One Week Until Vegas!

January 7, 2011

            I love January. It’s a fresh start, a whole year calling my name tempting me to strive for more than I did last year. I’m going to take a statement from my friend Miss Indiana 2009, Nicole Pollard, and say,

 

            I can tell you what I hope it brings. I want to seek more opportunities to make a difference. I have been avidly researching the Peace Corps, as well as volunteering at various organizations in Nashville. I was just informed from my friend Rachael about an organization called WWOOF. It’s gives individuals the opportunity to work/volunteer on organic farms all over the world. Giving back to the environment, to this planet we all call home, and to the people who inhabit it. It is organizations like these that tend to overwhelm me, I want to give my time to all of them, and yet, time is really the only thing I have a limited amount of.

            I am also anxiously awaiting my response from the Owen Vanderbilt Graduate school of management. I applied in November, had my admissions interview in December, and I should find out before the end of February whether or not I will be starting graduate school in the fall. I have truly learned to leave things in God’s hands and not worry about what I am supposed to be doing. Don’t get me wrong, I do make an effort in my every day life, I strive to be the best at every thing that I do, but I don’t worry about whether or not something will work out. I know that if it is supposed to happen it will, and I just keep walking along the path that he has laid out for me.

            As for what is on my plate at this moment, I am sitting on a plane headed back to Nashville from shooting the Beall’s (aka The Florida Store) Spring commercial in Daytona Beach. I have been blessed to have been booked by Bealls for two commercials now and I could not say one bad thing about that job. I feel so lucky to have been selected again and to have the opportunity to meet such an amazing crew on the set. As I build my resume in the modeling/entertainment/television world I realize how much of an opportunity there is in that field to become someone of influence. My goal in the modeling industry is to be the red head that you see in Sports Illustrated, Victorias Secret swimwear catalogue etc. Have you seen a redheaded supermodel lately? I would like to be the next Angie Everhart.

            As far as television goes, I would like to be a part of the movement of positive news. There is so much good going on in this world, and as much as the negative news is featured, I think there should be positive news too. I don’t believe that we should ignore the negative, or be mindful of bad things occurring, but I do wonder how the world would be different if instead of always turning on the tv and hearing about the latest drug addict who murdered their children we could hear about people like Ryan and Kassidy Brown who have started Journey of Action. Journey of Action is a brother and sister duo who are currently traveling over 15,000 miles with a mission to educate, entertain and inspire social activism within the Millennial Generation. You can read all about their work at www.JourneyofAction.com

            I will be flying to Las Vegas on Thursday January 13^th to work with TMG Entertainment as they launch their Pageant Network branch of their company. I have been asked to be the 90^th anniversary, Miss America 2011 correspondent. I have been busy researching all of the 89 former Miss Americas, the 53 contestants, and the judges as well. This is my first time as a correspondent at a pageant, I am excited about the opportunity! To get daily updates from Las Vegas about the pageant, the preliminaries, the press conferences etc follow my twitter account @MissFlorida2009 or check my facebook profile.

            I will be blogging from Las Vegas as well, so you can check here at www.RachaelTodd.com for pictures and information.