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by Patti Schwierzke
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It's not all fun and games and
glamour. It's hard work that
takes 24-hours-a-day, seven-
days-a-week. It's not blue jeans
and t-shirts but designer dresses
and make-up and getting up at
ungodly hours to to prepare for
appearances. It's not pleasure;
it's a job.
And it's the price one pays for
being a beauty queen.
Miss Texas USA Lisa Allred,
20, was up at 3:30 a.m. for her
trip to College Station on Tues
day. She was here doing promo
tional work for Dillard's. She
had to be at the store by 10 a.m.
'There is so much to
learn from traveling and
being exposed to diffe
rent people and diffe
rent situations. You
have to learn to sink or
swim - it's just living
and learning.' — Lisa
Allred
to officially open it and to do an
interview with a T. V. station. At
11:15 a.m. she was headed to the
Brazos Valley Rehabilitation
Center to meet the children and
sign autographs. At 12:45, she
had a lunch date at Rudder Tow
er, a newspaper interview,
another T.V. interview and
another newspaper interview.
At 4 p.m., she had to be back
at Dillard's to host a reception
for the Teen Board. At 6 p.m.,
she had to start getting ready for
a fashion show at Dillard's that
began at 7 p.m. And after the
show, she had to sign auto
graphs.
Does Miss Texas USA get
tired? You bet she does.
"It's fun and I enjoy it," she
said. "It's a once in a lifetime
thing. It's hard work and you
get tired."
The new Miss Texas A&M —
who replaced Gina Geiger, the
1982 Miss Texas A&M, on Feb.
25 — agrees.
Theresa Jones said that her
phone hasn't stopped ringing
since she won the title on Fri
day. She already has talked to
Miss Texas pageant officials in
Fort Worth and planned a trip to
Dallas this weekend to start
looking for clothes to wear for
the Miss Texas competition on
July 9.
Allred says that she has had
more than an adequate amount
of money to spend on clothes. In
fact, she says that she has given
a lot of her clothes away.
"I like feminine fashions,
dresses instead of pants," she
said. "I lean toward a more
sophisticated look for part of my
appearances. I'm extravagant."
When Allred won her title on
August 23, 1982, she received a
$10,000 scholarship, a Subaru
and the use of a $25,000 Zale's
jewelry collection. She also re
ceived a full-length fur coat, a
wardrobe of Larry Mahan west
ern wear and boots and a $5,000
day wardrobe from Dillard's.
When Jones won her title, she
won a $1,000 scholarship, a
$1,000 wardrobe, the official
crown and trophy, the use of a
Cadillac Sedan DeVille and a
$3,000 pendant from Zales.
Now that Jones and Allred
have won one title, they have to
start preparing for another title -
Jones for Miss Texas and Allred
for Miss USA. Both girls weigh
120 pounds. Jones is 5 feet 6 in
ches tall and Allred is 5 feet 7
inches tall.
"I'm on a diet right now
where I try to eat only 500 calor
ies a day," Allred said. "I have
an exercise routine that I do and
I jump rope. I also have a 30-
minute exercise tape that I try to
do if I have time but I usually
don't. I also try to read the Bible
every day," she said. "I really
don't have any free time."
"The stage question is always
the hardest because you have no
idea what the judges are going
to ask you," she said.
Jones is also preparing.
"I'd like to lose five pounds
before the pageant," she said. "I
jog twice a week and I'm going
to try and start doing it four
times a week. I also work out at
Shapeway about four times a
week.
'When I entered last
year, it was a lot of fund
like performing and I
love this school and
want to represent it. I
have already gained so
much more confidence
in myself and there are
so many opportunities
available. It (the title)
will give me good prac
tice in interviewing and
meeting and working
with people.'— Theresa
Jones
"Now, I'll watch what I eat
and stay away from fried foods
and gooey deserts," she said.
"I'll try and eat chicken, cheese
and vegetables."
Both girls agree that even
though it requires a lot of hard
work, there is a lot to be learned
from pageants.
"Pageants are real fun,"
Allred said. "I didn't know at
first if it would be or not, but it
was.
"There is so much to learn
work
from traveling and being ex
posed to different people and
different situations," she said.
"You have to learn to sink or
swim — it's just living and
learning."
An area director for the
pageant went to North Texas
State to talk to all the sororities
about the pageant and Allred's
Alpha Delta Pi sorority sisters
encouraged her to enter. Allred,
whose hometown is Fort Worth,
is a newcomer to the pageant
game. She entered her first
pageant in 1981 as Miss Rich
land Hills and was first runner-
up. In the 1982 pageant, Allred
represented Fort Worth and
won.
Jones also said that pageants
are fun.
"When I entered last year, it
was a lot of fun," Jones said. "I
like performing and I love this
school and want to represent
it." I have already gained so
much more confidence in myself
and there are so many opportu
nities available. It (the title) will
give me good practice in inter
viewing and meeting and work
ing with people.
"Representing Texas A&M
won't be that hard because I am
fond of the school and don't
want to have a bad light shined
on it," she said.
Jones, whose hometown is
Hearne, is also a newcomer to
pageants. The first time she en
tered a pageant was last year at
Texas A&M and it turned out to
be such fun that she decided to
do it again.
Jones said that when the
judges announced her name as
the winner she was stunned.
"I knew that it was all or no
thing," she said. "I was thinking
maybe or maybe not. I was
almost unemotional because I
was so stunned and then the
next morning I was estatic. I
woke up and couldn't go back to
sleep. I guess my adrenaline
was just really pumping."
Both women know that their
reigns will end and life will go
on.
Allred will go back to NTSU
and work on her degree in
fashion merchandising. Some
day she would like to get into a
business but she has humble
plans too.
"Ultimately, I want to be a
housewife," she said.
Jones will continue to work
on her business analysis degree
while serving as Miss Texas
A&M.
"One day, I would like to get
a job and prove that I can be
independent," she said. "My
girlfriends and I talk about get
ting a penthouse in some big city
and being successful."
Lisa Allred — 1983 Miss Texas USA
staff photo by David Fisher
1983 Miss Texas A&M