Ciera Nicole: April 2013

Friday, April 26, 2013

WJZ Feature: "Miss Maryland United States Returns To Her Alma Mater, Baltimore City College, For Career Day"

Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to be featured on WJZ, CBS Baltimore! I participated in Career Day at City College and Ron Matz was there to interview me! Below I have the press clip along with the link to the video so that you can watch! :)

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/04/25/miss-maryland-us-returns-to-her-alma-mater-baltimore-city-college-for-career-day/

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Baltimore Magazine - Behind the Scenes

Guess who will be featured in the July 2013 issue of Baltimore Magazine?....ME! Yup. Check out behind the scenes video of the photoshoot here! Special thanks to my wonderful wardrobe sponsor, Deja Vu Boutique, Melissa Mangrum, my makeup artist and Brian Waters, Video Producer! Hope you like it!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Walter Reed Medical Center Visit.

Miss Capital City United States, Candiace Dillard and Ms. Maryland United States, Sarah Christian and I had the privilege to provide food to the wounded warriors at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland. It was great meeting our brave war heroes who have served us in combat.

The Volunteer Director emailed our state director and stated the following about us: "Ciera and Candiace were GREAT. They were fun, energetic and enthusiastic and both are drop dead gorgeous.... but more importantly their hearts are just perfect for what we do. They volunteered to take meals to rooms for patients and the head of Psychiatry asked them to help him take meals to a different floor of the hospital.... they got to see what we do and they brought a lot of laughter to the event."

Video Log Episode #1

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Miss District of Columbia United States Boot Camp

Sunday, April 14th, the beautiful ladies of the Miss Maryland, Miss District of Columbia, and Miss Delaware Organization held a boot camp for contestants competing in the upcoming Miss District of Columbia and Miss Delaware United States pageant! So much fun cant wait for the competition!

Miss Delaware United States Recruiting

Thursday, April 12th, my Director, Laura Eliers Clark and I, traveled to Salisbury University and The University of Delaware for the recruitment of the Miss Delaware and Miss District of Columbia United States Pageant!

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Mighty M.A.A.C. Miss Black & Gold Scholarship Pageant

On Friday, April 5, 2013, The Distinguished Gentlemen of the District 6, the Mighty MAAC (Mid-Atlantic Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated crowned a new Queen for 2013. I had the lucky opportunity to be a judge for the pageant which was awesome for me considering I have never been a judge in a pageant. This provided me with the chance to be on the other side of the competition, which I take as an advantage for my upcoming competition.

There were contestants from Delaware to the District of Columbia. The ladies competed in introduction, swimsuit, evening gown, creative performance and oral expression.

Congrats to Queen Orisa Henderson of the Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Howard University.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Vibe Vixen of the Day

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, I was selected as Vibe Vixen of the Day! Check out my definition of a Vixen and what other Vixens inspire me!

Excerpt:

Name: Ciera Nicole

Age: 22

Location: Baltimore, MD

Occupation: Miss Maryland 2013

Style: Edgy chic

Beauty Fave I Can’t Live Without: Ruby Woo Lipstick by MAC

Inspired By: My mom, Michelle Obama, Beyonce Knowles

A Vixen is…

A Vixen is a woman who embodies drive, determination, and confidence. She is the type of woman who knows that she can conquer anything as long as she works hard.

Photo Credit: James Chase Photography

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Co-Hosting on PageantLIVE

Check me out as I was a guest co-host on PageantLIVE! Tonight's show featured myself, my director, Miss Teen Maryland United States 2013, Miss Ohio United States 2013, Ms. District of Columbia United States and Miss United States 2012 All World Beauties.
The ladies and I discussed three topics such as pageant fears, anti-pageantry opinions and why we decided to represent the Miss United States Organization.
It was such a great show and I had a great time hosting. Thanks to the lovely Pamela Privette for having us all on the show, it was such a great experience!

Take a look at the video below!

Meet Ciera

Ciera Nicole is an American Beauty Pageant title holder, who competed for both, Miss USA 2014, and Miss United States 2013, representing the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland. Ciera is an actress and reality television personality.

Early Life…

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ciera attended Baltimore City College High School. As a teen, Ciera became passionate about modeling, which motivated her to become involved in the fashion and entertainment industries.

In an effort to serve the community, Ciera served as President of a community-based modeling organization called Elite Icons. As President, Ciera and her team coordinated annual fashion shows, which served as esteem building activities and productive work areas to keep teens away from inner city violence.

Ciera began her undergraduate studies at Marymount University in Arlington, VAwhere she earned a dual Bachelors Degree studying communications and fashion merchandising with a focus in public relations. While at Marymount, Ciera was heavily involved in a number of organizations, including The L.I.S.T. (Ladies Inspiring Strength for Tomorrow), which Ciera established and served as President and Vice President, the Head of Public Relations for the Marymount University Fashion Department, and a member of the Black Student Alliance.

Ciera was also able to gain hands on experience working as an event assistant for various organizations and brands such as: Men Against Breast Cancer, Becky's Fund, Luke's Wings, Key to the Cure, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Isaac Mizrahi, Christian Siriano, Lela Rose, Neiman Marcus, The Washington Humane Society, Chic Communications, The Aba Agency, Saks Fifth Avenue and more.

In the spring of 2012, Ciera produced the fourth annual Voyage to Utopia fashion show which was the first year that established the Voyage to Utopia Scholarship Fund and supported the KaKenya's Dream Foundation.

Following her undergraduate career, Ciera was employed by IMG and ROCHE in New York City as the Public Relations and Marketing Intern for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and Production Coordinator for New York Fashion Shows.

Recently…

Upon returning to the D.C. and Maryland area, Ciera competed for and won the titles of Miss Maryland United States 2013 and Miss District of Columbia USA 2014. Within those two years, Ciera used her titles to empower inner city youth in D.C. and Maryland to continue their ambitions. She represented Maryland in the 2013 Miss United States pageant and she represented D.C. in the 2014 Miss USA pageant.

After crowing her successor, Ciera has made appearances as an actress on several television series such as, House of Cards, Survivor's Remorse & more to name.

Ciera starred on and won Oxygen's reality competition series, Last Squad Standing. Now, Ciera is an actress and student at The Barrow Group Theater Company and School in New York City. She currently travels between New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. for on screen projects.

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