After competing for 17 years with both victories and losses I personally made a decision to offer a platform where future competitors were able to PUSH the ENVELOPE because back in my era of competing the standards of pageantry were EXTREMELY SIMPLISTIC. I competed pushing the envelope and was told from time to time I was a bit over the top.

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THE NAME:(Miss Models Inc). This name derived from a television show that was on for a short period of time called Models Inc. I was personally very fond of the show and made a decision to call my vision "Miss Models Inc".

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THE SIGNATURE NAMES: I wanted from the start for each one of the young ladies to have their own personal identity because no two people are ever alike.

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The very first Miss Models Inc competition began in June of 1999 at Club Nutty Buddies in Norfolk, Virginia. We had 6 contestants and five qualified judges, and I hosted the competition during this time for the first three years (99-2003) and was co-owned by Michael Waddell aka Daejah Snow- (RIP). Miss Snow loved my vision and never wanted to be in the forefront but certainly had an interest in being a partner. 

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Avantis Ova King was my daughter and only daughter to date as many are aware and have been for the last 31yrs had requested to compete in the competition. Now I initially told her twice that I was not going to allow her to compete simply because she was my daughter and if she were to win the competition my fear was people would assume it to be rigged.

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Now after careful consideration and her being constant about competing an executive decision alongside my co-owner was made to allow her to compete. I just simply told her if you're going to compete you're going to have to compete to win because there would be NO favors. She totally understood and showed herself approved that evening and became the first Miss Models Inc hence her signature name (THE MMI BEGINNING).