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SASHES AND TIARAS.....Miss USA 2017: Top 10 Preliminary Gowns

Best In Gown: Miss USA 2017 contestants during the Evening Gown portion of the Miss USA 2017 Preliminary Competition--Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas

Last night was the Miss USA 2017 Preliminaries, which occurred at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The Preliminary Competition is very important because it's when the Top 10 Semifinalists are decided that will go on to compete in Sunday night's Final Miss USA 2017 pageant. 51 contestants representing the 50 states plus District of Columbia competed in Swimsuit and Evening Gown. Naturally here on my Sashes and Tiaras blog, I'm interested in the EVENING GOWNS!

Satin and Sequins: Miss USA 2017 contestants during the Evening Gown portion of the Miss USA 2017 Preliminary Competition--Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas

The Preliminaries give pageant fans a "glimpse" into what the contestants will wear for the Evening Gown portion and their taste level and more importantly, who went the "Pageant Betty" route or tried to be at least more Fashion Runway Fab. As a fashion designer--and beauty pageant fan--when commenting on the Evening Gowns, there are several things I'm looking for...

Exhibit A, B, C, D & E: Fashion-forward, Red Carpet Fab and...Pageant Gown Gorgeous--Miss South Dakota USA 2016 Madison McKeown at last year's Miss USA 2016 Finals

My criteria for judging a gown is based on my desire to see an element of Fashion-forward/Fashion risk-taking designs combined with the understanding that these dresses are primarily for stage and have to somehow be "Pageant Appropriate"--which inherently has their own set of "Dress Criteria". A perfect example of how one can bridge Fashion & Pageant/Stage Impact would be last year's Miss South Dakota USA Madison McKeown who wore this cape-fab gown from Lebanese designer Tony Ward and his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2015 Collection seen in above photo. With that said...

Here are my TOP 10 Best Gowns of the Miss USA 2017 Preliminaries--in order of Highest to Lowest:

Miss Massachusetts USA Julia Scaparotti: Julia's black gown was probably my favorite of the night. She wore this black halter neck gown featuring gorgeous sequined lace applique in a smooth fit-and-flare "mermaid"-like silhouette with Open Back. The gown fit her perfectly, defined her figure and best features and was the correct length (hiding those tacky nude platform pumps!). This is a nice example of a fashionable style that was Pageant Perfect as well--and notice lack of HOOCHIE-licious too-high slits and no breast-a-licious cleavage (Thank You Julia!). I also liked her modern hair and the earrings. I hope, though, she lightens up on the too-heavy makeup. Score: 9.9

Miss North Carolina USA Katie Coble: LOVED this gold gown worn by Miss North Carolina USA. It was my second favorite. The gown featured gold lame pleated fabrication and great criss-cross torso draping detail. The style gave me a definite "Old Hollywood" vibe, harking back to the 1930s and 1940's days of Lauren Bacall, Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich with a nod to Cleopatra. The look was unique and stood out, for all the right reasons. Score: 9.89

Miss Kansas USA Catherine Carmichael: Catherine was a STUNNER last night during the Miss USA 2017 Preliminary Evening Gown Competition. When she came out in this coral colored gown, I was like "OK, NOW we're talking!". The crepe gown--which fit her perfectly playing up her 6' 1" tall statuesque beauty--featured a multicolored sequined bodice and DIVA-like dramatic chiffon back cape which she modeled as if THE RENT WAS DUE! Every pageant girl worth her sash needs to watch her modeling this to learn and take a lesson on how to work a gown with a chiffon cape. ASAP! She looked like a QUEEN. Score: 9.8

Miss Louisiana USA Bethany Trahan: Miss Louisina USA Bethany Brehan comes in fourth position of my Favorite Gowns of the Miss USA 2017 Preliminaries. She made quite a fashion statement with this black sequin applique-over-nude gown with iridescent organza back overskirt. The base gown was GORGEOUS: The sequin work was outstanding and it fit her to a 1/4" of her life! To be honest, I would have done without that back overskirt. I understand why it's there (drama, stage presence, etc.) but it needed to be re-thought. It did not seem organic with the beauty of the dress. Score: 9.65

