2004 competition at burning man far and wide. several pilots have offered
rides as a part of the prize package (as long as they are allowed to fly
this year) which is most exciting.
the press release can also be found online at http://goldbergs.com/mbrc/
::stacycats
Miss Black Rock City - The Self-Proclaimed Beauty Queen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
StacycatS
[email protected]
http://goldbergs.com/mbrc/
Announcing The First Annual Miss Black Rock City Beauty Pageant 2004
NYC, NY – May 19, 2004 – Calling Miss Texas and Miss New York! Calling Miss Disorient, Miss Thunderdome, Miss TOA, and Miss HOTD!
It’s time to take beauty out of the hands of corporate America and back into the eyes of the beholder. At the 2004 Burning Man, Asylum will hold the First Annual Miss Black Rock City Beauty Pageant. Participation is open to all men and women, all sexual preferences or identities, all theme camps, villages, tribes and tents.
Come help celebrate your tribe’s uniqueness and beauty. Unlike TV’s The Swan, the Miss Black Rock competition knows that perfection does not equal beauty. Beauty is much more unique. Your are encouraged to be yourself, wear what you want, and help put a face to your camp and to represent the best of Burning Man.
“The Miss Black Rock City 2004 competition is a great way to give all tribes a face, a persona, to show the citizens of Black Rock how each tribe, with its own unique flare, makes up the whole that is Burning Man!” said StacycatS, organizer and the original Miss Black Rock City - The Self-Proclaimed Beauty Queen.
To make this event a success, Asylum would like to see contestants from all the theme camps. “It is important that each theme camp / village / region be represented at the pageant, so that the full spectrum of identities that comprise our city can be appreciated at one event, at one time on the playa.”
The competition will begin on Thursday, September 2 with a preliminary event, which will include contestants running an obstacle course carrying trays of beverages. The Prelims are open to all, with 10 finalists (and five alternates) moving on to the main competition on Friday, September 3.
The Pageant will feature the Dustwear (instead of swimwear) competition, the Illumination wear (instead of evening gown) competition, as well as interviews and a Talent competition where contestants can show-off their creativity and uniqueness.
Special gifts for the finalists will be announced soon, but Paula of dumbclothing.com will supply materials to create sashes. There will be a sash making workshop lead by Paula in the Smoochdome at Asylum earlier in the week. All contestants can make a sash and all finalists get a scepter, but only Miss Black Rock City 2004 walks away with the most coveted sash and a tiara!
Grand Gift donations for the pageant finalists should be directed to [email protected]. Suggestions for non-monetary, sentimental, and rare playa gifts are highly encouraged!
Miss Black Rock City Beauty Pageant 2004 is produced by StacycatS and Asylum.
