Black Canadian Queen 2014 Journey!

 Hi all:  

What a wild ride 2014 has been, especially since a lot of my time has been spent promoting my Black Canadian Queen pageant campaign! It is getting close to the event date (June 7th) and I am getting to the end of my campaign, but I am giving one last PUSH! Here are ways to assist me in reaching my goals:

1)  DONATING to my Go Fund Me account (Special thanks to those who have!) There is just 12 hours left!!! 

2)  VOTING! for me as the Best Black Canadian Queen (Voting ends June 3rd 12am)

3)  VIEWING/LISTENING/SHARING my latest BCQ promotion on Spreecast with Chonilla (I come on at the 37min           mark)

4)  VIEWING/SHARING/COMMENTING/LIKING my YouTube video  (Currently at 150 views!!!!) and also my              social media links:

Official Contestant Website: http://jmyourblackcanadianqueen2014.blogspot.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/jmyourblackcanadianqueen2014
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stylebyladyj

Also you can use the following hastags:  #blackcanadians #blackcanadianqueen #BCA2014Thank-you, your support is GREATLY appreciated!  

Black Canadian Queen 2014 - Go Fund Me Campaign

Hello peeps,

I hope you remember my previous post about entering into a beauty pageant, if not here it is! Well it's crunch time now with the event in Toronto, Ontario on June 6th & 7th!

With the help of my primary sponsors Leerox Technology and Eleganiza Couture, click the links below and contribute to my "Go Fund Me" campaign:

http://www.gofundme.com/josephinemensah-bcq2014

I hope to raise $1000+ by Sunday May 25th at midnight! Also share this link with your social network using the hashtags: #Josephine Mensah #blackcanaidanawards #blackcanadianqueen #BCA2014

Your support is greatly appreciated:)

xoxox

Lady J

Lady J = Beauty Queen?

Yes, you read it right!!!

During the summer, I found out about the "Black Canadian Queen" Beauty Pageant through my LinkedIn account and decided to throw in my application #yolomaybe, and have now found out I will be the National Contestant for Saskatoon, SK my home city!

This pageant is an event hosted by the Black Canadians Media Group through the Diversity Advancement Network, and I'll compete on June 6th & & 7th in Toronto, Ontario Canada. I'm too excited!!! *eekkk*

Also it's not your ordinary beauty pageant, but rather a cultural and achievements-based event along with main values of bringing awareness of social issues affecting regional and international Black communities and positive media representation.

But of course I need your help, in the form of moral support, creative feedback as well as sponsorship opportunities to gain funding to compete effectively. Please click the image below to "Like" my Contestant Facebook Fan Page!

And also check out my Official Contestant Page to stay up to date with my incredible journey!

Thanks in advance,

Josephine Mensah, Your Black Canadian Queen 2014

Queen City Wedding!

Hello there!

I just came back from a wonderful wedding of a very dear family friend held in Regina, SK, nicknamed the "Queen City"! The ceremony/reception was fantastic, the guests were fabulous and the music was popping! I still can't get some of those songs out of my head!

Take a look at some of the great highlights of the day/night:

My beautiful sister, Regina and me...Yes, the irony is not lost on us that she has the same name as the city we visited lol!

Such a romantic ceremony with the lovely bride and her groom!

Getting ready for the reception = "make-up magic":

I grabbed this little golden dress from a side-street store in Montreal earlier in the summer...Also do you recognize that the shoes and clutch were from the blue dress pictures above? 

Style Tip: Remember it's always best to pack accessories that can double up with different outfits to cut down on over-packing (took me years to learn that trick):

Love it Reg!!

Gorgeous centre-piece at the reception! I wonder how they got the flowers in there and kept them from wilting???

Yummy salmon meal:

Re-entrance of the Mr & Mrs.in traditional Nigerian dress:

The great thing about weddings are the beautiful reunions with long lost friends (WARNING: high levels of glam style ahead)...hehehehe:

Another set of sisters, rocking their formal Nigerian attire with gele head wraps, there are so many amazing ways to tie it, check out this tutorial!

A few members of the bridal party:

Make it rain:

Oh, what a night! We basically went back to the hotel barefoot from all the jumping and dancing around:)

Sunday morning, we decided to go out for brunch at the Radisson Regina  and then headed back Saskatoon! I wanted to take the chandelier with sconces in my bag, but my sister advised me not too....*sobs*

How did you spend your Labour Day weekend?