Miss Nevada USA Lauren York: Lauren--who is one of the favorites to win the top crown (according to many pageant followers/missosologists on the internet) didn't disappoint in her choice of evening gown for last night's Preliminaries. She wore this very pretty column-style gown featuring a side nude illusion panel, white crepe base and unique geometric sequins and pearls. It was from Venezuelan fashion designer Dheymid Galaviz who has created many a sequined-and-crepe gown for many Miss Venezuela contestants and last year's Miss World Venezuela. Sometimes they can look similar to one of his design compatriots Gionni Straccia and at first I thought it was an Straccia gown because the sequin work looked like this: Score: 9.6

Mariam Habach Miss Lara (and eventual Miss Venezuela) at the Miss Venezuela 2016 Pageant wearing Gionni Straccia

Miss Ohio USA 2017 Dinaleigh Baxter: One of my other Top Ten favorite gowns from the Miss USA 2017 Preliminaries was this black and fuchsia dress worn by Miss Ohio USA 2017. One of my all-time favorite color combinations are black and fuchsia mainly because Cristobal Balenciaga utilized this combination in a lot of his super stunning Haute Couture creations back in the day (Lower Photo above). So when Dinaleigh came out, I was like "You Go Girl!". Her gown had a very fitted black velvet base gown with plunging sweetheart neckline and a GORGEOUS satin cape that was precariously knotted and twisted into these tiny shoulder straps. It was dramatic, entrance-making and yes, VERY fashionable and Cristobal Balenciaga-like. Score: 9.55

Miss New Hampshire USA Sarah Mousseau: Nice gown. BAAAD shoes. Let's discuss the dress first (please!). I liked this gown so much that yes, I included it here in my Top 10. I thought the style was impacting, suited her well...I admired the unique silver sequin work and I even liked the back overskirt. Here, in this gown it seemed a bit more natural to the rest of the gown. I also thought her hair and styling were on-point. But then, she wore those nude platform pumps!!! One question: WHY??? Where there no silver strappy shoes available? I just don't get it. It baffles the mind. NO ONE would be caught wearing these type of shoes with this type of a gown on the red carpet, black-tie gala, Haute Couture fashion show...ANYWHERE! Score: 9.3

Miss Montana USA Brooke Bezanson: I included Miss Montana USA's gown here because of its elegant simplicity and chic style. It was giving a little bit of a nod to what Miss South Dakota USA wore last year in the Finals (go to the top of this post). It was also a nice breath of fresh (Gown) air to see NO SEQUINS, NO SLIT and NO tacky platform pumps (she still made a wrong color choice in wearing NUDE shoes!). The white satin crepe gown featured a column shape highlighted by a dramatic hi-lo cape. While I liked this gown, I'm not so sure it was the right gown for Miss Montana USA. Brook is a lovely looking woman but I think this might have been more effective and had more "Diva" stage effect if it was worn by an olive-skinned or darker skin toned contestant...a "Miss Venezuela" or "Miss Curacao"-type. It also needed to be just 1" longer. Score: 9.25

Miss Tennessee USA Allee-Sutton Hethcoat: In 9th place of my Top Ten Favorite Gowns was this golden/Blush-colored sequined gown worn by Miss Tennesse USA Allee-Sutton Hethcoat. In terms of style or silhouette, there was nothing really Earth-shattering Fashion Diva about it, but it looked beautiful nonetheless. The halter-style gown fit her well and the sequin-over-nude fabric looked expensive and nice. From head to toe, this was a perfect Miss USA look. Score: 9.2

Miss Washington USA Alex Carlson-Helo: Finally, I want to give MAJOR props to Miss Washington USA Alex Carlson-Helo. While I liked her black sequined gown and thought it was impacting, I just about FELL OFF MY COUCH when I saw that she was NOT wearing those tacky nude platform pumps that EVERY OTHER contestant wore: She wore the PERFECT strappy black heels! Who knew that these women actually had other choices?? And for her perfect shoe choice, Miss Washington USA belonged in my Top Ten list! Score: 9.2

**UP NEXT: The UH OH/Oh No She Didn't/Could Have Been Better...of Miss USA 2017 Preliminary Evening Gowns

Marc Jacobs is obsessed with women, it seems that he is not that gay !

Marc Jacobs with me, Angel Barta

I am Angel Barta, writer and fashion designer at Angel Barta VIP Couture. Marc Jacobs has been stalking me and using my ideas without my permission for 5 years. He designed my style for many big brands. There are more articles and photos on my blog. Read my latest post with many updates and new infos, click here

My book was published in 2010. In my book I wrote about my love romance with Marc Jacobs. It is about the first two years of our relationship and details on how he terrorizes me.

In public MJ says that he is gay, so You may ask now, what is the truth then? Is MJ gay? Or Straight? Or both?!

