LOL Fashion Show Tiara Magazine - Nov 2012

What an amazing trip to Chicago  for the live out loud Charity Fashion show by Tiara Magazine
I met so many wonderful ladies and ha dsome time to spend with Sherrie the editor of Tiara Magazine - I am so proud to be one of the Brand Ambassadors for her magazine

Chicago - November 2012

American Image National Pageant Sept 22 2011 South Carolina

Amazing trip to Lexington, SC for the American Image National Pageant 2011 - I am their Lifetime queen and was treated as such. Made new friends visited with old friends and my amazing director Erica Picard

Mrs Florida International 2011 Orlando

Mrs Florida International 2011 Orlando Sep 2011

Annual Arthritis Foundation Meeting Orlando Sep 10 2011

 

I was so honored to be asked to be a speaker at the Annual Arthritis Foudation State Annual meeting in Orlando on Sept 10 , 2011

 

 Honored to have judged the Miss West Palm Beach Gardens Miss and Teen USA Pageant -

Animalia - " Rescues on the Runway " Miami convention center

What  great Cause - Please adopt instead  of purchasing a dog there are a number of sites for adoption
This is " Oreo " from http://www.gigisrescue.com/
There are 156 Chihuahuas that need homes - In Dade county Animal Shelter there is a facebook page where they have dogs for adoption that are going to be killed if they do not find foster homes or permanent homes- Please adopt !

Mrs International 2011 - Chicago week of July 19

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart disease - what is the connection?

I volunteer and I am a speaker for both The Arthritis Foundation and Go red for Women . What are their connection. Take a look at this recent study that was published in The Journal of Internal medicine which revealed that RA sufferers have a 60 % increase of heart disease after only one year of being diagnosed with RA.

http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news/20101207/heart-attack-risk-quickly-follows-ra-diagnosis

Furthermore the Mayo clinic conducted another study that shows that Heart sudden deaths are more common in RA sufferers because we live in pain every day and are so used to pain that we wont report or notice chest pain or other signs like arm pain jaw pain etc -

It is the inflammatory process in our bodies that can not only affect our heart but all of our organs like lungs, kidneys etc - Please feel free to write a comment regarding this post

My Sponsors for Mrs International Pageant 2011

Thank you to my wonderful friends and sponsors - please click and learn about them

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Funrise Children's Arthritis Camp June 12 2011

This past Sunday at Funrise Camp for children with Arthritis at AD Barnes Park

The Arthritis Foundation and Miami Children's hospital sponsor this yearly event. This year was the 20th Anniversary - I work every year as a volunteer and it is so sad that these children have to endure joint replacement and pain every day of their life. I assisted in registering the children since I am an RN and realized they are taking more meds that I am.

They have such courage as they approach every single day without a cure in the near future.

This camp is excellent because it provides a safe place for them to discuss their feelings on the Bon fire night . They also have great fun and supervised activities like swimming with the dolphins. Here I am with 2 of the pediatric Rheumatologist who assist with this camp . Dr Rivas Chacon is also my rheumatologist for over 18 years.

Did you know that there are 360,000 children with Juvenile arthritis and only 119 pediatric rheumatologists in the country. I know of a 10 year old girl who has to travel from Puerto Rico every 3 months to come see the doctor.

Please walk with me to raise funds for The Arthritis Foundation or donate in my Teams page

http://miamiwalk.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=424534&lis=0&kntae424534=28715FECAA1E4901A2A5AC3894971E01&imgname=account39/images/424534_146111132134491.jpg&getMediaFormat=image&view=preview

This walk assists in sponsoring this free camp for children every year.