Today In Beauty Queens:Tiaras Cause Drug Addiction Hazard

This weeks Dior resort show looked more extravagant and star studded than any show held during our regular Fashion Week last February (with the possible exception of Marc Jacobs). While J.Lo, Charlize Theron, Christina Aguilera and a requisite Gossip Girl were all in attendance, the "celebrity" (and we are using that term charitably in this case) we find most intriguing is Sherryl Pascal, Mrs. New Jersey, American Beauty.
Yes, that's Mrs. New Jersey.....American Beauty. Why she was there, we have no idea, but she attended the show in full sash and tiara. Somebody loves her regalia. That alone is remarkable, but it's this quote from WWD that we find so entertaining:

She accessorized her peach Dior capris with a proud pageant sash and a giant Swarovski crystal tiara. "It gives me a blinding migraine," she said. "But it's nothing a Percocet can't take care of." Medicated or not, Pascal is willing to suffer, or make others suffer, for her fashion obsession. "I turned my son's room into a shoe closet," she admitted. "He sleeps somewhere else."

This s a woman who takes her title seriously, with a pride that makes Suzanne Sugarbaker look like a shrinking violet. We can just imagine her, a few years down the road, in rehab, explaining to her counselors that she never would have developed that debilitating painkiller addiction if it hadn't been for that damn tiara.
Somebody get her a soap opera.
And a martini.
Resort Mas Grande (WWD)

Comments

[Always In Style]

I'll look beyond the NJ diss - this is hilarious!

[Carrie Anderson]

I thought she was fabulous,fashionable,funny and drop dead gorgeous!
She was consistantly kind to the hundreds of people I saw photographing her.
Of all who attended, perhaps she was the most deserving.
She has made such a difference with her work with New Jersy Ballet and children with dyslexia.
Before you bash, try doing your homework. Your nasty comment was small.

[george]

she was dressing very good dressing

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george

New Jersey Drug Addiction