Miss & Mister Pride of West Virginia Preliminaries
Documents
2010 Contestant Application
2010 Contestant Packet
2010 Sample Contestant Contract
It’s that time of year again. with Pride2010 approaching, Ms and Mr Pride of West Virginia Preliminaries are being scheduled.
Winners of their respective preliminaries will preform on May 28th at the Clay Center, West Virginia’s premier Arts and Sciences venue in downtown Charleston.
If you’d like to schedule a preliminary pageant and have questions, please send us a message here and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Below is a list of currently scheduled preliminaries in West Virginia.
Miss & Mister Pride of West Virginia 2010 Preliminary Pageants
Mister West Virginia Queer News Pride 2010
WoodStarr, 322 5th St, Parkersburg
Fri, April 23rd
Mandatory Contestant Registration: 9:00 p.m.
Pageant Time: 10:30 p.m.
Mister Broadway Pride 2010
- 210 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston
- Fri, April 30th
- Mandatory Contestant Registration: 10:00 p.m.
- Pageant Time: 11:00 p.m.
Miss Union Square Pride 2010
- 703 Fife Street, Charleston
- Sat, May 1st
- Mandatory Contestant Registration: 4:00 p.m.
- Pageant Time: 7:00 p.m. if 5 or more contestants
10:00 p.m. if 4 or less contestants
Mister Union Square Pride 2010
- 703 Fife Street, Charleston
- Sat, May 2nd
- Mandatory Contestant Registration: 4:00 p.m.
- Pageant Time: 7:00 p.m.
- Note: At 10:00 p.m. Union Square has a separate pageant for Mister Union Square Pride 2010 MI (male illusionist) and winner will compete at WV L-Pride Pageant
Miss & Mister Jackhammer Pride 2010
Jackhammer, 2127 Manchester Ave, Huntington
Sat, May 8th
Mandatory Contestant Registration: 9:00 p.m.
Pageant Time: 10:00 p.m.
More Preliminary Pageants Coming Soon!
Contenders for Miss Pride of West Virginia 2010 (Photos & Bios Coming Soon)
- Morgan LeFay, Miss West Virginia Queer News Pride 2010 (Winner)
- Tearah Dezarea, Miss West Virginia Queer News Pride 2010 (Runner-Up)
- Donita Monroe, Miss Broadway Pride 2010 (Appointed)
- Dimitria, Miss Vice Versa Pride 2010 (Winner)
- Robin Hearts, Miss Vice Versa Pride 2010 (Runner-Up)
Contenders for Mister Pride of West Virginia 2010 (Photos & Bios Coming Soon)
- Daron Del Ray aka Tim Albee, Mister RWHG Pride 2010 (Appointed by Ron Wilson Hair Gallery)
For details, please contact one of our Pageant Directors
- Martina Dezarea at martinad_4u@yahoo.com
- Mila Rich at jeremye113@yahoo.com
- Steven Tompa at steventompa@yahoo.com
Pride 2010 Awards!
Winners Announced!
Each year, the PrideWV membership nominates individuals for their impact on LGBT West Virginians, the Power of One and Grand Marshal. These awards are then granted by vote of the general membership of Rainbow Pride of West Virginia.
The Power of One is an award that recognizes an individual’s ability to increase visibility, garner support for LGBT issues and overall fight for the cause.
The Grand Marshal is granted to an individual to recognize contributions made to the LGBT community in West Virginia. This individual leads the yearly Pride Parade in Charleston.
Below is a list of nominees as proposed:
Power of One Award
Steve Tompa - is an active fund-raiser in the Bear and Leather communities. He resides in Charleston, West Virginia where he earned his master degrees in banking, business, and computers. He has helped raise money for local and national charities within the communities using the focus of “Unity in Diversity” during his titleholder years as Mr. Mountain State Bear 2004, Mr. Kentucky Bear 2005, Mr. West Virginia Pride 2006, Mr. All-Ohio Bear 2007, and Mr. Mountain Leather 2007. He was the recipient of the International Hospitality Bear Award 2006 at IBR in San Francisco and the recipient of International Leather Volunteer Award 2007 at CLAW in Cleveland . In December 2008, he was “birthed” into Mama’s Family (Mama Sandy Reindhardt of San Francisco’s national leather charity organization) as “Mama’s Mountain Bear”. He is now on the CLAW Board and the Living AIDS Memorial Garden Board. He is a member of Rainbow Pride of West Virginia, the Mountain State Knights, and a staff writer for West Virginia Queer News. He now continues his fund-raising endeavors across the Nation as the CLAW Nation Tour Manager. CLAW has donated over $200,000 to various community charities. Host a CLAW Nation party in your town. You pick the date, location, and charities. Steve will help you plan the party. CLAW, Mr. S Leather, and Recon will help you make it a success!
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Grand Marshal
Seth DiStefano – submitted by Seth DiStefano – “Thank you. Truly its an honor to even be considered. About me, I am orginally from Randolph county, WV where i started my work in politics as an organizer for the Kerry/Edwards presidential campaign. I continued my politcal work as chairman of the Randolph County Democrat Executive Committee during the 2006 midterm elections. In august of 2007, I moved to Charleston to begin working for the ACLU of West Virginia. My first and most enduring assignment was building and maintaing a coalition of organizations supportive of amending West Virginia’s Human Rights Act and Fair Housing laws to include protections for West Virginia’s LGBT community. The measure has seen traction in two successive sessions. That coalition has also played a key role in stopping the homophobic ‘marriage amendment’ from passing. I am a proud alum of WVU and proud to be affiliated with Rainbow Pride because it is unquestionably welcoming of the straight ally community from which I come.”