Miss Gay USofA at Large 2004
Diva Dish

 

Tuesday

Group 1  Evening Gown Competition

 

#1        Nisa Nye’ Louisiana USofA at Large
            Wore a Light Blue chiffon with Rhinestone cracked ice.  Nice look for her

 

#2        Denile Sunshine States USofA at Large
Ball gown neon colored beadwork on the bodice and large black bustle and bow on the bottom.  Wore black opera gloves and small chocker to compliment

 

#3        Stacie Stevens Great Lakes USofA at Large
Blue Regalia gown with multi-hued flowers on the back and train.  Train is attached to the wrists.  Bodice is roughing and crystal trim.  Last seen on Victoria Parker in 2002.

 

#4        Alayna Marquez,  Texas USofA at Large
Looked lovely in Colombia Blue with bronze beadwork.  Great look for her.  Saw the gown last year, but still a great gown.

 

#5        Mendigan Iman Starr, Arkansas USofA at Large
Kiwi Green gown, princess cut with rhinestone embellishments.  Large collarpiece to fill the bustline. Very rapid modeling.

 

Group 2

#6        Khrystal Leight, Missouri USofA at Large
Canary Yellow gown with rhinestone splash on right shoulder and kick pleat.  Hair in very traditional, almost period design with lots of curls.

 

#7        Bibi Snow, Southwest USofA at Large
Brick Red and AB stoned nude illusions from Thomas Kidwell.  Hair was upswept in a very formal look.

 

#8        Lady Ivana, Pennsylvania USofA at Large
Powder Blue with Mega Silver beaded fringe. Eyes were painted for the parking lot out back

 

#9        Trendi Blackwell, Missouri USofA at Large
Taupe stretch fabric with stoned flower pattern across entire gown.  Large bell sleeves and trumpet bottom

 

#10      Nova Starr.  Pink gown with vermicelli beading and beaded flowers.  Completed with Marabou feather trumpet bottom.  Designed for Whitney Paige and Miss Gay USofA 2004

 

Group 3  Talent

#11      Ivana Black, Florida USofA at Large
Great High Energy Blackbird with authentic tap dancing to fill the early 20th century feel.  Liquid beaded black dance costume and Boa bustles.

 

#12      Mikayla Devine. North Carolina USofA at Large
Live version of Evita. Included the monologues from the film before and after the song.  Vocals were a little hard to hear over the background track.

 

#13      Breanna Brooks. Ohio USofA at Large
Illusion of Ellen DeGeneres doing a concert monologue.  Wore jeans and a jersey. Few issues with the lip sync.

 

#14      Terry Courtney Pennsylvania USofA at Large
High energy dance mix in black dance outfit.  Great energy.  Got the crowd going

 

#15      Paisley Parque  North Carolina USofA at Large
Kelly Osbourne with Ozzy.  Mix of Kelly songs. Included clips from the TV Show. 

 

#16      Sybill Ann Storm, Sunshine States USofA at Large
Break it to me Gently by Patsy Kline.  Sang live in pink gown. Good Illusion of Patsy.  Definitely not looking like Mary Katherine Gallagher.

 

Group 4

#17      Lexus Blair, Oklahoma USofA at Large
Mickey Mouse Club set.  Four mousketeers on stage with band instruments.  Began with When You Wish Upon a star, dressed as Fairy Godmother,  Then into Mickey Mouse Club March by mousketeers and Mickey.  Ended up with Disney version of Oh Mickey. Note: Fairy Godmother never sang When you Wish, it was Blue Fairy.

 

#18      Princess Janae, Pennsylvania USofA at Large
Started with Monologue in window.  Dancer serenaded her with Singing in the Rain.  Gunshots ring out and no more dancer.  Back to Janae in the window with more Can’s stand the rain.  Weather Girls come out and it starts Raining Men.  Bigger gun and no more Weather Girls.  More about not Standing the Rain, and Prince arrives in a shower of Purple Rain.  Even bigger gun and Prince is no more.  Change to Thriller and joined by dancers who are now horror movies ghouls.

 

#19      Raven St. James, Texas USofA at Large
I want a soldier while surrounded by hot soldiers in stretch shirts and camouflage.  Her outfit was a camo jumpsuit.  Went into Loose My Breath.  Dancers had a few issues.

