Sep 10th-Sep 16th - Meeting Dayana & Miss USA, FORD Models, and Celebrations!

Monday night Maialino was the place to be for Fashion Week! First Bryanboy and Rumi Neely, two popular fashion bloggers, came in and Eva Chen the Beauty Editor of Teen Vogue joined them. Also fashion designers Wes Gordon and Jason Wu each came in for dinner. Former Victoria's Secret model Stephanie Seymour was looking beautiful in a classy black dress and it was great to see Rachael Ray join us again that evening.

My favorite part of the evening though was meeting Dayana Mendoza (Miss Universe 2008, model and Celebrity Apprentice contestant) and Olivia Culpo the reigning Miss USA! As soon as Dayana walked in I was pretty sure it was her so I asked if she was Dayana and she said yes!

(Photo: Miss Universe Organization)

I told her how I am a former Miss New York Teen USA titleholder and that I admire her. She was one of the sweetest people I have ever met and after we talked for a minute she went to the bar with Jonathon Martin who is a movie producer in Los Angeles. When she was leaving it was so nice of her to go out of her way to say good bye to me. Dayana is a beautiful person inside and out and I hope to follow in her footsteps!

(Photo: Miss Universe Organization)

Later at night when Olivia came in I walked her to her table and I told her how it is my dream to be Miss USA and she thought that was great. When we got to the table Jonathon wanted me to ask her questions since I had the chance to but I didn't want to interrupt their meeting so I just asked how her reign has been and how her recent trip back to Rhode Island was. Later they asked me what dessert to get and I treated them to the chocolate torte cake :) Olivia is gorgeous and I am glad that we got to meet! I will be rooting for her at Miss Universe in December!

Sarah and I were there in Las Vegas when she won :)

(Photo: Miss Universe Organization)

Tuesday was September 11th, eleven years since the tragedy occurred. We remember those who lost their lives and we pray for their families. We are thankful for those who serve to protect our country and together we unite... we will never forget.

That day at work Tyra Banks came in with her Mom and she was not wearing makeup but she still looked great and her skin is flawless!

After work I headed straight to Crema, a Mexican restaurant, where Chantale my mother agent was having a get-together of her girls in the city during Fashion Week! It was nice to catch up with her and the girls and have a little fiesta!

A few of her friends from a couple agencies stopped by and it was fun! I met with Natalie from FORD Los Angeles and she was so cool and nice. Chantale asked her what she thought of me for LA and she said that she thinks I can do great there and she would like me to go there for six weeks and give it a shot! I was in a little bit of shock when she said that and I left the restaurant thinking did that really just happen?!

Sure enough Chantale emailed me saying that Natalie would like me to go to LA at the beginning of the year! Hearing that news was incredible and my loved ones and I are so ecstatic! I am so thankful to be presented this great opportunity that I have been working towards but I do have a couple of events to attend in January so I am planning on going at the beginning of February! I am so excited that one of my dreams is coming true!

Thursday after work I went shopping for a portable clothing rack since my friend Lindsay from Canada was going to be staying with me on Monday for a few weeks to model for Trump Model Management! While I was shopping I found out that my friend Vince and his friend Eva were visiting the city! They invited Sarah and I to go to a comedy club show that night and it was hilarious! Each act was different and still very funny and there was also a couple in the audience that made quite a scene! I am so glad we got to go and that we all had a great time.

On Saturday I met up with Vince and Eva quickly at Central Park because I was not sure if I would see them before they left. We caught up and then I had to head to work but I invited them to come in to dine there later. They came in and I had a table all ready for them! I tried to talk to them for a few moments here and there while I was working and then I had a server put a candle in Vince's dessert because it was his birthday the next day! I am glad they had a great dinner and a nice trip to the city :)

On Sunday I took the train to the Bronx and went to Mike's cousins house so that Dennise, Casta, David and I could all drive together to a family party for Rosh Hashanah! When I got there they were making Kreplach to bring to the party which I had never heard of but it is a sort of dumpling. David was working on the meat ones and Dennise and I made vegetarian ones!

Before we left they asked me if I had seen this Gangnam Style video and I had not so they played it for me and it was so funny we were all doing the dance together! Then we packed up the car and started to head to Nyack, NY. Dennise was showing me gifts that David and Casta got her for her PhD and one of them was these puppets and Casta and Dennise started doing a little show with them. I could not stop laughing it was hilarious, they were really good at it!

We got to Nyack and Mike and his family met us there and we had a great dinner together! Everyone was so stuffed but we still had the energy to watch the Gangnam Style video and do the dance! We were doing it full-out and it was so funny! Then we enjoyed chocolate cake in honor of Dennise getting her PhD and later got ready to go back to the city the next day.