Miss Latina™ Canada 2008 postponed
Toronto, Ontario - July 17, 2007:
This July the Miss Latina World Organization announced the postponement of their annual international event. Held in the first week of July for almost 10 years, executive producers have made the decision to move the July event to October. While notification was on the short notice side, executive producer and international supermodel Dawn Rochelle Warner issued her statements behind the move.
"I believe this change will benefit contestants and pageant sponsors by leveraging the international convention traffic Las Vegas receives during the month of October."Said Ms.Warner The new date has been set for October 19-21.
On the home front, this has produced some challenges for the Miss Latina™ Canada Organization,{MLC) whose annual event normally takes place in the 3rd week of August. Canadian directors and producers well under way for the upcoming event have made the decision to postpone the upcoming pageant. "We will have dating conflicts at this time because we will not be readily prepared," says national director Stefany Singh.
Producers have indicated that the decision to postpone came from the fact that this year's reigning queen, Mariana Valente has yet to represent Canada, which will over run her title. Meaning that she would have passed on her national title by the international date. The flip side is that having the event in August would also not give the organization enough time to train a new winner by the October date.
"Dating for event planning is very critical," says Miss Singh, "especially when it comes to events like this. Planning can take from 8 months to a year, and the challenges that we will face is 3 fold. 1. We will have to manage 2 titleholders in a very busy time for the organization, 2. After August we are heading into the school year which will affect participants ability to enter - especially for those who would have to fly in to Toronto, and 3. Venues are all already fully booked until the end of the year."
Canadian producers have ultimately agreed to postpone for one year, with the date for the venue and host hotel booked at ready to go for August, 24 2008 at the Ontario Science Center. "We feel that this is a positive move for us," says Singh. "It will give the girls a little more time to be flexible, and to heavily promote themselves. We have agreed to work on an aggressive marketing campaign in the middle time."
Registered contestants contracts will be honoured and all delegates thus far will remain open to voting. So what will happen after November? The Miss Latina™ Canada Organization have agreed to select someone from one of our past events in the 2005 or 2006 pageants. While there may not be an actual pageant in place, this reigning queen ' will still be required to carry on the activities of winners in the past.
The announcement will be made closer to the end of August. Please stand by for Media Alerts to be issued into your e-mails.
Sincerely
Stefany Singh
National Directors
This July the Miss Latina World Organization announced the postponement of their annual international event. Held in the first week of July for almost 10 years, executive producers have made the decision to move the July event to October. While notification was on the short notice side, executive producer and international supermodel Dawn Rochelle Warner issued her statements behind the move.
"I believe this change will benefit contestants and pageant sponsors by leveraging the international convention traffic Las Vegas receives during the month of October."Said Ms.Warner The new date has been set for October 19-21.
On the home front, this has produced some challenges for the Miss Latina™ Canada Organization,{MLC) whose annual event normally takes place in the 3rd week of August. Canadian directors and producers well under way for the upcoming event have made the decision to postpone the upcoming pageant. "We will have dating conflicts at this time because we will not be readily prepared," says national director Stefany Singh.
Producers have indicated that the decision to postpone came from the fact that this year's reigning queen, Mariana Valente has yet to represent Canada, which will over run her title. Meaning that she would have passed on her national title by the international date. The flip side is that having the event in August would also not give the organization enough time to train a new winner by the October date.
"Dating for event planning is very critical," says Miss Singh, "especially when it comes to events like this. Planning can take from 8 months to a year, and the challenges that we will face is 3 fold. 1. We will have to manage 2 titleholders in a very busy time for the organization, 2. After August we are heading into the school year which will affect participants ability to enter - especially for those who would have to fly in to Toronto, and 3. Venues are all already fully booked until the end of the year."
Canadian producers have ultimately agreed to postpone for one year, with the date for the venue and host hotel booked at ready to go for August, 24 2008 at the Ontario Science Center. "We feel that this is a positive move for us," says Singh. "It will give the girls a little more time to be flexible, and to heavily promote themselves. We have agreed to work on an aggressive marketing campaign in the middle time."
Registered contestants contracts will be honoured and all delegates thus far will remain open to voting. So what will happen after November? The Miss Latina™ Canada Organization have agreed to select someone from one of our past events in the 2005 or 2006 pageants. While there may not be an actual pageant in place, this reigning queen ' will still be required to carry on the activities of winners in the past.
The announcement will be made closer to the end of August. Please stand by for Media Alerts to be issued into your e-mails.
Sincerely
Stefany Singh
National Directors
