{"id":62530,"date":"2015-04-14T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62530"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T22:00:13","slug":"contestants-sought-for-2nd-annual-miss-latina-av-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/14\/contestants-sought-for-2nd-annual-miss-latina-av-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Contestants sought for 2nd annual Miss Latina AV pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_62531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62531\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Miss-Latina-AV-court-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62531\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Miss-Latina-AV-court-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Latina AV 2014 queens. (Contributed photo)\" width=\"624\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Miss-Latina-AV-court-2014.jpg 624w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Miss-Latina-AV-court-2014-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Latina AV 2014 queens. (Contributed photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Plans are underway for the second annual Miss Latina AV pageant, to be held Sunday, June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants are being sought to compete in the pageant, themed \u201c<em>Premios Senorita Latina<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome may ask, \u2018Why have a pageant that highlights Latina culture?\u2019 It\u2019s all part of being proud and sharing the rich culture of our ancestries and community within the Antelope Valley,\u201d stated Pageant Coordinator Waunette Cullors. \u201c[The] pageant experience is unlike any other local community queen\u2019s experience. The ladies focus on culture, history, education and community during the pageant experience and during their reign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second annual Miss Latina AV pageant is open to young ladies, between the ages of 4 and 18, who reside within the Antelope Valley and have a willingness to promote Latina culture and mentor youth, according to Cullors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contestants will be given etiquette lessons, speech coaching, participate in a Cinco de Mayo Parade, a Sweet Frog fundraiser and receive a trophy, sash and gain a memorable experience,\u201d stated Cullors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The fee is $30 and contestant applications must be received by Tuesday, April 21, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact AV Pageants at 844-843-9691 or email <a href=\"mailto:AVPageant@gmail.com\">AVPageant@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Plans are underway for the second annual Miss Latina AV pageant, to be held Sunday, June 7. Contestants are being sought to compete in the pageant, themed \u201cPremios Senorita Latina.\u201d \u201cSome may ask, \u2018Why have a pageant that highlights Latina culture?\u2019 It\u2019s all part of being proud and sharing the rich culture of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62530"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}