New State Directors Named for Miss Tennessee Latina™ Pageant

July 31, 2011 - PRLog -- Organizacion Miss America Latina, Inc. announces it has granted Mildred Veron and Vicky Shuler the exclusive state license to conduct the annual Miss Tennessee Latina™ Pageant, the official state preliminary to the national Miss Latina US™ Pageant, along with its sister state pageant Miss Teen Tennessee Latina™.  

Miss Latina US™ is the first national pageant established in the country exclusively for Latinas. It continues to be the only one whose winner advances to a world competition – Miss Latin America® of the World. Over the years, the Miss Latina US™ Pageant has traveled to various Latin American countries as part of the world pageant system, having been hosted in countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico. In the USA it has been held in Miami (FL), Springfield (MA) and San Antonio (TX).

Vicky Shuler is a former professional dancer with more than 20 years experience in Panamanian Folkloric Ballet. She created the “Viva Panama” dance company in Clarksville to keep this piece of Panamanian culture alive. Her daughter, Mildred Veron is the troupe’s coordinator and manager.

“We are very pleased that this talented and enthusiastic mother-daughter team is starting up our Tennessee pageants again after a lapse of several years,” said Organizacion Miss America Latina, Inc. President Acirema Alayeto. “We are confident in their capabilities to produce a pageant that everyone can be proud of in the state.

The Miss and Teen Tennessee Latina competitions are open to unmarried young women of Latina or Hispanic heritage between the ages of 14-18 and 19-27.  Additional information is available at www.missuslatina.com or by writing to misstnlatina@hotmail.com.  



About Organizacion Miss America Latina, Inc.: based in Miami, Florida, it is the oldest and largest producer of Latina pageants worldwide. Beginning in 1981, founding President Acirema Alayeto created an international pageant system where Latin American women from around the world annually compete for the title of MISS LATIN AMERICA® OF THE WORLD, best known worldwide as “MISS AMERICA LATINA DEL MUNDO.”  The company also produces the annual MISS LATINA US™ Pageant, official national preliminary to Miss Latin America® of the World.