 MISS USA® title on April 18th, 2010 live on NBC from Las Vegas. Sponsors contributed a record of nearly $850,000 in scholarships, prizes, cash and awards this year!
Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Idaho USA®: 1st runner-up Danae Rokstad (Miss Sandpoint USA), 2nd runner-up Lisa Hamman (Miss Boise USA), 3rd runner-up Anja Rudan (Miss Eagle USA), & 4th runner-up Shawna O’Neill (Miss Star USA). CONGENIALITY – Lisa Hamman (Miss Boise USA), PHOTOGENIC – Erza Haljiti (Miss West Boise USA), SPIRIT – Anja Rudan (Miss Eagle USA).
Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Idaho Teen USA®: 1st runner-up Emily Robinson (Miss Boise Teen USA), 2nd runner-up Mkenzee Hegwood (Miss Greater Boise Teen USA), 3rd runner-up Arica Nitz (Miss Treasure Valley Teen USA) & 4th runner-up Timi Leighton (Miss Eagle Teen USA). CONGENIALITY – Hosanna Kabakoro (Miss Magic Valley Teen USA), PHOTOGENIC – Hosanna Kabakoro (Miss Magic Valley Teen USA), SPIRIT – Arica Nitz (Miss Treasure Valley Teen USA).
The combined event which took place October 23rd – 24th included a celebrity panel of judges including Melissa d’Arabian (Season five winner of “The Next Food Network Star” and host of Food Network’s hit cooking show, “Ten Dollar Dinners”), Troy McClain (1st season of “The Apprentice” and now CEO of the McClain companies), Mellisa Paul (Anchor on the Emmy award winning show, “Good Morning Live”), Rex Crain (Life coach to the stars and ex Red Sox), Mike Cunningham (Area Director with the Boise School District), Stephen Crow (Director of Salon Salon and The Spa and national educator for Paul Mitchell Systems), Ann Faris (Federal Program Supervisor for the Boise School District), Andy Fetyko (owner of Handsfull Records – Nashville), Jason Okuma (LA based PR & Marketing firm in entertainment) and Robert Wright (Cosmopolitan’s “2007 Idaho’s Bachelor of the Year).
PRESS RELEASE! Food Network Star to judge!!!
Posted at: Oct. 23, 2009, 11:26 am
This year’s pageant will showcase contestants from all across the state of Idaho, providing them with nearly $850,000 in prizes, cash, scholarships and life-changing opportunities. Below you’ll see some of the geographic areas where most of the contestants are from. In addition, each of the contestants’ photos may be found online by going to: www.missidahousa.com Then go to “Contestants” and click on Miss Idaho USA contestants or Miss Idaho Teen USA Contestants. Please vote for “Miss Photogenic”!
Ada County, Boise, Eagle, Magic Valley, Meridian, Middleton, Post Falls, Sandpoint, Star, Sun Valley, Treasure Valley, and Valley County
The two new titleholders will go on to compete next year for the title of MISS TEEN USA® (14-18 year olds) or the internationally televised MISS USA® (19-26 year olds…of which the winner goes on to compete for MISS UNIVERSE®).
Each year we incorporate celebrity judges that choose who the next Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA titleholders are. This year’s judges includes Melissa d’Arabian (Season five winner of “The Next Food Network Star” and host of Food Network’s hit cooking show, “Ten Dollar Dinners”), Troy McClain (1st season of “The Apprentice” and now CEO of the McClain companies), Rex Crain (Life coach to the stars and ex Red Sox), owner of a music label and others. Some of our past celebrity judges have included James Sun (NBC’s “The Apprentice” runner-up in 2007), Kendra Todd (Winner – “The Apprentice”) and many more.
PLACE:
Borah High School Auditorium (theatre), 6001 W. Cassia, Boise ID 83709
DATES:
Friday, October 23rd @ 7:00pm: Presentation show – preliminaries for ALL contestants
Saturday, October 24th @ 2:00pm: Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA – finals
TICKETS:
Will be available at the box office at Borah approximately one hour prior to the start of the shows
TICKETS!!!! For the 2010 Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA!!!
