Lisa Ruffin Celebrates Sweet Sixteen with Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant
Lisa Ruffin Celebrates
Sweet Sixteen with
Little Miss African American
Scholarship Pageant!
Scholarship Pageant Acknowledges
Sasha and Malia Obama
Scholarship Pageant Acknowledges
Sasha and Malia Obama
Los Angeles – This year will hold a special place in the heart of actress/ choreographer Lisa Ruffin as she once again produces her annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant.
This will not only be the pageant’s “Sweet Sixteen” celebration, but
the young participants now have very special real life role models to
look up to with Sasha and Malia Obama in the White House!
“This
year holds tremendous excitement for us,” offers Ruffin. “As adults, we
have diligently told our little misses, for over a decade now, that
they can be anything they want to be. The sky is the limit. And now,
with 16 years under our belt, we not only have an African American
President, but also two real life Little Misses as his daughters. The
symbolism this holds for us is indescribable!”
The Little
Miss African American Scholarship pageant has consistently emphasized
brains over beauty, positively impacting the lives of hundreds of
impressionable young girls over the years. This year’s event will be
held Sunday, August 16, 2009 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel at 4:00 p.m. with Red Carpet to take place at 3:00 p.m. The Universal Sheraton Hotel is located at 333 Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City, CA.
In
addition to a pageantry of intelligent young women, aged 6-12, a host
of celebrity talent will serve as judges, making the event a most
memorable one for everyone involved. Last year’s celebrity
participants included Emmy nominated actress, Chandra Wilson (ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy), World Boxing Champion Laila Ali, and James Pickens Jr. (ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy) with rapper LL Cool J making a surprise appearance.
LMAA
is a non-profit educational program designed to showcase the creative
and academic talents of young girls living in urban centers throughout
the country. The pageant provides an early introduction to the arts
and training in public speaking, while promoting individual creativity
and stimulating a heightened cultural understanding. It is the largest
scholarship pageant for African American girls of this age group.
Created
by Lisa Ruffin in 1993, LMAA has raised thousands of dollars towards
the educational aspirations of its participants as well as their
families. Thousands of lives have been touched and changed through the
program.
To learn more about LMAA, visit: www.littlemissafricanamerican.com.
This will not only be the pageant’s “Sweet Sixteen” celebration, but
the young participants now have very special real life role models to
look up to with Sasha and Malia Obama in the White House!
“This
year holds tremendous excitement for us,” offers Ruffin. “As adults, we
have diligently told our little misses, for over a decade now, that
they can be anything they want to be. The sky is the limit. And now,
with 16 years under our belt, we not only have an African American
President, but also two real life Little Misses as his daughters. The
symbolism this holds for us is indescribable!”
The Little
Miss African American Scholarship pageant has consistently emphasized
brains over beauty, positively impacting the lives of hundreds of
impressionable young girls over the years. This year’s event will be
held Sunday, August 16, 2009 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel at 4:00 p.m. with Red Carpet to take place at 3:00 p.m. The Universal Sheraton Hotel is located at 333 Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City, CA.
In
addition to a pageantry of intelligent young women, aged 6-12, a host
of celebrity talent will serve as judges, making the event a most
memorable one for everyone involved. Last year’s celebrity
participants included Emmy nominated actress, Chandra Wilson (ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy), World Boxing Champion Laila Ali, and James Pickens Jr. (ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy) with rapper LL Cool J making a surprise appearance.
LMAA
is a non-profit educational program designed to showcase the creative
and academic talents of young girls living in urban centers throughout
the country. The pageant provides an early introduction to the arts
and training in public speaking, while promoting individual creativity
and stimulating a heightened cultural understanding. It is the largest
scholarship pageant for African American girls of this age group.
Created
by Lisa Ruffin in 1993, LMAA has raised thousands of dollars towards
the educational aspirations of its participants as well as their
families. Thousands of lives have been touched and changed through the
program.
To learn more about LMAA, visit: www.littlemissafricanamerican.com.
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