Megan graduated from UCF with her Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Engineering Leadership and completed her 5th season as an Orlando Magic Dancer in 2009. Megan was a Team Leader on the NBA's Orlando Magic Dance Team as well as a Dunking Dancer. She has traveled the world entertaining our troops on Armed Force Entertainment (AFE) tours and was the Orlando Magic Representative for the first and only All Star Dance Team at the 2007 All Star Game in Las Vegas.
Now, you can find Megan on PBS hosting the nationally distributed show Muscle Car Workout and at the Orlando Magic home games as the weekday co-emcee. Megan is currently representing the state of Florida as Miss Florida USA 2010. She is traveling up and down the state making appearances for various charities including, Susan G. Komen and Give Kids the World. She will go on to compete for the title of Miss USA televised Live this April on NBC.
It is 9am on Saturday morning and I just finished breakfast....eggs and oatmeal :) It was nice to wake up sans alarm clock although I am surprised I woke up so early. Last night was awesome! I attended my South Florida Send Off Party in Sunny Isles, Fl. My Tel Air Family with the assistance of Barbara Ewald and Lulu Orange planned my party and approximately 100 people mingled at Kitchen 305 inside the Newport Beachside Resort. There are a ton of pics on the Miss Florida USA Flicker site http://www.flickr.com/photos/missfloridausa/ Check it out and feel free to download any of the pics for free.
I was a little emotional last night and had a brain freeze when it was time to THANK my wonderful sponsors, so I figured I would give some shout outs via my Blog :)
Let's start with last nights sponsors!
Thank you to... Newport Beachside Resort's Kitchen 305 for hosting my send-off party and being incredibly gracious
Barbara Ewald and Lulu Orange for assisting in putting together my South Florida Send Off
Cake Kingdom (Tequesta Fl) for baking the yummiest and most elegant cake
La Casa Hermosa for dressing me in a fabulous white lace Sherri Hill cocktail dress
I have to go workout with Arnold now! But the rest of the thank yous are on the way!
Thank you so much for taking the time to encourage the young women of Florida. My daughter, Erica, used the prize money to buy a walking robot kit. Oh, and a video game!
Here is the picture I took of the two of you at the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair. Her project that won the Harris Corp. prize in Manatee County was; Affect of Launch Rod Length on the Flight of a Model Rocket.
Picture; Erica Zampello, Megan Clementi
Mike Zampello
This is exactly why I started this scholarship! So that young girls can be inspired to pursue their passion for the science and use their scholarship money in that manner. I congratulate Erica for her winning the scholarship and congratulate her parents for assisting her in choosing how to spend her winnings wisely :)
This message put a HUGE smile on my face when I read it :)
April 7th-9th was the big finale to my Future Female Scientist Award as it was the Florida Science and Engineering Science State Fair in Orlando Fl. Thursday morning I traveled to the Orange County Convention Center to meet the 874 students competing on the state level. These kids are the brightest science students in the state. If you had seen the projects that these students produced you would have been blown away! I was able to meet and greet with many of the students as well as the judges. Once registration ended, I was off to a full day of Miss USA preparation.
I returned Friday evening for the Awards Ceremony. Unfortunately, I missed the Special Awards Presentation as I was emceeing the Orlando Magic vs New York Knicks game. I left the game after the 4th Quarter 1st Time Out which was my last spot. I made the last 20 minutes of the Awards just in time to speak to all the students, teachers, and parents and to shake hands with each of the First Place Award recipients. When all was said and done, there was a line of students for photo ops. It was a pleasure to stay the extra 20 minutes for these amazing kids. I was delighted that several of my Future Female Science Award recipients went out of there away to introduce themselves to me. I am looking forward to their parents sending me the pictures from that night.
Congratulations to all the Florida Science and Engineering State Competitors
and
Best of Luck to those who are competing at Internationals in Arizona this May!!!!
I wish you all the Best!
Saturday morning was a big day for my personal trainer Arnold Kolozsvari! He had the Grand Opening of his new Ormond Beach gym REVIVE Fitness and Lifestyle Management! http://ormondbeachbootcamps.com/ From 10am-2pm locals attended the opening participating in various classes and enjoying food, massages, and a local band. Arnold declared it 'Cheat Day' making sure that everyone had cake and champagne. Arnold worked really hard to open this gym...his dream has come true! YAY for Arnold...Love you Csaba!
Today was awesome! I slept in until 10:30am! Yep, that's right! It felt amazing to not wake up to a blaring alarm clock. I took my time, laid out for an hour, and then headed to Windermere for a send off party. Five teens celebrated there soon departure for the 2010 Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Pageant. The young lady to my left is Rachel Strever. She has been a part of my life since I began pageants. She was my Sunshine Princess when I was Miss South Florida Fair 2005. Now she is all grown up and will be competing at state on April 23d and 24th. All these young women are as sweet as can be. They are beautiful, talented and most importantly intelligent! I was listening to there conversation as they candidly spoke about how excited they were. They were not focused on winning, but on having fun and doing there personal best....they have a great attitude and will be great at state. I wish the all the luck and I hope they have memories to last a lifetime :)
Tomorrow is a random day to myself. Have not seen one of those in a while...lol. I plan to workout with Arnold, lay out if the day is as beautiful as it has been, work on the reformer with Darla at Fitness Partners and work with Rachel Strever on her talent. All in all it should be a relaxing day. Do not worry though, Tuesday I am back to be out of the house at 8am and returning at 10pm :) Never a dull moment!
