{"id":24201,"date":"2017-05-29T22:54:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T02:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=24201"},"modified":"2017-05-29T22:54:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T02:54:24","slug":"miss-gay-southern-states-usofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=24201","title":{"rendered":"Miss Gay Southern States USofA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Gay Southern States USofA is a prelim to <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=18431\">Miss Gay USofA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA Titleholders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24201 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=24212'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-105x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heidi T. Iman - Photo by Michael Andrew Voight\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-326x465.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o-700x998.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11313148_942337409166421_5591667581587595570_o.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24212'>\n\t\t\t\tHeidi T. Iman &#8211; Photo by Michael Andrew Voight\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=24199'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n-125x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Alexis Mateo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n-326x390.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n-700x838.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11162207_352162488310909_5468300364598932832_n.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24199'>\n\t\t\t\tAlexis Mateo\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=34987'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Essence Allure Collins - Photo by Tios Photography\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n-326x326.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n-700x699.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/13227204_641502106007053_8224590512739459331_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34987'>\n\t\t\t\tEssence Allure Collins &#8211; Photo by Tios Photography\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=55531'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Khandiz Stephens Defoxx\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-55531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n-326x435.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17361602_397214063990701_3792574257413106922_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-55531'>\n\t\t\t\tKhandiz Stephens Defoxx\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA Titleholders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=24211\">Heidi T Iman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=581\">Alexis Mateo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2016\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34986\">Essence Allure Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2017\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=55530\">Khandiz Stephens Defoxx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=55530\">Khandiz Stephens Defoxx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34986\">Essence Allure Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=34990\">Kamryn Moore-Fierce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contestants:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=581\">Alexis Mateo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=14408\">Gizele Monae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=20628\">Mahajanay DeMornay<\/a>, Liyah Alize Iman Dupree, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=967\">Sasha Leigh Chambers<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=581\">Alexis Mateo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=20628\">Mahajanay DeMornay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interview &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=581\">Alexis Mateo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Evening Gown &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=20628\">Mahajanay DeMornay<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Talent &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=581\">Alexis Mateo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24209\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=24209#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24209\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o.jpg\" alt=\"Show Ad | Miss Gay Southern States USofA | Round-Up Saloon (Dallas, Texas) | 3\/25\/2015\" width=\"550\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o-326x504.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10857221_331754910351667_6167977328120288157_o-700x1081.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Show Ad | Miss Gay Southern States USofA | Round-Up Saloon (Dallas, Texas) | 3\/25\/2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay Southern States USofA 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=24211\">Heidi T Iman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=15184\">Loretta Armani Mack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24217\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=24217#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24217\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o.jpg\" alt=\"Show Ad | Miss Gay Southern States USofA | Round-Up Saloon (Dallas, Texas) | 3\/12\/2014\" width=\"550\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o.jpg 849w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o-326x422.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/775696_180652188795274_1381152882_o-700x906.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Show Ad | Miss Gay Southern States USofA | Round-Up Saloon (Dallas, Texas) | 3\/12\/2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Gay Southern States USofA is a prelim to Miss Gay USofA. 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