FINAL FANTASY COMMENTARY

THIS IS A REPORT FROM ONE OF MY HOUSE BROTHAS MAGNUM MANOLO BLAHNIK:
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Aiight, this of course is my first time doing this so....bare wit me.
Imma do this in an organized kind of way first by just listing shit.

FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS NICE TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SUPPORT AID ATLANTA FOR WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO. I DON'T THINK IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE ABOUT WINNING A BIG BALL. WELL....NOT TO ME ANYWAYS.

IT WAS MOST DEF GREAT TO SEE MY BLAHNIK FAM IN DA BUILDING. KEVIN MB, ALEX MB, MARK MB, TANIA MB, ALFONSO MB, PACHMAN MB, NAIMA MB, KHAOS MB, STEVEN MB, RON (MY NIGGA) MB, STEPHAUN MB (OF COURSE), KAMARO MB, WHARI MB, ANEESA MB, LADY MB....YESSIR!!

AIIGHT....NOW ON TO DA BALL AND SHIT!

Venue: The venue was a nice size for this type of ball. It was neither too big or too small. It seemed as if it was perfect. There were a hell of alot of tables though...its all good (love u Stephaun lol.)

MC's: Jay Blahnik, Patrick 007, Stephaun Manolo Blahnik (Host)

LSS (1st time) Kay Blahnik, Fred Chanel, Clint Cavalli, Brandon Omni, Booty Prodigy, Kitty Mizrahi, Andre Mizrahi, Dee Mizrahi, Ron Blahnik, Gia Belladora, Kenyatta Prodigy, Rashad Prodigy, GiGi Prodigy, Norman Prodigy, DeAsia Omni, Keisha Chanel, Gail, Tom Lacroix, Tygur Khan, Darnell Mizrahi, Cavalli girl (womens face/body), Overseer Sahid Labeija, ...I cant really think of anyone else, it was so many.

Judges (First Half): Andre Mizrahi, Fred Chanel, Ron Blahnik, Father Brandon Omni, Clint Cavalli, GiGi Prodigy

Categories

Best Dressed - Two walked..someone and Reecho Escada I believe
Reecho Escada(GP) He looked nice as hell.
Womens Face - A Cavalli (GP) more to come about this later in the post
Foot and Eyewear - Father Brandon Ultra Omni (GP)
Drags Face - DeAsia Ultra Omni (GP)
Virgin Runway - Brooklyn 007, Alphonso Blahnik (AA), A Cavalli, and two others
Cavalli (GP)
Virgin Vogue - 3 people walked, two got chopped. The one tho won did pretty well, my fault for not knowing who or what house,
Butch Realness - Two out of towner's from Philly walked...1 won.
Prettyboy Realness - A Chanel(?), Rocky Evisu(chopped)
Chanel (GP)
New Face - ummm...I believe 4 walked...only one made it.
007 (GP)


OK...THEN THERE AN INTERMISSION FOR ABOT 20 MINUTES OR SO...MAD PEOPLE AND MORE LEGENDS STARTED TO SHOW UP. ALSO...SHIT GOT A LIL HOT UP IN THERE.

LSS (second time around) Mother Jaimee Balenciaga, Luna, Amina Prodigy, Aneesa Blahnik, Lady Blahnik, Tania Blahnik, Naima Blahnik, Icon Malshon Milan..I dont remember them all...soo damn many

Categories: not in any particular order

Runway (this shit was hotttt) Cavalli, Neyhi 007, Orlando Mugler, Booty Prodigy..
aiight...the category said that your effect could not fall apart. There was a discrepancy with Andre Miza and some members of Omni/Cavalli b/c he chopped this female figure cause he said some of her effect flew off. They were saying that she threw it off on purpose. Andre was telling them to "keep it cute" and saying that he's not stupid and all this other stuff. He decided to let her stay.
1st battle: the Cavalli wanted to battle Booty because he said her effect fell apart. Well...they walked and walked, it was hot, a nice battle, and all dat. Jay Blahnik used his America's Next Top Model speech to jelp determine the winner. The picture of the model he has in his hand was none other than................ Booty Prodigy. He stays!!
2nd Battle: Nehyi 007 vs Mugler - Mugler Stays
Last Battle: Booty vs Mugler - Booty Prodigy (GP)

Face: Maxwell Milan, a 007 - Maxwell Milan (GP)
FQ Face - Closed
Thug Realness - Closed
Schoolboy Realness - 2 007's and someone else (not sure if he was in a house) 007 (GP)
Butch Face - (GP) a butch from philly
BQUID Realness: Dee Dee Mizrahi, Sincere Cavalli, an Omni, Tygur Khan (yup), a Beladora (chopped)
The final battle was between Sincere and Dee Dee. Dee Dee Mizrahi (GP) Some of the Omni/Cavalli Kids had a problem with Dee Dee winning becuase she has Micros in her hair. Welp...