I cannot explain how appreciative I am to all my Central Florida Family, Friends and the Community! My Central Florida Send Off Party was on Friday night April 2nd and it was a complete success. There were over 200 people in attendance and at least 20 of them were titleholders. I am proud to say that the food was yummy, the auction was awesome and we were able to raise $1500 for my causes. Yay! Also, thank you to Toby Unwin, Console of Austria and Roman Inochovsky, Console of the Czech Republic for attending my send-off as well as participating in our Mr. USA Pageant :)
I want to give a big shout out to a very close friend of mine, Wayne Sysock. He has been the Unofficial photographer for the Magic Dancers ever since I remember making the team in 2004. He graciously accepted my plea for him to be the photographer at my send off party. The pictures came out awesome and they are available for you to view and even copy at no cost. Instructions are as follows.
Saturday morning March 27th in Orlando at the 9th Annual Teal Magnolia Luncheon with Melissa Witek, Miss Florida USA 2005.
This luncheon began in 2001 with 99 attendees and grew to over 650 attendees raising over $124, 000 in the matter of 4 hours in 2009. This years theme was "Celebrating the music of Broadway". I had no inkling that my friend Kendal Jolly was going to be entertaining the crowd. He has the most amazing voice. That was definitely one of the highlights of my afternoon. The big award of the evening went to Shelley Morgan who just happens to be an Orlando Magic Season Ticket Holder. Listening to her bio...I was floored. She cannot possibly have any time for herself as she is completely dedicated to her community. Her bio was quite impressive and I instantly had a huge amount of respect for how selfless and humble she is. Congratulations Shelley!
After the luncheon, I made the drive to Wellington for the All That Glitter Fashion Show for La CasaHermosa
This was my first year participating in the All That Glitter Fashion Show. The event took place at the home of Robin Fleming, the owner of La CasaHermosa. She built a 'T' shaped runway over the pool and had little lights sporadically in the pool to really make the runway pop. I along with 15-20 titleholders stomped it out to show-off Robin's latest fashions. I had the opportunity to wear two super cute cocktails by Scala; including the dress shown above.
Check out the video to see all the hot cocktails and gowns !
The Next Morning it was back to Central Florida for the WWII Reenactment at the Scottish Rite in Winter Park.
That was really cool. Two separate WWII Reenactment clubs came together to bring to life a battle from the 1940's. Spectators watched as Germany invaded France and eventually Americans took them down. Guns were firing, grenades were flying, and people were dying. It was surreal to think that this is what reality is for so many of our men and women serving our country.
When the reenactment ended, spectators were able to see up close and personal the guns and armored cars used for the show. The picture above is of myself inside the Armored Car which by the way looks like a tank, but tanks have tracks and armored cars have 4 tires :)
It was back to my part time job Sunday night....Emceeing the Orlando Magic Game. Check out the post below to watch the 3D, Dancing Dancer Dads !
Usually, Monday's are my off days as there is not a whole lot happening on the first day of the week, but March 29th was an exception. I woke up bright and early to visit the Monsters in Morning on Real Rock 104.1 for a 7:15AM interview and then Johnny and Jade on XL 106.7 for a 9:35AM interview to feature my Give Kids The World Charity Nights.
Sonny's BBQ, Oviedo location, and I hosted Charity Night benefiting Give Kids The World in which 10% of the evenings proceeds from 5pm-9pm went to my charity. Between this evening and last Tuesday March 23 $1000 was donated from Sonny's to Give Kids The World!
Tuesday March 30th, I was able to highlight the new and improved Pollo Tropical in Sanford on K92 FM Morning Show. This location was not new....but it is improved. It has been completely revamped with new decor, food items and drink items. They used the Grand Opening week to host the Charity Challenge in which 3 charities would benefit by receiving 20% of the proceeds between 4pm-9pm on different days of the week. Tuesday night benefited Give Kids The World so of course I was there to sign autographs and thank people for coming out. I was shocked at how many people said they heard me on the radio. It was really neat to think they heard my story and made the effort to come out for my cause! At this point, I am still waiting to hear what the total came to. Keep your fingers crossed as the charity that raised themost money will receive an addiotnal $1000 from Pollo Tropical :)
I spent all of Wednesday and Thursday preparing for my Central Florida Send Off Party......Tune in to see how it went :)
ng me in a fabulous white lace Sherri Hill cocktail dress
