Emily Kuchar

Tonight I was invited to attend a charity event to benefit the Halifax Health Foundation.  Tickets were a $1,000 and then your name was entered to win a Chevrolet Corvette!  Upon arrival we had the option of riding around the track in a pace car.  I accepted and the car went racing over 120 mph around the track!  It was thrilling to say the least and such a wonderul opportunity.  My job was to eliminate the names as they were drawn from the wheel for the raffle .  The last name left won the car! It was an exciting evening and a great turnout to benefit such a wonderful organization.  Mayor Glenn Richey was on hand to emcee and even offer the 10 finalists $2,000 EACH instead of the car, but everyone declined leaving the Degreare’s a brand new Corvette!  Here are some photos from the event below-

Today Jackie Raulerson and I went to Duran Golf Course for the YMCA golf tournament.  Money was raised to help the YMCA facilities that benefit children and adults.  After a hot day on the course we were ready to welcome the players into a delicious lunch and awards presentation.  After we had given out the last of the prizes for the raffle, we headed down to the range!  My dad is a golf professional so we got a few pointers and hit a bucket of balls!  To find out more information about the YMCA go to www.ymca.net

Today we had the Miss Florida USA seminar and found out our exciting plans for pageant week!  We were also able to meet all of the girls which was great.  I look forward to seeing everyone in July!

It’s here!! Everything seems to be flying by and before I knew it, it was time to head to Miami.  My sister queens and I went down to Hollywood, FL for a 6:30 am call at Tel-Air Productions!  Taping our intros, interviews, and modeling prizes at the beautiful Westin Diplomat kept us busy throughout the day.  Finishing up by 12:30 we were excited to spend some off-time by the beaches and also catch up on some lost sleep from the night before!  Tomorrow we have a WHOLE day off before orientation and are planning to relax!  Below are some pictures from Day 1

Today was training with our director, Kim Antos and it was an extra special day as we were able to train at the local television station.  As we were getting the ins and outs on how to be effective on camera we were asked by the station to do promos for the Daytona Beach Cubs! We are now featured in promos on the locally produced baseball show that airs Wednesday nights at 11:30 and Sundays at 5:30!

Friday marked our second event with the wonderful organization Operation Caring Through Sharing.  Vanacore Homes has donated a luxury house for their raffle which began this weekend.  For $1oo you can buy a raffle ticket and be a part of this amazing cause.  Please visit their site http://www.octs04.org/ for more information!

This weekend a fashion show supporting the charity Operation Caring Through Sharing was held.  Megan and I headed to Ormond Beach to greet guests at the door, help out at rehearsals, assist with the silent auction and help the models backstage!  Operation Caring Through Sharing is a local non-profit organization dedicated to stop hunger in Florida. The org. started with one woman cooking meals for local families out of her kitchen, today the organization (in its 4th year) provides more than 5,625 meals per month!!!  A very special thank you to Brenda and Casie for letting us be part of such an amazing organization.  For more information about Operation Caring Through Sharing, please visit their website at http://www.octs04.org/

I stopped by the Pageantry Magazine office and to my surprise my cover was blown up waiting for me to sign!  It brought back some great memories from our shoot and it was so nice to see everyone again.  I’m very honored to be a part of the Pageantry Magazine team and this moment will be one I will always remember.  Thank you Pageantry!

At the pageantry office

This past weekend I went to Las Vegas for the 2008 Miss USA pageant!  I was very thrilled to root on Jessica Rafalowski, Miss Florida USA and Micaela Johnson, Miss Nebraska USA.  Micaela and I cheered together for the Dallas Cowboys so it was great being there for her! They were both beautiful and did a wonderful job.  It was an amazing learning experience and it made me extremely excited to compete in Miss Florida USA this July!  Below are some pictures from our great weekend, enjoy!

With David Lang of Regalia!

with Kelly Hafner and Jackie Raulerson

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