Thanks for a great year!
Welcome! This blog is for Emerald Zellers, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006, as she competes in Palm Springs for the title of MISS TEEN USA 2006! You can watch the pageant LIVE on NBC, Tuesday, August 15th! Please post your encouragement to Emerald after each message.
Called into the Top 15!!!
The Top 15 in Swimsuit!
Called 10th into the Top 10!
Top 10!
Top 10 in their Evening Gowns
I hope you've enjoyed this forum. Thanks for your comments and prayers for Emerald!!!!
God Bless you all!!!
Britt
Here are some more photos of the Preliminary Competition:
All that hard work paid off!!!
Groups SS photo--Emerald really stands out!
Evening Gown - just beautiful!
Just put that crown on her now!!!
Interview is now over, and the scores are locked in! Now Emerald will have several days of nothing but rehearsals, mostly with the NBC production crew to make sure the telecast is perfect. These next few days will be very trying, so please keep her and all the contestants in your prayers!
Britt
They have also had a little time for fun, with a movie outing and a PJ party! They have even had the chance to meet the current Miss Universe, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, who is the same age as several of the TEEN contestants (18)! They also got to experience the great ride up the mountain in the tram. If you're going to Palm Springs, the tram is definitely worthwhile! Here are a couple of photos for you. Please keep the positive comments coming!
Pajama Party!At the top after the tram ride (this would be a very pretty Top 5!!!!!)
Emerald having some fun with the camera. It looks like she could be in the beautiful White Mountains of Arizona!
Dinner at Matchbox Pizza
Taping the opening
Emerald arrived a day early to Palm Springs and had some time to get settled in her room yesterday before her roommate (Wisconsin) arrived late last night. Today is registration, so she'll be extremely busy trying on her swimsuit, shoes, possibly getting photos done, and also possibly her on-camera interview for the website! She'll need a ton of energy; today is an exhausting day. If I hear from her, I'll be sure to post her thoughts! Please keep Emerald in your prayers as she begins the most exciting 2 weeks of her life!