MAOT TRADE SHOW WORKSHOPS

Please join us at the MAOT Trade Show everyday to participate in these FREE workshops! They're OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! See you there!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
1:00PM Kyle Haggerty - Pageant Training

Kyle Haggerty is President of Haggerty & Associates; a full service Pageantry, Modeling and Performing Arts Consulting organization and the creator or the widely successful workshop "From the Pageant Stage to the Runway." Kyle was featured as a premiere pageant consultant on Bravo TV "Party/Party", Entertainment Television's "A Simple Life" with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, and most recently "MADE" on MTV. Come to this hour-long workshop and learn how to perfect your competition walk!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
1:00PM Rhonda Shear – Shapewear Solutions Show

Rhonda Shear is probably best known as the star and host of USA Network's long-running, popular Friday night movie series, "USA: Up All Night." For eight years and 400 shows, Shear captivated audiences with her tongue and cheek humor. Her Hollywood career came about via her incredible success on the beauty pageant circuit. Winning her first title at age 16, Shear won over 40 major pageants, including Miss Louisiana USA. Shear developed Rhonda Shear Shapewear and presents her products on HSN. Come to this workshop and learn solutions to every figure problem! From runway to real life! www.hsn.com

Thursday, August 14, 2008
1:00PM Regalia Fashion Show Featuring Tips for All Body Types
2:00PM Autograph Signing by Deb Landry, children's book author

Regalia Magnificent Apparel
Regalia, MAOT'S "Official Wardrobe Provider" has been dressing local, state and national winners since 1989. Owners, Carry O'Neal and David Lang, pride themselves on personal and individual attention to each and every one of their clients. They specialize in "pageant" so they keep abreast of all the current styles and trends throughout the country! Regalia carries all major pageant lines or will be happy to create a custom gown for that "winning look"! Come to this workshop and learn how to dress to impress! www.regalia.org

Deb Landry
Deb Landry is the author of the best selling award winning children's book, Sticks Stones and Stumped, Yankee Go Home, and the co author of The Comfort Zone with Meline Kevorkian Ed.D., and Robin D'Antona, Ed.D. She is a parenting coach specializing in social awareness behaviors and character education and has authored several interactive children's mentoring plays on character education, social awareness, and bullying prevention. Deb has been interviewed and featured on NBC, CBS, national radio, and several publications including USA Weekend Magazine, Raising Maine Magazine, Seventeen Magazine , Women's Day Magazine, and Child Magazine. www.deblandry.com 

Friday, August 15, 2008
2:00PM Barbara Beery Cookbook Signing

Author Barbara Beery, from the best-selling Pink Princess Cookbook series, adds a delightful new cookbook to her collection. Pink Princess Tea Parties ($14.99; Hardcover with Concealed Spiral Binding; Ages 6 and Up; July) offers cute little treats and perfect little bits to complete any little girl's tea party. Come by and get your Pink Princess Cookbook signed and check out her latest book too! www.Batterupkids.com

Saturday, August 16, 2008
10:00AM "The Entertainment Industry' by Dolphin Entertainment
                (Over Age 18)
11:00AM "The Entertainment Industry" by Dolphin Entertainment
                (Under Age 18)

Dolphin Entertainment is one of the world's leading entertainment companies specializing in children's and young adult live-action programming. In addition to the Emmy-nominated and top U.S.-rated Zoey 101, Dolphin's other recent Executive Producer credits include the Nickelodeon hit series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Nickelodeon's first-ever TV movies Shredderman Rules!, Last Day of Summer, and the Roxy Hunter television movie franchise. Come to the one-hour instructional event to learn more about the entertainment industry! www.dolphintalent.com

Also stop by the Dolphin Entertainment booth to sign up for your private mock casting session. They will be available to meet you Tuesday -Friday from 10AM-4PM and Saturday from 12PM-2PM. Click here for more details on how to sign up!

Free Giveaways before every workshop!

See you at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Room "Signature 1!"


 

 
MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN CAITLIN BRUNELL IS
HELPING DREAMS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA GIRLS COME TRUE

Orlando, FL – As many school aged girls and teens head to the mall to go back to school shopping and start searching for that perfect Homecoming dress, many know that new clothes, formal dresses for homecoming, prom and special events are just a dream and not a reality. With the price of fuel, groceries, and supplies skyrocketing, many young teens are learning very early on the hard facts about our current economy.

16-year-old Florida resident, Caitlin Brunell, also the reigning Miss America's Outstanding Teen, not to mention daughter of New Orleans Saints Quarterback Mark Brunell, has founded Caitlin's Closet, a non-profit organization that collects gently used special occasion dresses and distributes them to homecoming and prom hopefuls. Caitlin works all year long collecting gowns for that one special night.

Beginning August 8th, 2008, young ladies from all over the country will head to Orlando to compete in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen (MAOT) scholarship competition (www.maoteen.org). With a weeklong of events and media opportunities, concluding Saturday night August 16th with the final night of competition, Caitlin will work towards collecting gowns for our Central Florida teens.

BLOOMINGDALE'S will be the host of a wonderful day of beauty for the girls on August 11th, however, the best part of that day will be that Central Floridians can stop by Bloomingdales at the Millennia Mall and donate their slightly used gown to Caitlin's Closet and be assured that these gowns will be distributed throughout Central Florida to young ladies that would not have the opportunity otherwise to have a gown for their special night. In addition, Bloomingdale's will be offering a special coupon to those that have donated a gown, to use while they shop.

"I wanted to do something to help other teens," explains Caitlin and I realized that every girl should be able to attend school events and feel good about herself, and I thought I might be able to help make that happen."

Since its founding, Caitlin's Closet has collected more than 5000 gowns and special occasion dresses.