{"id":49438,"date":"2014-03-03T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T21:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=49438"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:39:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:39:25","slug":"miss-av-latina-seeking-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/03\/03\/miss-av-latina-seeking-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss AV Latina seeking contestants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49446\" style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49446\" alt=\"Miss AV Latina pageant organizers (from L to R) are Destiny Smith, Christina Zulu, Gloria Chavez, Lorena Chiquillo-Rubio and Waunette Cullors. The pageant takes place Saturday, April 26, at the Chimbole Cultural Center in Palmdale.\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2.jpg 685w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miss-AV-Latina-graphic-2-193x145.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss AV Latina pageant organizers (from L to R) are Destiny Smith, Christina Zulu, Gloria Chavez, Lorena Chiquillo-Rubio and Waunette Cullors. The pageant takes place Saturday, April 26, at the Chimbole Cultural Center in Palmdale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Pageant officials are seeking contestants for the inaugural <strong><em>Miss AV Latina<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The pageant is open to girls and young women, between the ages of 4 and 17, who live and attend school in the Antelope Valley, according to Pageant Director Waunette Cullors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s open to any girl who has the willingness to promote the Hispanic and Latino culture,\u201d Cullors said.<\/p>\n<p>The categories and age requirements are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Miss AV Latina \u2013 ages 14-17<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Junior Miss AV Latina \u2013 ages 11-13<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Little Miss AV Latina \u2013 ages 6-10<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Tiny Miss AV Latina \u2013 ages 4-5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Miss AV Latina takes place Saturday, April 26, at the Chimbole Cultural Center, located at 38350 Sierra Highway in Palmdale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contestants will have the opportunity to experience self-confidence, make new friends and hopefully acquire a positive memory for life,\u201d said organizer Gloria Chavez-Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants will be judged on their grace and stage presence, interviewing skills, impromptu questions, and a speech focusing on how their culture and heritage shapes their personal identity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The girls will be learning a lot, not only about their culture, but about themselves,\u201d said Junior Miss Director Marisol Chavez. \u201cWe will all learn about the music, culture, and traditions that make the Latino community [unique].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winners will serve as ambassadors for the Antelope Valley\u2019s Latino community for one year, participating in parades and community events, as well as a service project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll take part in events such as the Cesar Chavez parade in Littlerock, Cinco de Mayo, the Tamale Festival, and all other community events and programs that highlight the Latino culture in the Antelope Valley,\u201d Cullors said.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural Miss AV Latina pageant is sponsored by Pueblo Y Salud and supported by the AV Dreamers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to register<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For application and fee information, call Waunette Cullors at 661-202-4484, Christina Zulu at 661-860-6543 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/avpageant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AVPageant.com<\/a>. The application and fee deadline is this Friday, March 7, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pageant orientations will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 9<\/strong>, at the Palmdale Community House, located at 503 East Avenue Q-3 in Palmdale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Pageant officials are seeking contestants for the inaugural Miss AV Latina. The pageant is open to girls and young women, between the ages of 4 and 17, who live and attend school in the Antelope Valley, according to Pageant Director Waunette Cullors. \u201cIt\u2019s open to any girl who has the willingness to promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1493,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}