Judges 2010
Every year we put our heads together to discuss the criteria of the optimal judges panel. A great deal of thought and discussion goes into choosing our adept panel who will select the next Miss District of Columbia and hopefully the next Miss America! Miss DC is the right combination of beauty, brains and talent, with equal parts of hipness, glamor, and an urban sensibility mixed in.
In the past six years the Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Organization and its great panel of ”deciders” has produced some pretty amazing results:
Therese Lizardo Miss DC 2004- Quality of Life Finalist
Shannon Schambeau Miss DC 2005- Swimsuit Award winner and Top 5 Finalist
Kate Michael Miss DC 2006- Elle Magazine Miss America photo spread (3 contestants selected)
Shayna Rudd Miss DC 2007- Non-Finalist Talent Award
Kate Marie Grinold Miss DC 2008 – Top 10 Semi-Finalist
Jen Corey Miss DC 2009- Top 10 Semi-Finalist
2010 Miss DC Pageant Judges:
Gina Adams - Vice President Government Affairs, FedEx Corporation
Lisa Gable – Executive Director, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
Kristi Glakas – Miss Virginia 2005, Third Runner-up Miss America
Bob Pence – President, Pence-Friedel Developers, Inc
Tien Wong – Chairman & CEO, Opus 8, Inc.
2009 Miss DC Pageant Judges:
Valerie Crooker Clemens – President Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant, and Miss Maine 1980
Jean-Marie Fernandez – President, Fernandez Foundation
Jimmy Lynn – Managing Partner, JLynn Associates
George Bundy Smith Jr. – Chicago Bureau Reporter, ESPN
Rick Tedrick – Chief Financial Officer, National Rifle Association
2008 Miss DC Pageant Judges:
Marcia Mayo- Director of Publications and Senior Editor, ART in Embassies Program
Fernando Murias – Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Marsha Ralls – Owner, The Ralls Collection and Miss Virginia USA 1987
Kerri Strug - Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Games
Ted Trabue – Executive Director, District of Columbia Economic Empowerment Coalition
Charlie Curry Vantramp – Miss Washington (State) Scholarship Organization
