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Topic: Susie Castillo


  
  LatinoGraduate.net
Susie: Part of my role as Miss USA is to be a spokesperson for breast and ovarian cancer education, research, and legislation, so I work constantly with about 8 or 9 different organizations.
Susie: Quite a bit, but the most important would have to be when she told me that whatever I set my mind to do, I can do.
Susie: It is usually the case, especially for those in my college major, to have to get over the nervousness of standing in front of a room and giving presentations, which we constantly did in my courses..
www.latinograduate.net /new/rolemodels/castillo.shtml   (2748 words)

  
 Xapz! Susie Castillo Crowned Miss Usa 2003 During Live Telecast
Susie Castillo of Massachusetts was crowned Miss USA on March 24, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas.
Susie is an actress and model who has won many awards at Endicott College and the first Hispanic delegate from Massachusetts.
Castillo flourished at school and received numerous academic accolades including the prestigious Capstone Award, an honor that is given annually to one graduating senior in recognition of their senior thesis.
www.xapz.com /xapz!/2003010038.htm   (930 words)

  
 From teen to Queen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
While not typical, Castillo, 23, is very much a beauty queen, one with increasing celebrity as she gets closer to competing for the 2003 Miss USA title March 24.
Castillo is the second in her family to attend college -- her older sister was the first.
Castillo took him to some Massachusetts pageants while she was contemplating a second chance at the title.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20030302/LI_001.htm   (1753 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Lawrence Welcomes Back Hometown Beauty Queen, Miss USA Susie Castillo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Amid a sea of American flags and hundreds of cheering fans, Miss USA Susie Castillo rode through downtown Lawrence yesterday, smiling and waving to spectators who gathered to welcome her home for the first time since winning the coveted national crown.
Castillo also received a flag from the Dominican Republic - her father is Dominican - and a plaque from the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, honoring her as a "Puerto Rican making history." Castillo is the second Miss USA of Puerto Rican descent.
Castillo was crowned Miss USA on March 24 in San Antionio, Texas.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n22/LawrWelcome-en.shtml   (461 words)

  
 Latina model, Susie Castillo crowned Miss USA 2003
She was crowned Monday amid tears and cheers at the Municipal Auditorium on a stage set with a dramatic dark background, two reflecting pools and in front of a cheering crowd.
Castillo, an office manager and model, will be America's candidate in the Miss Universe pageant in June in Panama City, Panama.
A fluent Spanish speaker with Puerto Rican roots, Castillo said she would use her crown to try to raise the stature of the nation's Hispanic population.
www.hispanicsurf.com /newsroom/castillo_susie_crowned_missusa2003-032603.htm   (355 words)

  
 Susie Castillo - Miss USA Universe 2003
Susie Castillo, representing Massachusetts, was crowned Miss USA in San Antonio, Texas.
Castillo is from a historic mill town in the Bay State, is the second Miss USA from Massachusetts in the past decade.
Castillo grew up speaking Spanish (her father is from the Dominican Republic, her mother from Puerto Rico).
www.geocities.com /rizwanpageantpage/miss_usa03.htm   (832 words)

  
 Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo: MTV's new Wonder Woman - Pageantry Magazine exclusive.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Susie recalled first entertaining the notion of a show-business career while accompanying her mother to a neighborhood grocery store.
Susie started plotting the fulfillment of her childhood dreams, of course, when she won the Miss Massachusetts Teen USA title in 1998, and then waited until the last year of her age eligibility to compete for and capture the Miss USA 2003 crown in San Antonio, Texas.
As Susie’s career moves into the bright lights of the Big Apple, her hope is to work for a couple of years at MTV, and eventually win comedy-acting roles.
www.pageantrymagazine.com /magazine/features/2005/b05/b05_susiecastillo/b05susiecastillo.html   (1546 words)

  
 Queen of all media - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Living / Arts - News
Ever since Susie Castillo won the Miss USA contest in 2003, her life has been a nonstop show.
Last month, Castillo came home for a weekend and hosted the Sports For Life cancer fund-raiser at the hospital where she was born -- Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.
Castillo went on to graduate from Methuen High, and then Endicott College in Beverly with a degree in interior design four years ago.
www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/06/16/queen_of_all_media?page=2   (1181 words)

  
 Former Miss USA, Susie Castillo gets engaged
April 14, 2004 -- Former Miss USA, Susie Castillo got a surprise proposal from boyfriend Matthew Leslie during a broadcast of the TV talk show On-Air With Ryan Seacrest.
Castillo was only the third Latina woman to ever become Miss USA when she won the crown in 2004 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
On April 12th, Castillo crowned the new miss USA, Shandi Finnessey -- Miss Missouri at the 53rd annual pageant and she will represent the US at the Miss Universe pageant June 1 in Quito, Ecuador.
www.hispanicsurf.com /newsroom/2004/castillo_susie_gets_engaged-041304.htm   (189 words)

