Laura Giannone, Executive Director
As a former state titleholder, Laura took all of the positive aspects of her pageant experiences and embarked on a 30-year fashion and modeling career. Upon graduating from The Lucille Clayton School in London and earning her BA in Journalism and Broadcasting from Central Michigan University, Laura came to New York with a modeling contract, a result of her participation in the “Model of The Year” pageant in 1974. Laura traveled extensively throughout Europe as well as the U.S., working the runway for fashion designers Oleg Cassini, Sadler, and Perissi as well as appearing in numerous national commercial campaigns and print ads. Laura is an actress and model living in Westchester. She feels the camaraderie, joy and drive she derived from her pageant experiences helped to propel her long-lived career and she is looking forward to passing on that passion to the Miss Westchester Pageants and Miss Hudson Valley Pageants contestants.



Dee van Eyck, Executive Director
As a former America’s Junior Miss local titleholder, Dee took the many skills she had learned through pageantry and applied them first, to her acting career and then later, to her special events management and production projects. After studying Theatre Arts at Stephens College, Dee came to New York and played leading roles on television, in commercials and Off-Broadway. As a graduate of The George Washington University Business School’s Event Management Program, she has organized, designed and produced events and fundraisers for many Westchester companies and non-profits. Dee believes that pageant participation presents a wonderful opportunity for young women to gain self-confidence, to develop their public speaking technique, and to acquire additional life skills while making new friends and having a great time!
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CODE OF ETHICS
The Miss Westchester Pageants and Miss Hudson Valley Pageants adhere to the EPIC International Association's Code of Ethics and Rules of Censure:

  • Our advertising and promotional materials will accurately, honestly and clearly represent the pageants, services, gifts and prizes as actually provided.
  • We will accept responsibility for representations made on behalf of the pageants by our employees or agents.
  • We shall pay for all goods and services in a timely manner.
  • We will make available the pageants' rules and regulations, accurate and understandable entry fees, terms and conditions to the contestants, sponsors and the general public.
  • We will respond to contestant inquiries and complaints expeditiously and honestly, and will work in good faith to resolve contestant concerns to the contestant's satisfaction.
  • We will always hold a judges orientation prior to the pageants and shall admonish judges to refrain from contact with contestants other than at scheduled pageant events.
  • We will treat competitors with respect and refrain from making any disparaging comments, accusations, implications or providing misleading information about competitors' products and services.

In addition, the Miss Westchester Pageants and Miss Hudson Valley Pageants encourage our contestants to:

  • Ensure that their resumes, fact sheets and biographical information accurately, honestly and clearly represents their true and actual backgrounds.
  • Always act responsibly and with pride when competing in an event or representing an event as titleholders.
  • Follow all of the event rules and regulations and obey the terms and conditions set forth in the contestant agreement.
  • Respond to their Director's inquiries and complaints expeditiously and honestly and work in good faith to resolve the Director's concerns to the Director's satisfaction.
  • Refrain from conversations and contact with judges other than at scheduled activities and ask that their friends and relatives also refrain in the same manner.
  • Not participate in any activities that will harm a competitor's chances or result in demoralizing a competitor.
  • Treat competitors with respect and refrain from making any disparaging comments, accusations, implications or providing misleading information about a competitior.

The EPIC (Events, Pageants, and Individual Contestants) International Association was established in 1986 to eliminate unethical practices and to promote positive experiences within the industry. Pageant System Directors promise to uphold their obligation to their contestants, sponsors and the general public to provide quality pageants with reasonable entry fees under stated terms and conditions, to conduct business ethically and with integrity, and to place contestant, sponsor and general public satisfaction foremost in their endeavors.
OUR MISSION
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The Miss Westchester Pageants place an emphasis on excellence, achievement and personal growth for the young women who participate in our program. All of the participants in our pageants receive training in public speaking, interview techniques, marketing and business etiquette from industry professionals. Our goal is to help them to become winners in life through the pageant experience.

We encourage our contestants to develop self-awareness as well as social awareness by striving to be their “best selves” in everything that they do. Whether it is helping themselves through physical fitness and good nutrition or helping others through community service, our contestants become better people by taking part in our competitions. The Miss Westchester Pageants’ tagline is “Smart. Beautiful. You!” because we believe who you are on the inside, shines on the outside.