Gladys Magazine Spring Cover Model Announced!

April 1, 2009 - PRLog -- Our Spring Cover Model is Breathtaking Elena LaQuatra!

Andrea Patrick Forte is quoted as saying, "As the Editor of Gladys Magazine it gives me great pleasure to announce our Stunning Spring Cover Model, Elena LaQuatra.  She embodies everything Gladys represents.  Joy, courage, leadership and she spreads inspiration to everyone in her life."  

Photographed by John F. Richnavsky of Moods Image on location at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, our gorgeous Cover Image embodies the beautiful start to Spring.  Thank you to Sarah Mitrik of Salon La te Da for Elena's amazing hair and Ashlea-a Powell for her beautiful make-up and Carlisle's of Pittsburgh for providing her gorgeous dresses.  Raiko Jack of The Grand Victorian provided her Spring wedding flowers and her shoes were from Jonathan Kayne and her earrings by The Bridal Suite of Johnstown.

Elena La Quatra is quoted as saying, "I am thrilled and honored to be a part of the Gladys Magazine success story, including being a writer and the Gladys Magazine's Spring 2009 cover model!"  

Elena LaQuatra, is a 17 year old  junior and high honor student in Mt Lebanon, Pennsylvania. A member of the nationally renowned Mt. Lebanon High School Percussion Ensemble, she plays drums and percussion instruments. She is also a leader of the Emergency Club, providing assistance to those in crisis and need.  Elena aspires to become a physician.

Elena is an award winning dancer and choreographer, having just placed third at the State level in the PTA Reflections Project in the senior dance choreography division. A lead dancer and choreographer for the Mt. Lebanon High School Dance Company, she has also trained with the Radio City Rockettes and danced with the Moscow Ballet.

Elena is the 2007 Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen America. A "sister teen pageant" to Miss America, she placed 2nd runner up  to Miss America's Outstanding Teen at the national pageant in Orlando and was named preliminary evening gown winner. She presented the Miss Photogenic Award at Miss America 2008 and has served as emcee of numerous pageants at the local and state levels, including the Miss Iowa Pageant alongside Kelly Cash,  Miss America 1987.

Elena, whose pageant platform is "Oral Deaf Education....FindingYour Voice", is a spokesperson for the DePaul School for Hearing and Speech. Aside from filming Public Service Announcements for the benefit of hearing impaired, she has traveled throughout the state and  country to promote her platform, as well as a motivational program she has developed,  "Speaking Through My Deaf Ears". She devotes hundreds of hours each year to community service, both through her platform and for numerous charitable causes.

Elena, a Patrick Talent Agency model, is one of three "Once Upon A Dream" Campaign Models, and appears in the 2009 OUAD national inspirational calendar for  the month of May. She has appeared in hundreds of ads and magazines for numerous companies and campaigns.Elena was just named a "fresh face" for Be...ybf Cosmetics, a national cosmetic company that sells products on HSN and that she will be appearing in ads and on the HSN network on their behalf.  She also has many acting credits, including winning first place in the prestigious Pittsburgh Public Theater's Shakespeare Scene and Monologue Contest and  has also performed in over 30 professional theater productions, movies and commercials.

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Gladys Magazine is a quarterly magazine, digital edition and printed edition dedicated to helping busy women of all ages create & inspire change brought to you by "Once Upon A Dream". Our editorial philosophy is one of positive encouragement and motivation. We will offer inspiring articles to enrich our reader's lives and we will contribute what's hip in fashion, beauty, travel and luxury products.   It is dedicated to anyone who has been inspired to pursue their dreams by someone they love.