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PUBLIC RELATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July, 2001

LITTLE MISSES STRUT THEIR STUFF AT NINTH ANNUAL LITTLE MISS AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT

TELEVISION’S MO’NIQUE AND DORIEN WILSON TO OVERSEE FESTIVITES

Fifty little misses, ages 6 to 10, from all around the states, will once again strut their stuff at the Ninth Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant (LMAA). To be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the pageant has become a most popular mainstay. Hosted this year by comedian/ actress Mo’Nique, and actor Dorian Wilson from the top rated television hit, “The Parkers” the LMAA is a double treat: talented little divas and a host of celebrities!

The festivities take place on Sunday, August 5, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. The Hyatt Regency Hotel is located at 711 S. Hope Street in Los Angeles. Tickets are available at all Ticketmasters at (213) 480-3232. Tickets prices are $25.00, $50.00 VIP, and $100.00 VIP.

Produced every year by actress/ choreographer Lisa Ruffin, the pageant has always emphasized brains over beauty, positively impacting the lives of hundreds of little misses since inception in 1993. Offering the tried and true formula of Confidence, Awareness and Pride to the little ladies, Ruffin cites, “I never tire of seeing the joy on the faces of our little angels as they have their special day. Its amazing how we are directly influencing lives while nourishing dreams.”

This years VIP’s and celebrity judges include Laila Ali, Raven Symone, Tracie Ross, Elise Neil, Tatiana Ali, Obba Babatunde’, Richard Lawson, Tori Reid, Mailon Rivera, Dawnn Lewis, Connie Marie Brazelton, Natalie Godwin and more.

Sponsor’s include Paramount Pictures, Essence, Merrill Lynch, Universal Studios, Hughes, Lockheed Advance Development Co., Soft Sheen, Toyota, Marina Realty, Keys Motors, and Motown Records.