Marc is very often seen with men in public, of course there are some exceptions when he is french kissing and hugging, touching women with such a strong masculine desire and passion on his face.
He makes his perverse desire for women stand out in his ad campaigns. Here is one example the Daisy perfum ad with Daisy Lowe back in 2008.

In his latest Bang perfum ad, he is modeling on the pictures, the girl is called Angela.

Marc Jacobs, women and french kisses...

He just can't get enough of them!

MJ feels so free and great when he is sorrounded by young girls, enjoys their company and kisses a lot...

Here are a couple of pictures of Marc kissing women... She is Rachel Zoe, famous stylist from Los Angeles. She dresses the celebrities in Marc's clothes. For example Anne Hathaway in Pink Prada dress for the Oscar.

Marc Jacobs with Cara Delevingne.

Guess, I don't need to explain why you see Cara Delenvigne everywhere lately. Delevingne’s rise to modeling stardom can be tracked back to Marc Jacobs and Katie Grand, who frequently puts Delevingne in (and even on the cover of) her magazine, Love. By the way Kate Moss ( the other woman who is so passionately french kissing Jacobs) is on the cover of the same issue of LOVE Magazine. It was Jacobs' idea to launch the Love Magazine and he put Katie Grand as editor in chief. The models featured in the magazine have to realize all his perverse fantasies in the editorials.

"Backstage after the Louis Vuitton Fall 2013 show Jacobs said the show was about "a woman who gets dressed up, but then decides she'd rather stay in her hotel room. There's a certain decadence to that. I had in mind certain friends of mine, who walked in the show but shall remain nameless, with whom I've spent many, many nights getting dressed up in hotel rooms."

A gentlemen never tells, but the name of Moss, a close friend of Jacobs, hung heavy in the air." Text Via Guardian

Jacobs and Kate Moss kissing

Katie Grand`s LOVE magazine cover

A Photo from Jurgen Teller's Marc Jacobs book...

Marc Jacobs with a topless model at his office drinking mojito. photo via Katie Grand's instagram

MJ standing proudly in front of the Vogue Louis Vuitton Calendar, in 2008. On the cover there is a Hungarian model, Enikő Mihalik, he casted her. That was the beginning of her and other Hungarian models' international careers.

They copied my photo with the same Hungarian model, Eniko Mihalik in Vogue

Marc got a Champagne campaign for Eniko this year in 2013, where they copied a photo from my lookbook.

Another photo that Jacobs copied with the same Hungarian model

Marc Jacobs the cruel Manipulator

Everybody knows that Marc Jacobs works for Louis Vuitton and his own line in New York. But there is something that only a few people know... It is that he controls many other brands too. He decides what will be the trends at most of the fashion companies and who will be the next topmodels...He casts the girls for Nina Ricci, Dior, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel campaignes. His favourite girls are on the covers of the big fashion magazines. He tells the concepts for the Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Love editorials. He is egomaniac and wants to control everything!

His long-time supporter, friend and collegue, Katie Grand helpes Marc in everything. She is the editor of Love Magazin, Pop and stylist for many big brands. Marc Jacobs copied my ideas for Prada too with the help of Katie Grand.

Here are some photos from the editorial of Industrie magazine, where Marc Jacobs the official creative director of Louis Vuitton was dressed only in Prada outfits. Prada and Louis Vuitton are not even the part of the same fashion group. Than why does he wear Prada all the time even in Magazines?

On the photoshoot Katie Grand was the stylist, of course. Marc Jacobs is wearing the same coat as the young 13 years old girl Ondria in the Prada video in 2011. The girl worked for Miu Miu and Marc Jacobs as well, now she is in the new Chanel campaign at the age less than 15. ( Marc Jacobs discovered her and put her in many shows and editorials she features MJ's latest Cruise 2014 lookbook.)

Ondria is the face of the Marc Jacobs make-up in 2013

Louis Vuitton Cruise 2014 with Ondria, who is only 16 now and was 13 in the Prada Video

Here is the erotic Prada Ad Campaign video with the 13 years old Ondria, who is touching her legs in a suggestive manner...The video was MJ's idea. He casted through Katie Grand.

What is this video? A Fashion ad for selling bags? Or sexuall teasing?