Posted at: Oct. 14, 2009, 4:44 pm
Tickets may now be purchased for the 2010 Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA pageants which will be held at Borah Auditorium in Boise. You may purchase tickets at the pageant venue just prior to the start of the shows. The Presentation Show (Prelims) is on Friday, October 23rd at 7:00pm and the Box office for tickets opens at 6:15pm. The Finals Show is on Saturday, October 24th at 2:00pm and the Box office for tickets opens at 1:00pm. Here are additional details:
Venue: Borah High School Auditorium – performing arts center
6001 W. Cassia
Boise, ID 83709
(parking out front and side)
Presentation/Prelim: Friday, October 23rd @ 7pm (Ticket Box Office will open @ 6:15pm)
Finals Show: Saturday, October 24th @ 2pm (Ticket Box Office will open @ 1:00pm)
Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets
MISS opening dance number!!!
Posted at: Aug. 27, 2009, 12:09 am
MISS ladies, here's your opening dance number for you to learn!
Miss Dance from Vimeo.
TEEN opening dance number!!!
Posted at: Aug. 27, 2009, 12:08 am
TEEN ladies, here's your opening dance number for you to learn!
Teen Dance from Vimeo.
Marissa shined at MISS TEEN USA as she was front & center during the opening dance number!!!
Posted at: Aug. 02, 2009, 2:47 pm
We're so proud of Marissa Wickland of Boise High School. She was FABULOUS at the MISS TEEN USA from Paradise Island, Bahamas!!! She was front and center during the national pageant and her performance helped make the show extremely entertaining. Marissa continued to represent our great state in a worthy and honorable way. Thank you Marissa! For appearances and autograph opportunities with Marissa, please contact us by clicking on the "contact us" tab.
Watch Marissa compete for the MISS TEEN USA title on Friday, July 31st @ 5:00, by going to: www.missteenusa.com
Posted at: Jul. 28, 2009, 10:21 am
Watch Marissa compete for the MISS TEEN USA title on Friday, July 31st @ 5:00, by going to: www.missteenusa.com
The live webcast is from Paradise Island in the Bahamas!!!
Check out Marissa & Melissa on "the B girls"! Go to: www.MRKd.tv
Posted at: Jun. 04, 2009, 3:22 pm
Watch Marissa & Melissa on "the B girls" show! Go to: www.MRKd.tv
The show below is "the B girls" pilot season trailer.
Watch Melissa Weber & Marissa Wickland as onstage presenters at the NW Emmy Awards on May 30th!
Posted at: May. 20, 2009, 9:25 pm
Watch the 46th Emmy Awards live webcast with Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA as the onstage presenters for each of the Emmy winners. For more information, go to: www.natasnw.org
Congratulations Melissa at MISS USA for your Semi-Finalist spot in the Top 15!!!
Posted at: Apr. 21, 2009, 3:24 pm
Melissa did an INCREDIBLE job of placing in the Top 15 at MISS USA! What a great year for Idaho...thanks Melissa for your hard work and for representing us so well!!!
Go to: www.MRKd.tv to watch Marissa & Melissa as they prepare for the national title!!!
Posted at: Mar. 18, 2009, 1:47 pm
Hello everyone! Tune in to watch the show, “the B girls” starring:
Tara Turnure – Miss Washington USA 2009
Sadie Porter – Miss Washington Teen USA 2009
Marissa Wickland – Miss Idaho Teen USA 2009
Georgina Vaughan – Miss Nevada USA 2009
Ileri Tunrarebi – Miss Nevada Teen USA 2009
The story follows these five young ladies as they prepare for the MISS USA® or MISS TEEN USA® competitions. Although not always willingly, these ladies divulge their preparation secrets including the development of great interview skills, searching for fashionable wardrobe, discovering beauty tips, and working on overall health & fitness. The MISS USA® pageant will be telecast live on NBC Universal on April 19th from Las Vegas and the MISS TEEN USA pageant will be on July 31st from Paradise Island in the Bahamas!
View the trailer and continual webisodes each Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday nights at 7pm PST / 10pm EST (copy and paste the following link into your web browser).
www.mrkd.tv
If you want the possible opportunity to star on the next season of the B girls, apply online at:
Idaho: www.missidahousa.com
Nevada: www.missnevadausa.com
Washington: www.misswashingtonusa.com
Watch the 2009 Behind The Scenes - Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA!
