| Ms United States 2008 Calendar | |
Holidays 2008
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Graziella is spending some much needed quality time with family and friends during the holidays after a busy several months as Ms United States 2008. :-) |
Dec. 9
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Graziella attended the Comedy Cures Laughing Lunch |
Dec. 7
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Graziella attended the Q-Scan Annual Banquet along with G-Volution (her dance company) who performed three numbers for the event.  |
Nov. 30
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Ms United States had an impromptu New York City photo shoot with her sister- queens, Miss United States 2008 Brittany Williams (visiting from Las Vegas) and Miss New York US 2009 Liana Baratta.     |
Nov. 22
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Graziella judges the PA Celebrity Pageant in Carlisle Pennsylvania along with sister Liana Baratta, the new Miss New York US 2009. 
Read the blogpost about this appearance. |
Nov. 21
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Ms United States represents OSX Fitness Center at their open- house event in Newport, Delaware.   Read the blogpost about this appearance. |
Nov. 12
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Graziella is featured in the Supermodels Unlimited Magazine "Most Beautiful Edition- Power Women" along side 21 other celebrities including Daisy Fuentes, Kristen Haglund the current Miss America, former Miss USA Shandi Finnessy, Giuliana Rancic E- News host, former Miss USA Chelsea Cooley and Haylee Duff just to name a few... Magazine is on stands now through December. 
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Nov. 1
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Graziella appears in Pageantry Magazine for a dreamy 3- page recap of the Ms United States Pageant. Magazine is on stands now until end of Winter 2009.  |
Oct. 14
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Graziella was interviewed on Go to the Radio station page to listen to the archived episode -or- Listen to Graziella's interview here. Graziella spoke briefly about her winning moment and about Pageant Palace, the very first pageant networking site. |
Oct. 3
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Graziella filmed a Laser- Therapy video for sponsor Dr. Perry Nickleston |
Sept. 27
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Graziella was photographed by Kevin Michael Reed for Supermodels Unlimited Magazine, for the November issue...
See November 12th above for the outcome. |
Sept. 21
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Ms United States is the celebrity spokesperson for Q-Scan (The Queens Sickle Cell Anemia Network). Graziella participated in the Q-Scan Walk-a-thon and spoke on behalf of the organization in Queens, New York.
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Sept. 18-19
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Graziella met with national sponsor Lia Sophia's regional unit in New Jersey, where she was presented with a beautiful gift!
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Sept 16-18
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Graziella was interviewed by the Northern Valley Suburbanite reporter, Sophia Gonzalez, and later photographed by John Camporeale for a feature story in the Suburbanite Newspaper. For an alternate view, click here for an alternate view of the article.  |
Sept. 12
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Graziella had her first official Ms United States photo shoot with photograher/videographer Angel Sanchez     Check gallery 2 for the full shoot |
Sept. 9
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After a thoughtful creation process, Graziella introduced two new networks to the world wide web: Pageant Palace for the pageant industry, and Dance New York for "everything dance" in New York. |
Sept. 2
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Graziella was interviewed and featured on the girls' health.gov website regarding her platforms "Healthy Habits For Life," and "I aM for Women."
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August 18
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Graziella creates a network for women B.YOUneek, a network based on beauty, fashion, fitness & wellness just for women, which correlates with her platform "I aM for Women." |
August 12
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After a short summer & pageant break, Graziella got back into rehearsal with her dance company, G-Volution. Learn more about G-Volution    |
August 9
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Graziella attended the Empire State Dancesport Championships at the Crowne Plaza in New York City to support her friend, and fellow pageant sister, Ms Connecticut- Diane Piccolo.  |
July 25-26
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Graziella was surprised with a warm homecoming party, followed by an interview with New York News 1 the next day!   click here to see the NY 1 Interview |
July 19- 25
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Graziella took some time to see the sights of Las Vegas, and then traveled down the Nevada/ California coastline to arrive in Los Angeles for a little vacation.     |
July 18
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After the big win, Graziella has a mini- photo shoot with her sister Queens, and around the Orleans Hotel.      |
July 17
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Graziella Baratta, (Ms. New York) is crowned Ms. United States 2008 on July 17, 2008 at the Orleans Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada!    *See the Gallery page for official competition photos |
July 16
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After some more rehearsals, the Games began! Today, the official Ms. United States competition began with Personal Interviews.  |
July 14- 15
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After hours of rehearsal for the national pageant, the girls kicked off their competition spirit in the "Supermodel With Style" Fashion Show Contest. Graziella won 1st runner up in her division for Supermodel With Style! |
July 13- 14 Evening
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All the United States contestants wore red outfits to support the American Heart Association's Go Red Campaign, and traveled to the Fremont Experience in the heart of Las Vegas to greet fans. |
July 12- 13
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Graziella arrives at the Orleans Casino/ Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the Ms. United States Pageant 2008, as Ms. New York 2008. |
