The 1st King & Queen Pageant at Second Pride - The Movie

(via Second Pride)

Inventory Cleanup from Second Pride 2014

So Ebbe Linden (a.k.a. Ebbe Altberg, CEO of Linden Lab, The Makers of SecondLife) did not deign to respond to my tweets asking him to take some time to honor the largest LGBT event on the grid with a visit, nor did he pay us a visit (as far as I know).

For next years Pride I may choose to send him the invitation through bloggers and SLebrities Jo Yardley or Strawberry Singh, whose tweets he does seem to respond to.

However, as you see below we did get attention from at least two other first life celebrities from stage and screen, Conchita Wurst and Peggy Bundy!

Conchita Wurst (PuPi)

Peggy Bundy (B.J. Floyd)

On the last afternoon of Second Pride we also got to crown a King and Queen of Second Pride 2014 in a pageant arranged by Frolic Mills. I completely agree with the judges choices. The judges were, by the way, my hug-buddy Takuya Jinn - CEO/Chief Designer Gabriel, my dear old friend and hug-buddy Kharissa Indigo - Board Member of Second Pride, the lover of my Jesters Hat and therefore close to my heart Hobbit Zenfold - MR. V♛ GERMANY 2014 and Frolic Mills - CEO Partyculars and founder/former CEO of BOSL and Miss Virtual World.

The winners if the pageant were Queen Locuala Madrugi and King jOrGe (a.k.a. Manito12). Below presented in their first and second outfits of the evening.

Although Frolic repeatedly made excuses for there only being three candidates in each category, I must honestly say I think it was quite enough. Two hours are a suitable time frame for these events, we lead busy lives with two of them to juggle.

In closing I would like to share this Bitstrip my other half posted on Facebook today.

Bitstrip comic on Facebook by Tomais Ashdene

We had a wonderful Pride celebration in SecondLife this year.

My sincerest gratitude to all of the board members, 

this was the best Second Pride evvvahhhhhhhh!

In my opinion Second Pride 2014 had a King and a Queen that did not take part in the pageant. The two are King Petr, "The reluctant chairman", and Queen Khar, "The old trusted hand who stepped in and saved the day". 

In gratitude for their services and together with the rest of the board I hereby declare them to be honorary citizens of Southern Charm, with those citizenship's granted to them they are of course all now also royalty with princely titles. 

The Queen & King Pride Pageant at 10 AM SLT

The Queen and King Pageant will be held today, Sunday June 29th, 10 AM SLT.

It starts with a warm-up party 10:00-10:45 AM SLT and the pageant is between 10:45 AM - 12 PM (noon) SLT.

The Queen & King of Second Pride Pageant

Who can participate?:

Anyone in the avatar form of your preference. We are celebrating diversity! However, you may only apply for either Queen or King, not both.

What to do for the Grand Finale on June 29th at 10:00 AM SLT (this applies to both Queen and King):

You will style two outfits:

1. Be inspired by anything that is great, which well represents why the LGBT community should be proud. You may decide to be inspired by Oscar Wilde, or perhaps a fashion designer or a movie star, or a LGBT activist from anywhere around the world. Make us proud!
2. Dress yourself as you believe the Queen or King of Second Pride should look like. Be original, be bold, be flamboyant and be fab!

How to participate:

1. Write a first notecard labeled: "I want to be Queen - YOUR NAME" or "I want to be King - YOUR NAME" 
2. Include a full perm photo of your full avatar, and a short explanation of why you could well represent the LGBT Community.
3. Drop that notecard on Frolic Mills' profile in-world.

1. Write a second notecard labeled "Why I am proud - YOUR NAME"
2. Include a short statement about who or what you got inspired by for your first styling
3. Drop that notecard on Frolic Mills' profile in-world

Rehearsal and Show time:

There is a mandatory rehearsal on Saturday June 28th at: 10:00 AM SLT

The Queen and King Pageant will be held on Sunday June 29th, 10 AM SLT.

Prizes:
* L$10,000 for the Queen and the King
* L$5,000 for the 1st runner up Queen and King
* L$2,500 for the 2nd runner up  Queen and King

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Frolic Mills or Mr. Mills personal assistant AbbyJean Resident.

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Good luck!