Posted at: Feb. 25, 2009, 11:33 pm
2009 Miss Idaho USA & Miss Idaho Teen USA "Behind The Scenes"
Congratulations to newly crowned, Melissa Weber, Miss Idaho USA 2009 & Marissa Wickland, Miss Idaho Teen USA 2009!
Posted at: Oct. 27, 2008, 7:06 pm
----PRESS RELEASE----
On behalf of Pageants NW, we’re proud to announce the new 2009 Miss Idaho USA winner, Melissa Weber (Miss Eagle USA) who is 26. She is a Dental Hygienist and is passionate about helping others as she volunteers at the women’s shelter. Melissa would also like to write a book to inspire young women and would like to be able to run half marathon. The new 2009 Miss Idaho Teen USA winner is 16 yr old Marissa Wickland (Miss South Boise Teen USA) who is a Junior at Boise High School. She is a 4.0 student and is active in HI-X audition choir, acapella choir, runs the hurdles on the track team, dances with Xpressions dance studio in Nampa and works as a skatress at Rockies Diner in Boise. She has a younger and older sister and enjoys camping, horseback riding, and skiing with her family. Marissa will represent our state at the 2009 MISS TEEN USA® pageant next summer and Melissa will compete for the 2009 MISS USA® title on April 19th, 2009. Sponsors contributed a record of over $210,000 in scholarships, prizes, cash and awards this year!
Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Idaho USA® are; 1st runner-up Jaymie Pentelute (Miss Bonneville County USA), 2nd runner-up Jamie Ford (Miss Greater Boise USA), 3rd runner-up Courtney Conner (Miss Boise USA) & 4th runner-up Lacey Vanderboegh (Miss Ada County USA). CONGENIALITY – Megan West (Idaho Falls), PHOTOGENIC – Jamie Ford (Greater Boise), SPIRIT – Lacey Vanderboegh (Ada County).
Rounding out the Top 5 in the Miss Idaho Teen USA® are; 1st runner-up Kaitlin Charles (Miss Boise Teen USA), 2nd runner-up Timi Leighton (Miss Ada County Teen USA), 3rd runner-up Krista Brokaw (Miss Meridian Teen USA) & 4th runner-up Aliesa Parent (Miss Rathdrum Teen USA). CONGENIALITY – Marissa Wickland (South Boise), PHOTOGENIC – Betsy Tuel (Nampa), SPIRIT – Michaela Delavan (Coeur d’Alene).
The combined event which took place October 24th -25th included a celebrity panel of judges including James Sun (Multi-millionaire by age 22, “The Apprentice” runner-up in 2007 & CEO of Zoodango.com), Kendra Todd (first woman and youngest competitor to win “The Apprentice”, currently hosts the HGTV show “My House Is Worth What”, money expert for “The Montel Williams Show” and columnist for Yahoo! Real Estate), Jeff Lang (22 year music executive with Warner Music Group, produced 13 TV shows, and now owns The Sound Advice Team of RE/MAX in Gig Harbor), Alex Thomason (“The Apprentice” final four 2005, Business Lawyer @ Stanislaw Ashbaugh & COO of CondoCompare.com), Michelle Font (2008 Miss Washington USA, spokes-model, and currently an engineer for Boeing), Julie Sun (Host on HGTV), Timothy Moyer (President of Tim Moyer Management – develops commercial and residential real estate), Calley Slagle Haws (Miss Idaho USA 1997 & owner of Flaire Productions), Corey Lang (owner of graphic design company), and David Larson (Cappelli Miles Spring ad agency).
The MISS UNIVERSE® Organization (jointly owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal) is proud to be in the 57th year of operation providing young women with financial assistance for college as well as opening the doors to many career opportunities.
If you have any questions or need interviews/appearances, please contact us at 425-985-4176 or email us at staff@pageantsnw.com
VOTE for MISS PHOTOGENIC!!! Click here for Ticket information!
