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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Fashion Awards Maryland 2013

Saturday, June 15th, I presented an award at the Maryland Fashion Awards! WONDERFUL event! Lana Rae, Executive Director, did an amazing job putting the event together! Special thanks to my gown sponsor, Royal Bliss Boutique for providing me with my beautiful gown! Here are some photos from the night!

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Ciera Nicole Miss Maryland X Route One Apparel

Check out behind the scenes of my photo shoot with Route One Apparel on board Harbor Sail L.L.C. in downtown Baltimore! More photos to come!

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!

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!

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Career Day at St. Francis Academy

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, I participated in Career Day at St. Francis Academy.

Established in 1828, St. Frances Academy is an independent, co-ed, Catholic high school with African American and Hispanic roots. St. Frances Academy serves as an agent of positive change within its inner-city neighborhood. The school currently has about 200 students. My portion of Career Day consisted of explaining the proper attire in business professional setting as well as encouraging the students to continue working hard in all of their future endeavors. I spoke to all four grade levels of students, freshmen up to seniors. It was such a great experience and I had a great time with them all! Below are photos the students and I took that I found on their Instagram accounts!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Volunteering at Happy Helpers for the Homeless

Today, Two friends and I volunteered at Our Daily Bread in Baltimore, Maryland with the Happy Helpers for the Homeless, and what an experience it was! This was my second time working with Happy Helpers and it humbles me every time. You never know how fortunate you are until you see people appreciate the little things that you take for granted.

Our daily Bread consisted of providing clothing, food, toys, and Easter goodies for the kids. Happy Helpers for the Homeless meets every Sunday at 2pm at our Daily Bread. Our Daily Bread is located at 725 Fallsway in downtown Baltimore.

For more information on Happy Helpers for the Homeless, take a look at their website at the address below.
http://happyhelpersforthehomeless.webs.com/

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The Crowning Touch

Finally, I have come across the photos from pageant weekend! Take a look! From opening number to crowning!

The End! =)

Friday, February 15, 2013

Fashion Law Week 2013

March 1st check me out on the runway at Fashion Law Week in D.C.!

Fashion Law Week (FLW) is an annual educational legal symposium dedicated to engaging students and the community in the discussion surrounding legal issues within thefashion industry. Over the last decade,Fashion Law has emerged as a more respected and relevant field of law. From the advent of several Federal legislative attempts to extend copyright-like protection to fashiondesigns, to the detrimental global economic effects of counterfeiting, the legal issues within the fashion industry have undoubtedly affected many of us. Fashion Law Week wants to continue the movement to educate designers, students, practitioners, fashion aficianados, academia, and the community about the legal issues within the fashion industry. FashionLaw Week is the first and only week in the nation devoted to educating the community about the field of Fashion Law. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite!
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5440215832/eorg

Federal Hill Fest-of-All

Check me out in this featured post about the Federal Hill Fest-of-All Fashion Show and Party at the Baltimore Museum of Industry! I will be hitting the runway and I am so excited! Check out the details below; tickets are on sale now at the following address!
http://historicfederalhill.org/www/products/167.10

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Ravens Super Bowl Victory!

On February 5th I had the opportunity to be out with the community to celebrate the victory of our Super Bowl champs! What an experience! There I took hundreds of photos with die hard Ravens fans as well as cheered for the homecoming of the Baltimore Ravens! I was even interviewed by the local news! So much fun!

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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