News-2013 June : ONDRIA HARDIN IS MARC’S NEW DAKOTA FANNING: Marc Jacobs has traditionally young muses, like Dakota Fanning who famously fronted his main line’s spring ’07 ads when she was just 13, and he has been obsessed with sixteen-year-old Ondria for years now. Choosing her as the face of his beauty line pretty much cements her as his go-to girl. text via NYLON MAG

Here is Kinga Rajzak, a Hungarian model in the Prada ad campaign holding the big colourful fur scarf, the same as Marc Jacobs is wearing on the picture.

Kinga and Katie Grand

MIUCCIA PRADA WITH KATIE GRAND

Marc Jacobs wore silk PRADA pajamas in the finale of his latest Marc Jacobs Fall 2013 collection.
and for his Marc by Marc Jacobs collection, a Comme des Garcons pajamas. ( He copied my magenta-blue coat for Comme the Garcons)

Lady Gaga wearing Comme des Garcon dress... Marc Jacobs designed that dress, after he saw my coat.

Marc copied my other coat for his latest Fall 2013 collection.

I was wearing black high waisted bodyhugging shorts in 2012 summer and Marc Jacobs designed more shorts in his latest Fall 2013 Collection.

He copies anything I do, ANYTHING!

18 years old Lily McMenamy had to walk topless on his latest fashion show in New York. She said Marc told her how to hold her breasts in one hand. Marc did not let her go home until 2.am. Read my article with details: If you want to walk the Marc Jacobs runway, all you have to do is to satisfy his perverse fantasy.

MJ's Oh lola Parfum ad was banned in the UK, because it was sexualizing an under-age girl, Dakota Fanning

Marc as a guest at the Miu Miu fashion show, wearing Prada shoes.

Katie Grand the main supporter of Marc Jacobs in his cruel game and soul terror against me.

What do I mean by " soul - terror"?

   Well, I mean, that Marc Jacobs has been using my ideas and my talent for 5 years, without my permission. He designed my ideas for many international fashion brands under his name. That talent and style was born with ME, but he took it for himself for his own success. He never gave me any credit for my time and work.
    But there is something more cruel than the copying, it is that he took advantage of my pure feelings for him.All I asked from him was to walk on his catwalk, to experience that feeling. He never gave that to me, instead, he did everything he could, so I could not get a job as a model. He fooled me with love and marriage proposals, he said he would make a topmodel out of me. He said that only because he wanted to keep me in a secret and keep using my talent for himself and enjoy the success he got.

   He does ANYTHING he can to make me give up my goal to be a fashion designer. He psycho-tortures me in many ways:

   For example; he copies my photos and my own designed clothes, meanwhile he puts other girls from my country on the covers of the magazines, wearing my designs and poising like I do, copying me.

Marc is more then happy to show me that he helps many other Hungarian models (from my country) and makes topmodels out of them meanwhile he does everything he can to ignore my person from the fashion world. I can't get a job as a fashion designer. He stalks me, sends spyware to my computer. He sent people after me, to follow me all day everywhere and take photos of me, so he knows what I do, where and when I do.

    The reason I am writing down the truth is that I hope that many people will read and someone who has the chance will help for the truth to be out in public. Because If we humans don't help each other then who will?
   I'd like to be free again! This fashion designer has been stalking and torturing since I was only 16 years old.
    I ask everyone who has simpathy with me and who supports the truth to share my articles with more people!

Here is a quote from my book... and from a magazine later...

   So he is using my designs for his own success, meanwhile he gives all my dreams for OTHER Hungarian girls, to pressure me and break me. He copies my photos for editorials in big fashion magazines and casts Hungarian girls. Other girls are wearing my designs in the magazines and they have to copy me, my poses in the photos. Katie Grand casted many Hungarian beginner models in all her key shows and shoots.

     Marc Jacobs does not want me to have the energy to let the truth out so that people will know that all of his creations were originally my ideas. He designs my style, my soul, everything that is me!
Marc is more than pleased to show me how other girls easily get success in the fashion world through him, meanwhile he ignores me from the fashion industry.
After Marc Jacobs read my book, he knew all my desires, wishes. He used these informations against me. He found some Hungarian models and made all my dreams come true for them.

    There is one girl, Barbara Palvin, who is 3 inch shorter than the minimum model height. At the age of 16, when she was a beginner model, Katie Grand casted Barbara in all her key shows and shoots. She only worked with Jacobs and Katie Grand. Barbara walked first at Prada, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton, although there were only supermodels on that show, like Bar Rafaeli, Karolina Kurkova, Miranda Kerr, Leticia Casta, Elle McPherson etc. Only big names, she was the only beginner model at the show. Marc started her carrier.
Marc Jacobs started the gossips about Barbara and Justin Bieber. Marc was the one who helped her to get to walk in the Victoria's Secret show. She is 3 inch shorter than the model minium height.

