Miss Universe 2010

Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales. Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 by outgoing titlehoder Stefanía Fernández from Venezuela. More images after the break...

• 1st Runner-up  Jamaica - Yendi Phillipps
• 2nd Runner-up Australia - Jesinta Campbell
• 3rd Runner-up  Ukraine - Anna Poslavska
• 4th Runner-up  Philippines - Venus Raj

Top 10

• Albania - Angela Martini
• Ireland - Rozanna Purcell
• South Africa - Nicole Flint
• Guatemala - Jessica Scheel
• Puerto Rico - Mariana Vicente

Top 15

• Russia - Irina Antonenko
• Colombia - Natalia Navarro
• France - Malika Ménard
• Belgium - Cilou Annys
• Czech Republic - Jitka Válková (Via Link)

Bird Singing Contest in Yala 2010

Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest in Yala province, about 1,100 km (683 miles) south of Bangkok March 7, 2010. About 6,000 birds took part in the competition. (Reuters)

More images after the break...

Via Link

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

I couldn't decided on a winner for our Fishy Face Studios NYC Portrait Giveaway, so we have two! drum roll please...... Congratulations to Sara & to Brittney!

Girls, please email me to schedule your individual sessions! Happy Monday!

NYC Portrait Special + Giveaway = Awesomeness!

It seems like forever since I have posted here. Oh how I miss Wedding Cabaret. I promise to get back in the grove of things soon. SO much has happened in the last year, it's bananas! WE moved from NYC to Florida! I know, big change! I'm still getting adjusted. I do however visit NYC often, as my family still lives there. We also started our Photography business, Fishy Face Studios. Photography has been a hobby of ours for quite some time, we finally decided to pursue it full time. It has kept me a bit busy lately, which is great thing! :o)

Now to my post! I'm in NYC! I'll be here for the next few weeks. To celebrate my little visit I'm doing a NYC Portrait Special! An one hour portrait session with yours truly along w/ a high resolution CD with edited images for $75! And if that doesn't tickle your fancy, I'm also giving away a free portrait session. The details are below!

Free Wedding Phototgraphy!

Kat from Rock n' Roll Bride is hosting a free wedding photography contest by Love Me Do! Oh how I wish I were getting married again so I could enter! anyhoo, get over to Rock n' Roll Bride and enter!!

I NEED your help VOTING!!!

So this contest thing...is so hard for me!!! I wish I would've bought 50 head dresses so everyone could be a winner!!!
I need you guys to help VOTE...I narrowed it down to the top 12...but please help me VOTE...this is too hard!!!

Everyone did such a fabulous job...I could barely narrow it down to 10!!! Thank you all for making such fabulous videos...they were all amazing! I sat with J-man and we watched all of them...and were sooooo amazed..... (don't know who J-man is....learn more CLICK HERE...ha ha ha) ...these are in no particular order...and I wish I had prizes for everyone....I can't believe how every video impressed me!!!This is too hard on my heart to pick just one!!! ...I also know that not all the video came up when I tried to view them...I tried to hunt them all down...but if I missed you...I am so sorry!! I love you all and all your entries are precious to me!! Thank you!!! huge love...kandee

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please vote below in comments!! thank you for helping!!!

Cleopatra Contest!!!

Hurry Everyone.....and enter the CLEOPATRA CONTEST
to win a golden head dress...like Cleopatra's!!!

the prize:


RULES for the contest:
~submit a VIDEO response on youtube to the CLEOPATRA video below
~video can be 10 seconds -1 minute (if you already posted one that's longer...don't worry!)
~winners will be announed on this blog
~video must be posted by OCTOBER 10th!!!! so hurry and get your cleopatra on

have fun and I can't wait to see!!!!!!

here's the CLEOPATRA video.......!!!! enjoy!

Contest: Davina + Daniel shoot your wedding for free!

Enter to win free Wedding Photography from At First Sight Studio!

The offer:
Free, full day (unlimited hours) wedding photography by both Daniel and myself. Includes high resolution files on a cd (you’re free to print, etc as you please).

To enter:
Email the following info to davina@atfirstsightstudio.com:
Tell us a bit about yourselves
Send us a picture of yourselves
Tell us a bit about your wedding, how it will be special/different. We are looking for creativity, people!
Send us an inspiration board and/or a few photos to illustrate the look of your wedding (no more than 5 please!)

The rules:
Wedding must take place between December 1, 2009 and December 1, 2010
Weddings taking place outside the Montreal area must cover travel expenses - but are more than welcome to enter!
Only complete entries will be considered (must submit all above-mentioned information)
Entries must be submitted by AUGUST 1, 2009

Giveaway: Necklace by BJohnson Jewelry

Head over to BJohnson Jewelry to find out how to win this beautiful necklace!

Giveaway: UPrinting Greeting Cards

UPrinting is giving away 250 personalized greeting cards to one lucky winner! The cards are 3.5 x 5 in size, with color on the front and a blank back. You can upload a picture of your choice to use as the cover, and may even include text over your picture. These can be used as your thank yous, as RSVP cards, as invitations to your rehearsal dinner, you name it.

Head over to For the Love of Weddings to enter! Contest ends Monday the 27th.

Earth Day Give-Away!

In honor of Earth Day (Wed.), Earth Friendly Weddings is giving away loads of goodies!
The winner will receive:

• A $215 gift certificate to our online boutique, Earthly Affair, equal to 50 free invitations and 50 reply cards, reply postcards, or enclosure cards. (We also offer thank you cards, announcements, seating cards, and shower invitations. E-mail info@earthlyaffair.com for more information.)

• $50.00 gift card to BeauCoup Wedding Favors - Great green favors!
  

• Keep this lovely ring for yourself or give it as a gift to a bridesmaid or flower girl - from Beyond The Rockz
  

• A $25 gift certificate to be used toward Victoria Everman - decorate you and your sweetie's new home or apartment with one of Victoria's original photographs! (check out her blog!)
  

• 10% off an order at Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates - It's hard to say no to chocolate. In addition to favors, they also offer an array of gift boxes and a pretty sweet philosophy to boot!

• The book, Green Weddings, by Mireya Navaro - Planning an eco-friendly affair is easy when you have a beautiful book to help you along the way.
  

There are two ways to enter:

OPTION A: E-mail info@earthlyaffair.com with your own green wedding aspirations. Let us know if the date has been set and what you would like to do, or plan on doing, to make sure your wedding has less of an impact on the environment.

OPTION B: If you're more of the creative type, e-mail us an inspiration board of your favorite green ideas! (Width: no larger than 410 pixels; Length: no longer than 750 pixels.) It doesn't have to be fancy, but it does have to somehow tie into weddings or events. It's not a requirement, but our hearts would be tickled if you would include an invitation from Earthly Affair into your inspiration board! We'll be posting some more pictures of our invitations tomorrow.)

please send entries to: info@earthlyaffair.com

Some sample themes an inspiration board could consist of:
- An eco-friendly registry
- Jewelry and accessories by independent artists.
- Vegetarian Menu's
- Earth friendly centerpieces

What's an inspiration board? It's a collection of images used to inspire creativity and ideas. Here's an example of one I did last February.


A winner will be announced at midnight (est) on Wednesday, May 6th.
They may share your entry on this blog, so please don't write or create anything you wouldn't want other people to see.

GOOD LUCK!