  
 News & Features | Queen for a year
So now that Castillo has bequeathed that diamond-and-pearl crown to Shandi Finnessey at the Kodak Theatre, in Los Angeles, this past Monday, she insists she’ll be entirely comfortable.
Castillo’s unwavering confidence might not be merely a product of extensive media training, but a consequence of that particular moment, when she sat down to talk with less than a month left in her term.
And although Castillo didn’t know it then, her boyfriend of four and a half years, Ipswich native Matt Leslie, would propose to her in a little over two weeks, during an April 5 television appearance on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multi-page/documents/03758399.asp   (1400 words)

  
 Susie Castillo - From Runway to VJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Castillo introduces the latest videos and chats with major music acts each week, then flies to Los Angeles where she also hosts a weekend top video countdown called "Weekend Dime." She even spent this past summer living in MTV's Beach House in Las Vegas.
Castillo and her two sisters were raised by a single mother in a low-income neighborhood in Massachusetts after her father abandoned the family.
MTV executives were impressed by Castillo's enthusiasm and stage presence and invited her to audition for an on-air role.
www.youngmoney.com /entertainment/television/051105   (1395 words)

  
 Turn For the Judges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Susie Castillo, Miss Massachusetts USA, is the new Miss USA 2003.
Susie is a former Massachusetts Teen USA as well.
A fluent Spanish speaker with Puerto Rican roots, Susie said she would use her crown to try to raise the stature of the nation's Hispanic population.
www.tftj.com /Miss/USA/Pageant03.htm   (541 words)

  
 News & Features | Queen for a year (continued)
When Castillo was a teenager, a family friend suggested she find an agent in Boston, so she started calling around.
Castillo thinks it was her brain that impressed the judges.
Castillo walked that fine line for the cover of Drill magazine, a new bimonthly glossy aiming to be a Maxim for the military.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multi-page/documents/03758398.asp   (1242 words)

  
 Off the runways
Susie is the second in her family to graduate from college.
A single mother in a low-income neighborhood raised Susie, so she understands the obstacles that women encounter in society and is strongly committed to educating young women about the importance of maintaining positive self-esteem and self-worth.
Susie has been modeling professionally since she was 15 years old.
www.s2smagazine.com /content/content.asp?issueid=200308&listid=10   (416 words)

  
 UWMB news - Local Youth Roll Out the Red Carpet for Miss USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Castillo is the second Miss Massachusetts USA and is the third ever Latina woman to become Miss USA.
Castillo notes that of her childhood friends, she is the only one who has graduated high school and college.
Castillo is expected to speak about the importance of positive self-esteem and academic achievement.
www.uwmb.org /news/03missusa.htm   (280 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Miss Massachusetts crowned Miss USA 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo was crowned Miss USA 2003 in the 52nd annual staging of the pageant Monday night.
Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo, left, is crowned the new Miss USA 2003 by Miss USA 2002 Shauntay Hinton in San Antonio.
NaN/NaN/NaN NaN:NaN PM Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo, left, is crowned the new Miss USA 2003 by Miss USA 2002 Shauntay Hinton in San Antonio.
www.usatoday.com /life/2003-03-25-miss-usa_x.htm   (436 words)

  
 Turn For the Judges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Susie Castillo is the new Miss USA 2003, making her the second woman from Massachusetts to win the title!!!
Susie is 23 years old and is a graduate of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Five years later Susie Castillo became the second Massachusetts's woman to wear the crown in 2003.
www.tftj.com /Miss/USA/03a_states/MA/a_MA.htm   (570 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Miss USA supports ovarian cancer awareness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Castillo knows that her health is far more important in life.
That's why Castillo and the Miss USA organization are helping promote ovarian cancer awareness through a partnership with 1-800-Flowers.com and the joint sponsorship of the annual Bring Your Mom to Work Day.
Castillo is hopeful that a cure will emerge.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-06-03-missusa-cancer_x.htm   (1056 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Women of AllNight: Susie Castillo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo has a lot of responsibilities as a result of winning the Miss USA crown.
In our annual interview with the new titleholder, Susie talked about all the things she hopes to accomplish in the next year...and the list is very long.
Susie also talked about how some of the other delegates stomached the unthinkable in the special Miss USA version of Fear Factor.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1586898&type=story   (148 words)