Posted at: Oct. 02, 2008, 11:49 pm
You, the public may now vote for one TEEN and one MISS contestant for MISS PHOTOGENIC! Go to the "Contestants" tab and click on "Miss Idaho USA Contestants" and/or "Miss Idaho Teen USA Contestants". Then click on "Vote for Miss Photogenic" and it will bring up all of the contestants for that particular division. Vote for the one you feel is most photogenic!! As for tickets, you may purchase tickets online at: http://click4tix.com/events.php
Scroll down and go to: Miss Idaho USA or Miss Idaho Teen USA
The PRESENTATION show (Preliminary) is at 6:00pm on Friday, October 24th and the FINALS show is at 2:00pm on Saturday, October 25th at Columbia Auditorium in Nampa, ID. We hope to see all of you there!!
SHAREECE PFEIFFER, 4th runner-up at the MISS TEEN USA 2008!!!
Posted at: Aug. 18, 2008, 11:37 pm
Paradise Island, Bahamas - August 16, 2008 – Shareece Pfeiffer of Idaho Falls was the crowd favorite at the 2008 Miss Teen USA pageant at the beautiful Atlantis Paradise Island Resort on August 16th, 2008. The 18-year old winner is from Idaho Falls who competed in three categories; swimsuit, evening gown and interview. She graced the national stage with a gorgeous emerald Sherri Hill gown with the assistance of Trina Rydalch of LaBelle Boutique. Shareece got the best audience response with her final question and she was the lone finalist from the entire Western U.S. She will finish out her reign as Miss Idaho Teen USA 2008 and will give up her crown on October 25th, 2008 in Nampa as all the new hopefuls will compete for the Miss Idaho Teen USA 2009 (14-18 year olds) and Miss Idaho USA 2009 (18-27 year olds). After crowning her successor, Shareece plans on concentrating her efforts as an actress and music artist. She has her second film coming out in theaters this October and is one of the lead stars in a new TV series pilot, “Justin Time”.
“Days of Our Lives” star and former Miss Teen USA 2004, Shelley Hennig joined Seth Goldman of NBC's “Entertainment Buzz” to emcee the pageant, and Bahamian female R&B sensation TaDa performed. The celebrity judges included; Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman Farouk Systems; Alicia Bridgewater, Bookings Editor at Cosmo Girl Magazine; Duane Gazi, Director of Scouting at Trump Model Management; David Dzanis, VP of Coca Cola Client Services at Genesco Sports Enterprises; Seth Mayeri, Television Talent Veteran and others.
FINAL RESULTS:
Miss Teen USA 2008: Stevi Perry of Hamburg, Arkansas (Miss Arkansas Teen USA).
First Runner Up: Brittany Pjetraj, Miss South Carolina Teen USA
Second Runner Up: Julia Dalton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA
Third Runner Up: Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Fourth Runner Up: Shareece Laree Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA
Top Fifteen: Courtney Parker, Miss Alabama Teen USA; Ashley Stainton, Miss Arizona Teen USA; Stevi Lauren Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA; Taylor Atkins, Miss California Teen USA; Danielle Rose Scimeca, Miss Colorado Teen USA; Jillian Leigh Wunderlich, Miss Florida Teen USA; Shareece Laree Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA; Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA; Caroline Lunny, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA; Courtney Morgan, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA; Julia Dalton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA; Taylor Gorton, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA; Elliot Griffin, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA; Brittany Pjetraj, Miss South Carolina Teen USA; Megan Leigh Myrehn, Miss Virginia Teen USA
Miss Photogenic Teen USA™ Award: Sana, Idnani, Miss New York Teen USA
Miss Congeniality Teen USA™ Award: Elizabeth Hollomon, Miss Mississippi Teen USA
MISS TEEN USA coming up at the Atlantis Resort - BAHAMAS!!! Go Shareece Pfeiffer!!!
Posted at: Jul. 31, 2008, 9:22 pm
Be sure to follow Shareece Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA compete for the prestigious national title of MISS TEEN USA 2008 on Saturday, August 16th from Paradise Island! Goooooo Shareece!!! http://www.localnews8.com/global/story.asp?s=8762956 (Copy and paste this link in your browser to see a quick video interview)
Miss Universe - Dayana Mendoza
Posted at: Jul. 21, 2008, 11:19 pm
2008 Miss Universe - Dayana Mendoza