The End Of CeCeForBCAP & My Social media Journey as a BC Ambassador Candidate

The End of my BC Ambassador Candidacy

Between Sunday September 13^th and Sun September 20^th I have planned a full week full of themed Social media posts. Which I hope will finish up the last of my Social Media posts cataloging my time as a 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Candidate.

See The Forgotten Photos – Sunday September 13^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #SeeTheForgottenPhotos I will post all of the left over photos from my candidacy. Hopefully they will give you a better insight to my approximate 153 days as a BC AmbassadorCandidate

·         Posting the forgotten Photos to Social Media.

 Madness of Speeches – Monday September 14^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #SpeechMadness it will be a throwback of sorts all about about my experiences from Friday August 14^th before, during and after our Speech Presentations.

·         I will mention shenanigans backstage including how Rachael Tebulte was both BC Ambassador Candidate & Hair Dresser extraordinaire.

·         I’ll talk what it was like being reunited with My Family, friends and all of my supporters who traveled to Merritt to attend the pageant and seeing them before the speeches commenced.

·         Lastly I will tell you all about what happened at the Post Pageant Dinner & Dance where I asked someone “If I could film them eating” as well as post videos from the dance itself.

·         Finally I will include my very sad vlog [and Blog] reminiscing about my time in Merritt as I tried not to cry whilst packing my things in my hotel room until 3 a.m.

Throwback to the 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Pageant – Tuesday September 15^th, 2015 [FIRST PART]

First using the hashtag #PostPageantTales I will reminisce about my post pageant experiences & what I’ve been doing

·         Low down & Links to Post Pageant Interviews

·         Post my Post-pageant photos

·         The Adventures I’ve been on post-pageant but still attended as a BC Ambassador Candidate

SECOND PART

Using the Hashtag #ThrowBack2015BCAmbassadorPageant I will post all of my memories, thoughts, funny stories and all in all Recap of the 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Pageant.

·         the final morning as a BC Ambassador Candidate

·         Recapping my Interview with the Judges

·         My Cinderella & Hollywood Celebrity moment at Planet Hair & Spa getting dolled up for the pageant

·         Moments leading up to & Backstage craziness at the Pageant

·         Funny stories & Photos of my Formal BC Ambassador Candidacy moments

·         Pageant Recap

·         Awards Breakdown & Recap

·         Immediate Post pageant shenanigans & tearful moments saying good-bye to my fellow 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Candidates. Including quips from my 4 minute conversation with a parent of my fellow candidates when I proceeded to tell them how wonderful their Candidate was & how proud I was of them. I kid you not I spoke to that parent for at least 3 minutes if not 4!

·         I will also include posts about Leaving Merritt, coming home [including seeing part of the impact and devastation left behind during the 2015 South Okanagan Forest Fires.

Welcome To My Candidacy By The Numbers – Wednesday September 16^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #WelcomeToMyCandidacy #ByTheNumbers I will post fast figures, facts, and trivia pertaining to the numbers that made up my candidacy

·         How do you measure - measure half a Year.  In Daylights, in Sunsets, in midnights? Though the Story never ends let’s celebrate & remember my BC Ambassador Candidacy [SING IT and just random minutes lol]

·         I will post an over view of my analytic data

·         I will give insight into my Social Media Powerhouseness with giving rough estimates on my total reach [how many people came across my candidacy]

·         By the number stats from Town events vs total events, Merritt by the numbers, award winners & Awards won.

·         Social media by the numbers total platforms; followers; posts

·         Total money raised, Sponsorship t-shirts sold, letters written, Business cards printed & how many I have now

·         Suitcase weight

·         Thank you cards written & Given

·         Total gifts given

Thankful Thursday – Thursday September 17^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #ThankfulAndGrateful I will upload posts expressing my gratefulness to all of my supporters including Business, Groups, individuals, friends and  family members who took part in & made my time as a British Columbia Ambassador Candidate meaningful to me.

