Nov. 26-2002

I want you to hear it from me first-- I made the call not to compete on Thurs. night. Dave took a look at me and said-- I am not in it to place --- I am in it to WIN--- but, I was not going to win in the shape I was in. My conditioning was off-- I didn't want to show the judges anything but my best. I was so devastated. I love to compete-- so, I had a hard time dealing with not being on stage. It was nice to finally sit back and watch what was going on around me and see things for what they really are.

Here were the TOP 5--

• 1st and overall- Sarah Dunlap
• 2nd- Alley Miesch-Nie
• 3rd-Sherry Smith
• 4th- Tatianna Butler
• 5th- Heather Policky

Congratulations to all the women. They looked great. I especially thought that Tatianna was in the best condition of her career. She had a ton of energy-- her enthusiasm was incredible. She is going to get that Pro card very soon.

I want to thank my fans for coming out to Dallas-- Don , Todd, Rich, & many more. I felt horrible that I didn't compete and show you all my posing routine and sassy posing suites. But- there is always next year. I need this time to reflect. It is going to be a good year off.

I really have a good attitude about the whole thing. I was devastated -- at first-- but, realized I made the best decision.