Felirat hozzáadása

She was 7cm/ 3 inch shorter than the model minimum height

Barbara At the Giles show in 2010. Giles Deacon fashion designer is a collegue of Katie Grand, and used to be her love.

Another Hungarian girl in the Marc Jacobs Daisy Ad Campaign in 2010

In my book I wrote about my most ardent wish to walk in the Chanel fashion hand in hand with Karl Lagerfeld and close the show with him in the finale... Jacobs made that dream come true for another Hungarian girl, Barbara Palvin... a couple of months after my book was published.

A few months later, he continued to pressure me... he gave my other dream for that girl... read the quotes from my book and from a magazine...

A Hungarian male model, whose first job ever was the Marc by Marc Jacobs show, Marc discovered him on the internet and he had to fly to New York only for Marc's fashion show. What a coincidence, a Hungarian again!

In February 2013, A Hungarian model, Vanessa Axente was the first-face/ the opening model of the Marc by Marc Jacobs show. The boy, Kristóf Pituk is Hungarian too, it was his first show. Vanessa is the face of Prada. She has been the face of the brand for 3 seasons!

Here are some of my photos that Marc copied, and put the same short Hungarian model on it, she is wearing Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu outfits, Marc's designs.

Vogue Germany editorial with the same Hungarian model, Barbara Palvin. She had to poise the same way I did. She is even touching her shoes just like I did on my photo.

For his Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 Campaign Jacobs copied every details from my photos that were taken in 2008 in Paris

He used Rubble/Freestone background and a painting. The model had the same poise on the picture.

Models sitting on a barstool

Watch me on this video where I send a message for Marc Jacobs, the Thief of the Century!

I made this video in 2012 summer. I was wearing my own designes stripped Angel Barta dress. In 2012 summer polka dots were the must have trends of the summer. 2 months later Jacobs designed a collection full of stripped outfits... each single outfit was stripped!

Beth Ditto and Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs and Beth Ditto were very good friends from the beginning of her fame. After my book about Marc Jacobs was published, Marc wrote a song about my book and asked Beth Ditto to sing it. Of course she said yes! The title of the song: " I Wrote The Book"

On the cover of Katie Grand's Love Magazine

Marc Jacobs and Joe Jonas

This was not the only time when MJ wrote a song for a singer. Here is another example.
Joe Jonas, a young american singer, who is as close friends with the designer, that he even lived in Marc' apartment for a couple of months, in New York.( Read more details on Elle.com)
Of course Jonas could not say no to Marc when he asked him to sing this song about my love with Marc. Watch the video, it was recorded in Paris, you will see at 2:15, that the girl in the clip is called Angel, like me and at 0:50 the boy writes " Angel" with redlipstick.

Marc Jacobs copies my ideas for Nina Ricci also. His ex right hand Peter Copping fashion designer got the creative director job at Nina Ricci in 2009. He left his position at Louis Vuitton. Marc got him that job, this way he can controll everything at Nina Ricci too... the young Hungarian model I told you about, was at the Nina Ricci show also, in her first season... Katie Grand works for NR too.

Peter Copping, fashion designer used to work at LV for more than 10 years.

This how they could copy my ideas with the flower bouquet inside a bag.

Marc Jacobs has many personalities...

Once he is a Godfather, who manipulates everyone around him...

Or the Devil himself

He went to the MET Gala, the most sophisticated event of the year, wearing a seethrough lace dress, with white underwear... then to the opening of his Louis Vuitton exhibition wearing a bright pink night -gown like dress...

Click here to read how Marc Jacobs designs my ideas for Dior.

Watch my video in 2011 in front of the Louis Vuitton tent, where I have to stand outside, while the models are inside, trying on the clothes, that were my designs originally... but I can't go in. click here
This is how I suffer everytime Marc Jacobs has a fashion show.

Read how Sofia Coppola copied my style for the Dior TV commercial, here

You can download my book, titled "Fake Fashion", click here

SECRETS between KANYE West, Marc Jacobs, and Me! Do you want to know how the Fanning sisters became so famous? Read the answers, here

Marc Jacobs is the brain behind many perverse banned ad campaigns, here are a few

Marc Jacobs stole my designes for his Spring 2013 MJ Collection, details here