Royal Image Boutique Open House

July 18 was a very busy day for me, as I was scheduled for three appearances. My first of the day was for an open house at the Royal Image Boutique, owned by former Mrs. Colorado, Raeanne Duca. She has great clothing, and I will be wearing a lot of her pieces during Mrs. America Pageant week in September. Raeanne also specializes in evening gowns and special occasion dresses, in addition to carrying jewelry and accessories. Check out her website at http://www.royalimageboutique.com/.

One of the Mrs. Colorado 2009 contestants, Pamela Gabarron, stopped by and bought some very cute clothes.

Bare Escentuals Cherry Creek Mall

My second appearance of the day was at the Bare Escentuals store in the Cherry Creek Mall. I had a fun afternoon greeting customers, signing autographs and taking pictures. The staff treated me like royalty, even giving me a makeover. Their products are amazing! Bare Escentuals was gracious enough to act as a sponsor to the Mrs. Colorado Pageant this year, offering complimentary make up application to the contestants during preliminaries and finals.

Here I am pictured with the AMAZING staff at Bare Escentuals in the Cherry Creek Mall.

What girl doesn’t love getting a makeover? My eyes looked amazing when she was done!

It’s always so fun when little girls see me in my crown and they ask me if I’m a “real princess.”

A few boys were even lured into the store to get an autograph card!

"Queen for the Night" party

My third and final appearance on July 18 was a very special event honoring a woman who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Julie is a good friend of one of the women who I competed with in the Mrs. Colorado Pageant this year, Laura Felix. Being the kind hearted woman that Laura is, she organized this wonderful evening full of Julie’s family and friends, as well as many of the 2009 Mrs. Colorado candidates. I only wish that everyone who is challenged with a health problem could have such an amazing support system as Julie does.

Here I am with the beautiful and brave Julie.

This is the woman who pulled this whole event together, Laura Felix. If only everybody had a friend as great as her.

Myself, Julie and the 2009 Mrs. Colorado candidates who came out to show their support.

Here I am with my mom and Laura. I have to give thanks to my mom for being my traveling companion and my own personal paparazzi while at appearances. Living in Canon City, most of my appearances are at least an hour to two hours away, and my mom is kind enough to keep me company on the long drives. Plus, it gives us some much needed “mother-daughter chatting time.”