·         Updating my See my Supporters Photo Album

·         Thanking all of my combined Social Media followers

·         The Tales of writing over 300 Thank you cards [and Delivering them]

·         Blog listing all of my Online supporters in their entirety

·         Blog listing every single Commercial Business, individual business owners, group, organization, who contributed to my candidacy through Monetary Donation, Donating items for my fundraising efforts, and those who purchased the 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Program Sponsorship T-Shirts

Feeling Grateful Friday – Friday September 18^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #FeelingGratefulAndThankful I will continue the whole expressing my gratitude to everyone who supported me

·         I will post the process of Unboxing the Sponsorship T-Shirts, wrapping them & delivering them

·         I will talk [in detail] about how I spent the past 6 months writing well over 300 THANK YOU CARDS which is as many if not more thank you cards than the average bride writes

·         Show the photos of delivering Sponsorship T-Shirts/Thank you cards and gifts

·         Show the photos of me in one of my Osoyoos Community Costumes [I had two chosen] with BC Ambassador Banners & Top 3 medals around my neck visiting all of the Businesses/Organization & Group HQS’s stopping by for photos with the Owners or members of the group/organization.

·         I will also post my Haul Vlogs & Blogs

Ø  Including all of the Prizes I gave away during my Prize Draw,

Ø   Those I gave away during my online Fan Appreciation & Giveaway.

Ø  A Breakdown of the gifts I gave away to my fellow Candidates & 2014 British Columbia Ambassadors

Ø  Showing off the town Pins from all of my fellow candidates & the 2014 British Columbia Ambassador Team

Ø  Doing a Show and tell of the things I was given during my time in Merritt

See the Last of my Candidacy –Saturday September 19^th, 2015

Using the hashtag #SeeingTheLastofMyBCAmbassadorJourney jk

#SeeTheEndOfMyCandidacy where I will post miscellaneous things pertaining to the ending of my time as a BC Ambassador Candidate

·         A Good/performance like Video uploaded to YouTube of my Community Speech

·         As well as performance ready presentation of my choice Speech

·         What my Impromptu Question was & my thoughts

·         Recap vlog of my Interview with the judges

·         What I submitted as my two choice impromptu questions for the other candidates to be asked & who got my question

·         Vlogs & Blogs about why I initially  started the Journey as a 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Candidate

Ø  What I wanted to & had hoped to get out of it

Ø  What I ended up getting out of it [Meaningful Self-growth remarks]

Ø  Skills/Traits I gleaned and honed

Ø  Unexpected Benefits

Ø  Why I love the British Columbia Ambassador program

Ø  What benefits I think others could Gain & reasons why people should take part if given the chance to join the British Columbia Ambassador Program

·         Throwback to my initial beginning as a British Columbia Ambassador Candidate, life lessons learned, memories gained, friendships found and all the memories, adventures & little life journeys I experienced during my time as a 2015 BC Ambassador candidate

·         The Funny, the horrible, the sad, and the meaningful

·         Breaking down my Pageant week in Merritt

See the End of my BC Ambassador Candidacy – Sunday September 20^th, 2015

Using the Hashtag #SeeTheEndingOfMyBCAPJourney #EndOfBCAPCandidacy

I will post all of my final thoughts, perspectives, and memories and take a ways during my entire time involved in the British Columbia Ambassador Program from when I first attended the Pageant back in August of 2008. Leading into and concluding with my own personal candidacy and experiences from the other side of the British Columbia Ambassador Program Stage.

·         Final Thoughts Vlogs & Blogs

·         Over all experience through the ages

·         Experiencing the other side of the BC Ambassador Stage

·         Final Timeline of candidacy

·         Where you can follow me

·         Where you can follow the current 2015 BC Ambassador Team on their journey

·         How to take part in the Osoyoos Royalty Program & the British Columbia Ambassador Program including WHY YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DO IT

FINALLY

Social MEDIA SLIDESHOWS

Ø  Throwback to Osoyoos Royalty Memories

Ø  My History leading up to my candidacy with the British Columbia Ambassador Program

Ø  My pre-Pageant Plan

Ø  My Candidacy Osoyoos timeline of Events

Ø  My Week in Merritt

Ø  Post pageant shenanigans

Ø  My British Columbia Ambassador candidacy from start to finish

Ø  MY ENTIRE HISTORY & INVOLVEMENT With the British COLUMBIA AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

My Final Social Media Goals & Plans for my BC Ambassador Candidacy

My Final BCAP Social Media plans & Goals

I am calling this the final BCAP week in which I will be doing all of my final British Columbia Ambassador Program related Blogs on WordPress & Blogger, YouTube Vlogs, Tweets, and Facebook Posts. In Case you noticed I skipped final Instagram posts because #Throwbacks will always be a thing. So between today September 13th and ending next Sunday on September 20^th be prepared to be amazed at my final BCAP Social media shenanigans.