OK...SOMETHING HOTT!!!
STEPHAUN STOPPED THE BALL BECAUSE SOMEONE OF A CERTAIN HOUSE DID NOT SEE THE FEMALE FROM THE HOUSE OF CAVALLI WHO WON WOMENS FACE. HE CALLED HER (the Cavalli) UP. AND THEN CALLED UP.........ANEESA MANOLO BLAHNIK! THEY BEGIN TO SELL IT, AND SELL IT, AND SELL IT, ALL WHILE THE DJ IS PLAYING "LOST YOUR MIND" BY BEYONCE. THE FUCKING PEOPLE ARE GOING WILD, MOTHER JAIMEE AGA IS TAKING PICTURES FROM THE JUDGES PANEL, THEY ARE ALL INTO IT!!THEN JAY BLAHNIK GETS THE CROWD INVOLVED BY ASKING WITH A ROUND OF AN APPLAUSE WHO SHOULD WIN. THE JUDGES START TO VOTE, AND THE VOTES ARE TIED UP AT 3-3....THE LAST JUDGE WAS KAMARO BLAHNIK. I GUESS I DONT HAVE TO SAY WHO WON!! AS THE CAVALLI GIRL WAS WALKIN OFF THE STAGE ANESSA CONTINUES TO SELL IT. A LIL CONFRENTATIONS STARTS )NP PHYSICAL STUFF, JUST SOME WORDS), BUT IT IS HANDLED QUICKLY. ANEESA BRABS THE MIC AND SAYS " I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT FOR YOU, THIS IS ALL IN FUN, ITS JUST A BALL. U CAN KEEP THE TROPHIE, I HAVE I HAVE 14 AT HOME BOO!!" THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF DA BALL!

NOW BACK TO UR FEATURE PRESENTATION.....

RWT - A Chanel, Kenyatta Prodigy, Rashad Prodigy, Keyshawn Prodigy, A Cavalli, and a Mizrahi.
Keyshwan and the Cavalli walked runway - Keyshawn (GP)
Twisters twist and twist. Mizrahi (GP)

VF OTA: Jay Escada, Naima Blahnik, Amina Prodigy, Cavalli, the Cavalli who walked runway against Booty, couple Mizrahi's, Akasha Prodigy, and some other people.

At this point the light in the venue turn start to turn off, and the homo get scared and all and start to run outside. After a couple minutes, the light come back on and the category continues with the battles. I cannot remember all the battle because I did not watch them all..I did see the good ones though.

Naima Blahnik vs Jay Escada - the votes are tied 3-3. They start the beat again..and battle for the votes. For some reason, there was only 6 jydges on the panel this time. Jay Escada Stays.
Amina Prodigy vs Cavalli FF - They both did well, Amina Stays
Amina Prodigy vs Jay Escada - of course you know they both did the damn thing. Jay with his energetic type performace, and Amina with her FF performace. The ended was sooooo fuckin hott...sorry i can even describe it lol. Amina Stays!!
Amina Prodigy vs Cavalli (dramatics!!). This one was HOTT!! They both did so well. The votes were tied 3-3. So...the idea was to go to the back of the runway and do ALL 5 elements. Amina get on the mic and proceeds to say "I have been walking balls for 15 years and the original 5 elements of vogue did not consist of spins, it consists of floor performance." Soo they go to the back and when the beat drop...let's just say...it was on homie!! Tehy both did the damn thing, but the Cavalli was in pain or something, so he had to stop.
Amina Prodigy (GP)

[b]Sex Siren[/b] - Angel 007, Melvin Mizrahi, Trevor Blahnik, Polo Beladora (chopped), someone else (chopped)
Angel vs Melvin - Melvin Stays
Trevor vs Melvin...................Trevor Blahnik (GP)


yo, on da real, I had a good ass time here. Whether it was because I had me some Jose Quervo straight up and some of those big ass cookies...or just because I was out there taking mad pictures...it was all good!!


STEPHAUN U DID A GOOD ASS JOB!!!

PS...FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE ANY SPELLING ERRORS, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING SPELL CHECK, IM NOT DUMB THO LOL.

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My Comments: (I was on vacation when I wrote it!!!)

Well well well.....I am on vacation ladies and gents so I didn't know about this message until like 5 mins ago. I don't have a report or anything, however, I would like to make a couple important announcements.

1. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank EVERYONE who thought enough to show up, regardless of your reason. I was pleased with the turn out. This event meant a lot to me personally and professionally. Personally because I put so much of myself in to it, working very hard to cross every "t" and dot every "i" to give everyone a very nice event overall, and judging by the responses I have been getting.....I did that! Professionally, this event meant a lot to me because my agency is breaking ground into this culture in a real way and I am glad that I am here to facilitate that process as well as bridge service providers with the ballroom community (something thats been needing to be done for years). This event was more than just a ball, and if you ask anyone who was there (especially from the beginning), they will vouch for that!

2. I have learned a few things from this experience, made many mental notes, and trust me when I say that NEXT YEARS is going to be even bigger. HIV Prevention Balls in my opinion are VERY important to creating linkage and access to care and services, and as long as I am able, I will push for them to happen here in Atlanta. I am looking forward to collaborating with a few people and houses in the near future who have expressed a sincere interest in seeing more work done with Prevention Balls and the ballroom scene.

I appreciate all the Youth Board members of The Evolution Project who showed up to support. Thanks again to all the sponsors: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, EM Designs Group, New York State Black Gay Network, Fulton County Health Department and Wellness, Youth Pride, NAESM/DA CRIBB, and Our Common Welfare.

Thanks to AID Atlanta's STD Program team for providing syphilis screens, and to the 100 Distinguished Studs and 100 Extraordinary Femmes of Atlanta for providing their volunteer service.

Thank you again to all of those who came, traveled, walked, spectated, and even those that didn't come. You all helped make this event totally memorable for me. I also had a lot of fun commentating.....I might try that again in the future.

A few notables in the building:

Icon Andre Mizrahi
Icon Malshon Milan (sp)
Legend Tommy Avant Garde
Legendary Jay Manolo Blahnik
Legendary Jon Massai
Legendary Jamiee Balenciaga
Legendary Gigi Prodigy
Legendary Clint Cavalli
Legendary Luna 007
Legendary Fred Chanel


If I missed anyone, charge it to the drinks and not my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Magnum for the thread and The UNDENIABLE HOUSE OF MANOLO BLAHNIK for coming out and supporting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!