  
 Miss USA Visits HH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Miss USA, Susie Castillo, made her first stop on an East and West Coast tour of military bases at Henderson Hall's Marine Corps Exchange Tuesday.
Even though this tour is for DRILL magazine, Castillo, from Massachusetts, has been able to visit servicemembers all over the world the past year thanks to a partnership with the United Services Organization.
Castillo enjoyed meeting the Marines at Henderson Hall, and it was obvious the Marines enjoyed meeting her.
www.dcmilitary.com /marines/hendersonhall/9_03/local_news/27162-1.html   (343 words)

  
 Parade, party to welcome Miss USA on visit home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Castillo was scheduled to fly in today, and will be spending the evening with her family.
Castillo's four-day visit will be filled with people and places near and dear to her heart.
Saturday, Castillo will be in Peabody for the opening of a new Mikimoto store at the Northshore Mall.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20030424/FP_005.htm   (452 words)

  
 News Stories: Latina Girl Scouts Meet to Lead the Way to a Brighter Future
Susie Castillo, Miss USA 2003, and one of her many admirers.
Castillo seemed to enjoy the girls as much as they enjoyed meeting her.
Castillo's thoughts were echoed by other speakers, including Kathy Cloninger, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA.
www.girlscouts.org /news/stories/2004/latina_gs_lead_way_to_brighter_future.asp   (536 words)

  
 Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo - Pageantry magazine exclusive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Miss Massachusetts, Susie Castillo, captured the judges with her friendly nature, as she spoke fondly of her grandmother, who bore 19 children.
As she accepted the glittering new crown, the banner, and the bouquet of roses, the audience showered her with the attention and admiration deserving of a winner and a role model.
Susie now embarks on her own special journey, including a trip to Panama City in June, and a chance to win the Miss Universe Pageant.
www.pageantrymagazine.com /magazine/features/2003/b03/b03missusawebed.html   (1597 words)

  
 From Runway to VJ! MTV's Susie Castillo Speaks Out in This Issue of YOUNG MONEY(R) Magazine
Castillo and her sisters were the first generation of their family to attend college.
In this issue, she talks openly about the influence her mother had to help her escape life in the barrio: "My mom was a single mom so as we were growing up, she wanted us to have more than she ever had.
You have to believe in yourself and you have to have confidence, and people will see that." Castillo, who has been modeling since age 15, was crowned Miss USA in 2003, after winning the titles of Miss Massachusetts.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-22-2005/0004221526&EDATE=   (723 words)

  
 Behind The Crown - The on-line magazine covering Miss USA. Miss UNiverse Miss Teen USA, Miss Ameria and Miss World ...
Susie was among celebrities who attend the show such as Puerto Rican singer/actres Roselyn Sanchez, Colombian soccer star Carlos Valderrama, Jose Luis Chilavert of Paraguay, Former Florida Marlins catcher Ivan Rodriguez, Brazilian singer Alexandre Pires, Carlos Alberto Tevez of Argentina, Mexican singer Patricia Manterola, and Mexican race car driver Adrian Fernandez.
Miss USA Susie Castillo pose for the photographers at the red carpet on the entrance of the Beacon Theater in New York, Sunday 14 December 2003, to attend to the Marc Anthony Charity Concert.
The reigning Miss USA Susie Castillo of Massachussettes and actor Aiden Turner attend Garland Appeal Breast Cancer Benefit commemorating the life of Linda McCartney at Christie's October 21, 2003 in New York City.
www.geocities.com /rsingka/news1.html   (13570 words)

  
 CNN.com - Miss Massachusetts crowned Miss USA 2003 - Mar. 25, 2003
Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo after being crowned the new Miss USA 2003.
Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo was crowned Miss USA 2003 in the 52nd annual staging of the pageant Monday night.
Castillo, 23, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, replaces Shauntay Hinton, who represented the District of Columbia in last year's event.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/03/25/miss.usa.ap   (444 words)

  
 Vanessa Minnillo vs. Susie Castillo - An MTV Bastardly Matchup - The Bastardly
susie is alright, but vanessa is definatly hotter.
I agree, Susie is not a bad looking girl but Vanessa is gorgeous.
susie on the other hand is not bad looking, but she just looks like a typical girl…
www.bastardly.com /archives/2005/12/27/vanessa-minnillo-vs-susie-castillo-an-mtv-bastardly-matchup   (772 words)

  
 Highbridge Horizon Online Edition
Miss USA, Susie Castillo and Verizon officials join student at C.E.S. 73 in a Hispanic Heritage month celebration.
Bringing that point home, Miss USA Susie Castillo paid a surprise visit to the school.
Castillo challenged the children to never loose sight of their dreams and stressed that their bilingualism is an important asset not a hindrance.
www.highbridgehorizon.com /english/news/2003-1126_miss_usa.htm   (410 words)

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