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SU student to host Caribbean beauty pageant
By Ivy Tan
Posted: 11/20/08, 11:59 PM EST Section: Feature
Terrance Smith walks fast, usually with his head and shoulders slightly thrown back. His back is always perfectly straight.
Ironically, this posture seems to foretell the confident attitudes and postures of the many beauties that will be featured in Miss Teen Bahamas World 2009, a beauty pageant that Smith, a sophomore communications and rhetorical studies major at Syracuse University, will be hosting live on television in the Bahamas on August 16.
Sitting in the waiting area of the admissions office in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Smith, who works in the office as a secretary's assistant, was putting the final touches of his assignment for his favorite class, African American Studies.
The day was Monday, right after Halloween weekend. Smith was busy telling people at work about the weekend he took on not one, but three different identities: a psych ward escapee, Miss Keystone Light and a dead mime. It seemed as if everyone in the office was eager to hear a piece of the T.D. Smith notoriety depicted by over 3,000 photos of him on Facebook.
The day after his all-nighter Halloween debauchery, Smith was at the VPA's Fashion Show-Off in Lyman Hall, spending most of the day there doing make-up for the models on the runway.
"He's just Terrance. He's a free-spirit," said Stephanie Levin, one of the models.
In addition to work, school and preparing to host the upcoming Miss Teen Bahamas World, Smith is also currently working on his personal blog for VPA, "Simply…Terrance."
While the rest of the blogs on SU's VPA profile have mostly words and narratives on snippets of the bloggers' daily activities, Smith wanted to go beyond. On Monday, he recorded videos of himself after work and in between classes for the blog. There were also photo shoots pictures of him by Puerto Rican photographer Charlie G, posted on the site.
"If I'm going to do something, I always go all-out," Smith said.
Smith's interest in beauty pageants began at a young age.
Ironically, this posture seems to foretell the confident attitudes and postures of the many beauties that will be featured in Miss Teen Bahamas World 2009, a beauty pageant that Smith, a sophomore communications and rhetorical studies major at Syracuse University, will be hosting live on television in the Bahamas on August 16.
Sitting in the waiting area of the admissions office in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Smith, who works in the office as a secretary's assistant, was putting the final touches of his assignment for his favorite class, African American Studies.
The day was Monday, right after Halloween weekend. Smith was busy telling people at work about the weekend he took on not one, but three different identities: a psych ward escapee, Miss Keystone Light and a dead mime. It seemed as if everyone in the office was eager to hear a piece of the T.D. Smith notoriety depicted by over 3,000 photos of him on Facebook.
The day after his all-nighter Halloween debauchery, Smith was at the VPA's Fashion Show-Off in Lyman Hall, spending most of the day there doing make-up for the models on the runway.
"He's just Terrance. He's a free-spirit," said Stephanie Levin, one of the models.
In addition to work, school and preparing to host the upcoming Miss Teen Bahamas World, Smith is also currently working on his personal blog for VPA, "Simply…Terrance."
While the rest of the blogs on SU's VPA profile have mostly words and narratives on snippets of the bloggers' daily activities, Smith wanted to go beyond. On Monday, he recorded videos of himself after work and in between classes for the blog. There were also photo shoots pictures of him by Puerto Rican photographer Charlie G, posted on the site.
"If I'm going to do something, I always go all-out," Smith said.
Smith's interest in beauty pageants began at a young age.
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Allie Duggan
posted 11/26/08 @ 3:46 PM EST
Terrance,
YOu are amazing!!!!!!!
Work it!
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