 

#20      Monica St. James Great Lakes USofA at Large
Illusion of Patti La Belle.  Started with New Attitude then monologue about being Big Patti, finished with live version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

 

#21      Kitty Litter, Rocky Mountain USofA at Large
Purple cover-up with sequins arranged as a pattern of jewels.  Slow start, Let’s Get working now…4 dancers come on from the sides and the High Energy begins.  Kitty Litter at her dancing best.  Great jump splits and fantastic dancers

 

#22      Passion St. Clair, Southwest USofA at Large.
Janet Jackson control with white dance outfits. 2 dancers to start then 4 to finish.  Few costume issues with flying beads. Great choreography

 

Thursday

Group 3 Evening Gown

11        Ivana Black
            Black Sheer Fabric Gown with interlocking rings in bright colors.  Gown had slight length problems. Gown was designed by Dell of Disney

 

12        Mikaila Divine

            Turquoise velvet gown with black beaded overlays and black lace sashs. AB and jet black stones covered the floral lace. Gown was a little long. This was an original creation of Mikaila

 

13        Brionna Brooks

            Hot Pink sleeveless gown with silver appliqués and pink chiffon cape. Gown was a bit short.  Desinged by Jerry Bear

 

14        Teri Courtney

Black Crepe gown with intricate silver stone work.  Gown was designed by Morgan Wells Hair was a great Daesha Richards desing

 

15        Paisley Parque

Black princess cut gown with large collar.  Entire gown was covered in a paisley patterned stoning. Gown was designed y Tina Terrel of Charlotte, NC

 

16        Sybill Ann Storm

Green Regailia liquid beaded gown with marabou collar.  Gown featured a traditional Regalia design bodice in silver beads.

 

Group 4 Evening Gown

17        Lexus Blair

Bubblegum pink design by Anil of Houston.  Long train and split up the center.

 

18        Princess Janae

Armon Nicci designed this soft yellow sleeveless gown with two shoulder straps.  Gown is covered with a heavy lace

 

19        Raven St. James

Yellow liquid beaded skirt with silver trimmed coat style top.  Three large buttons complete the look.  This gown was designed by Darius Cordell.

 

20        Monica St. James

Very elegant black gown with silver beaded cheverons to match the bustline.  Gown was designed by Onyx. Sleeve had problems with lining.

 

21        Kitty Litter

Coco Vega desing feturing poweder blue body, matching marabou trumpet. Gown also featured a matching cover-up.  Last seen Final Night 2003

 

22        Passion St. Clair

Black and silver sleeveless gown with silver beaded trim.  This was seen last year on final night.  Designed by Lonny Walker

 

Group 1 Talent

1          Nisa Nye`

            Jazz number featuring Dance Dance Dance and Swing. Two backup dancers in tuxedo shirts and braces

 

2          Denile

Sang live. Get Here by Olita Adamms. Great voice and stage presence. 

 

3          Stacie Stevens

Started in Blue coverup doing monologue from Duece Bigello about Terrets Sndrome then went into dance number with 2 pretty well naked boys.

 

4          Alayna Marquez
Spanish Guitar with 4 dancers. Special cameo appearance by Tersa Matthews. High Energy number that she did last year for Final Night.

 

5          Mendigan Iman Starr

African tribal number that lead to He Lives In Me from Lion King 2.  Great costumes with large headdress. Removed parts of outfit to expose short African Dance costume.  Had problems with more skin showing than she intended.

 

Group 2 Talent

6          Krystal Leight

Hocus Pocus talent. Khrystal looked amazingly like Bette in Hocus Pocus.  Could have been her stunt double.  Went from dialogue to I’m Beautiful by Bette.  2 zombie DJ’s/Dancers/Flag Boys. Large Props made a great number.  Special Guest, Krista Versace.

 

7          Bibi Snow

Rock goddess.  Sandra Bernhart monologou about female rock stars that then went into solo dance number of the songs mentioned in monologue

 

8          Lady Ivana

Sang live a A New Life from Jeckyl and Hyde. Great operatic voice, but not powerful enough to carry over the backing track. Looked glamorous and lovely.

 

9          Trendy Blackwell
High Energy Dance number.  Dance style could have been a little more high energy.  Costume was seen in previous numbers by Makenzie Bryant.  )Great Dance Outfit)

 

10        Nova Starr

Layla Larue revisited and revamped.  Brought half the state of Utah to do her take on Missy Elliot.  Costumes reminiscent of Layla’s costumes over the past 3 years. 9 dancers and a tumbler that deserves his own page of coverage.  Only standing ovation of the pageant.