I walked into the VIP section of the Miss USA after party. After congratulating Paula Miles on her girl’s win (Paula is the Executive Director of Miss North Carolina USA) I bumped into Kevin Rudolf. Kevin played his hit single “Let it Rock” for the Swimsuit portion of the the Miss USA Pageant.
Rocco Castellano | Kevin Rudolf
Kevin Rudolf
It’s amazing, I have met many “celebrity” types in my day due to the nature of my business and they fall into two categories… the assholes that think they are above everyone… or the down to earth, glad to be where they are type.
Kevin Rudolf is definitely the latter. We had a great conversation about what it took for him to get to the top of his game. All through our discussion he kept reiterating the same thing, “Raw Determination”. The music business is hard and takes getting knocked down hundreds of times. Then one day you get up and all the hard work paid off. Resilency and forward momentum was etched in his character and I was happy to have had the opportunity for dialogue with someone who shared the same philosophy.
Sherri Hill | Rocco Castellano
Sherrie Hill
Another person who I have known about for years but had never met was Sherri Hill. In the pageant industry Sherri Hill is basically a “Dress Making” God. 8 out of the top 10 girls were wearing a Sherri Hill Dress. If you ask me that’s pretty amazing. That would be like going to the Academy Awards and almost every female celebrity (and probably some males…I’m not judging) on the Red Carpet answered the same question; “What are you wearing?” with “Oh, it’s Sherri Hill”.
Sherri is another one that is very reserved and pleasant to talk to as I am the opposite. Anyone who knows me, I’m not at all reserved and on many occasions I’m not pleasant to talk to. Especially if you ask me if you “look fat”, but this post isn’t about my unpleasantness. If any of the women and girls out there are thinking about getting a beautiful dress for prom or wedding feel confident that the designer is not only a great designer but a great person.
Josett Wilbanks | Rocco Castellano | Sandrine Karsenty
No Shortage of Beautiful Women
There was no shortage of beautiful woman at Miss USA. As you can see I’m with beautiful Las Vegas Hairstylist, Josett Wilbanks and my childhood friend Andy Burgoyne’s beautiful girlfriend Sandrine Karsenty.
A little back story on Josett. She was attending the premiere of Peepshow at Planet Hollywood and Donald Trump was so enamered by her that he kept telling Robert Earl (priciple owner of Planet Hollywood) to put her in the show. So instead of accepting a part in the show she decided on taking 2 tickets to the VIP after party for Miss USA.
Hope you had a great time man. Looking forward to meeting you in the near future!
-Yavor
Looks like a great time!!