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H.R. No. 1661
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Latina Crown USA is dedicated to making a positive
difference in the lives of young women through an innovative,
community-supported beauty pageant system; and
WHEREAS, Committed to reshaping the local and national
landscape of the Latina experience, this commendable enterprise
aims to inspire women of Latin American origin to value continuing
education and to encourage pride in their rich cultural heritage;
and
WHEREAS, Within the Lone Star State, the Texas Latina Crown
USA pageant offers women an opportunity to compete in Teen, Miss,
and Mrs. contests, while creating role models in each category who
portray poise, competence, and beauty; and
WHEREAS, Participants in this year's competition present on
this day include: Vanessa Rodriguez, Beatriz Marlene Casto, Libna
Ontiveros, Nicole Korrodi, Martha Patricia Gallegos, Ana Karina
Melendez, Ana Laura Martinez, Evangelina Lopez, Angeles Gonzalez,
January Salgado, Daniela Vazquez, Elizabeth Herrera, Cecilia Marie
Regan, Beverly Aleman, Diana R. Foster, and Jeanne P.
Lopez-McKenney; and
WHEREAS, Also at the Capitol today are 2005 Miss Teen Texas
Latina Cinthia Ramos and Mrs. Texas Latina Blanca Lizama as well as
staff members Laura Marisol Salinas, Fernando Velazquez de Leon,
and Victor Aaron Cacho Habich; and
WHEREAS, Created by beauty queen, entrepreneur, and news
anchor Jackeline Cacho, this pioneering pageant provides Latinas
with an important avenue by which to increase their self-confidence
and to further their education by earning scholarship money, and
this outstanding endeavor is truly worthy of special recognition;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Latina Crown USA for its contributions
to the Latinas of the Lone Star State and extend to all those
associated with the organization sincere best wishes for a
memorable pageant; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Castro
Uresti
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1661 was adopted by the House on May
17, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House