Miss'd America Miss Kitty Hiccups walks the runway after being named the 2011 winner

Kitty Hiccup, who’s actually David Hyland, was crowned the 2011 Miss'd America Sunday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The top cat at this year's Miss'd America pageant is the leopard print-clad Kitty Hiccups.
The Press of Atlantic City reports that this year's pageant featured eight contestants.
This glamorous brunette Miss Kitty Hiccups in a leopard print-clad dress has come out on top in a leading American U.S. beauty pageant.

But the 32-year-old, crowned Miss'd America 2011, is a man also known as David Hyland.
The colourful alternative event, which attracted a ballroom crowd of 1,200 people, and raises thousands of dollars for U.S. charities at the well-known Boardwalk Hall venue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Eight contestants competing for the crown sang and danced through various musical numbers in between competing in evening gown, interview, swimsuit and talent competitions.

"Kitty Hiccups" triumphed the day after Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlon was named Miss America.

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2011 Golden Globes Best and Worst Dressed

Surprise, surprise: Glee took home another award! The stage was loaded and the smiles were huge--Lea Michele turned heads on the red carpet.  Best and Worst Dressed at the 2011 Golden Globes

Felix Mercado, celebrity style expert and president and owner of Say it With STYLE, gave his feed back on the hot gowns and hot messes on the red carpet Sunday night.

There were several trends that were easily noticed during last night's Golden Globe Awards. The biggest ones that caught my eye? Lots of nude dresses and a plethora of emerald green dresses. I was drooling over Lea Michele subdued pink Oscar de la Renta because it was anything but boring with its ruffles and layers. I was also pleasantly surprised by Eva Longoria's black Zac Posen dress.

Mila Kunis also got green in a Vera Wang. Emerald green may not be my favorite color, but all three ladies looked stunning.
Luckily for me, a couple of the ladies did bring the sparkle and one of my favorites was Olivia Wilde who wore a glittery black Marchesa dress. Carrie Underwood also looked beautiful in her sparkly nude Badgley Mischka.
Who do you think was the best dressed of the evening?

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Teresa Scanlan as Miss America 2011

After the swimsuit, evening gown, talent and interview competitions, there was one woman left standing to inherit the crown from Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron.

The winner was announced on Saturday evening at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Scanlan beat 52 other young women from across the United States.

The young Nebraskan played "White Water Chopped Sticks" on the piano in the talent portion of the competition. Along with the title of Miss America 2011, Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship. Scanlan, who recently graduated from high school, will study at Patrick Henry College. The Miss America Organization provides young women with a vehicle to further their personal and professional goals, and instills a spirit of community service through a variety of nationwide community-based programs, according to the organization’s website.

The Miss America pageant has been around for 90 years, but a Miss Nebraska had never won the title -- until last night when Teresa Scanlan was announced Miss America 2011.

At 17, Scanlan is also the youngest Miss America since Margaret Gorman, the pageant's first winner, won at the age of 16 way back in 1921.

Scanlan showed her confidence early on in the program. Producers invited past winners to participate in the show's 90th contest. George, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her win, presented roses to Scanlan after her name was read as the winner.

Pageant judges included Joy Behar ('The View'), Marc Cherry (creator/executive producer, 'Desperate Housewives'), Marilu Henner ('Taxi') and Tony Dovolani ('Dancing With the Stars.') Joy: All seem nice. I'm the one bitchy from food deprivation.

Burke could easily win next year's Miss America since she has a habit of winning and hosting live shows on ABC.

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Fashion Forward for 2011

The latest bit of news is that Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto and Todd Lynn - designers that all show during London Fashion Week – have been awarded this year’s Fashion Forward prize by the British Fashion Council.

Previous winners of the Coutts & Co sponsored prize include Christopher Kane, Erdem, Giles Deacon and Roksanda Illincic, to name a few--Todd Lynn added: “I’m thrilled to have won Fashion Forward for 2011.
The scheme, sponsored by Coutts and supported by the London Development Agency, has been running for five years - offering funding and mentoring to help London's rising young designers showcase their work at London Fashion Week.

This is the first time that three designers have been awarded the sponsorship, evidence of their meteoric rise in the fashion industry.

Last night Coutts, the poshest bank in London, hosted a very sophisticated mini soiree to announce the recipients of this year’s Fashion Forward sponsorship (paid for by the bank, and organised by the British Fashion Council). CONGRATULATIONS! to Anglo-French Goth rocker duo Meadham Kirchhoff, Canadian-born Todd Lynn and the masters of digital printing, Peter Pilotto! Previous Fashion Forward winners include Christopher Kane, Erdem, Giles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders, Marios Schwab, Richard Nicoll, Roksanda Illincic, and last year’s winner Louise Goldin, who we met over the summer as she extolled the wonders of the "Fashion Forward" scheme.

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