My Goals are to write and upload final blogs & Vlogs and clean those sites up like making sure all of my BC Ambassador videos on YouTube are found on my official British Columbia Ambassador Candidacy Vlog playlist & the list is in chronological or at least logical sense.

 I want to write and speak about my final thoughts, give recaps on what happened in Merritt as well as my candidacy over all. Make sure that all of my meaningful & thankful shout out’s have blog & Vlog counter parts. I want to make sure that throughout all of the platforms you can glean a clear sense of what my candidacy was like from start to finish whether you witness it its glory in its entirety or enjoy sneak peeks & Shortened showings.

By the end of the week everything will look tidy & neat [especially my Facebook page specifically my photo albums] that there are easy ways to find links & portals to take you to the rest of my journey spread throughout all of my various social media platforms.

You should also have a solid idea on what my candidacy was like from start to finish, whether it’s viewing a timeline of 1 photo per event in town [I attended over a 100] or seeing exactly who supported me during my Journey.

Finally I want you all to glean my initial reasons for why I entered the British Columbia Ambassador Program, what I was hoping to gain and the transition to how, when and  what I did gain including the meaningful lessons & insights.

I would also like to have a documented sense of my entire experience with the British Columbia Ambassador Program starting from the first time I attended the pageant in August of 2008. Showing you to how I grew as a person through my experiences with the program throughout the years. With a particular emphasis on how I grew as a person and benefited immensely during my time as a 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Candidate.

Lastly after reviewing my entire journey through out my 6 month candidacy spread out over roughly 22 weeks and 153 days, spanning over hundreds of events. Upon all of this you should be able to see the benefits of the British Columbia Ambassador Program and frankly try to come up with reasons as to why you shouldn’t personally take part in it if you were given the opportunity!!!!! 

Fun times at Planet Hair & Spa in Merritt

On Saturday August 15th everyone had their hair done at Planet Hair & Spa

Every candidate [including Ethan] spent all morning and I spent well into the afternoon being pampered and having our hair done. 

After my interview with the judges (insert antidotes) came time for my Hair appointment at  t salon in Merritt. Seeing as it was nearly 1 p.m when I got to the saloon I knew I would be late to lunch. 

When I arrived there were still a few girls having their hair done. I got to see Tasha [for a second as she was just leaving] Mary-Margret Batyi, Viveka [my fellow Osoyoos candidate] and Tea from Keremeos.

Thus a Wild long haired Chelsea Appeared 

I sort of knew that no matter what they did with my hair it was going to take awhile! So I decided to use this time to talk about anything and everything with my stylists to keep the nerves at bay and not get worked up. 

During my appointment they actually had me swap out stylists and have a sit break. As they were starting to desperately have an over flow of customers. So in about 15 minutes 4 ladies managed to give 4 guys hair cuts! 

And when my hair resumed it was a new stylist this time named cookie!

I thoroughly loved the spa day and enjoyed spending time distressing and chatting with the stylists. I also loved my hair which had a combination of curls and braids and made me feel like Katniss Ever deen.

However during my appointment I basically had missed lunch all together! Fear not for Coleen brought me a plate of veggies alongside delivering my friend Shayla  to the salon. She had gone to lunch at Baillie Property where the garden luncheon was being held  and had seen I wasn't there. so she had asked Coleen & Teresa where I was and decided to surprise me!  

Lo and behold during my appointment my entourage  continued to grow when Bill and ruby stopped by having also gone to lunch only to not find me there. 

Once my hair was finishes the stylists have me a cowboy hat as a memento. 

After which Coleen. Drove shayla and I to the Baillie house which is where the luncheon was held. Meanwhile the only people left were the 2014 British Columbia Ambassadors  and the keremeos ambassadors and I had just enough time to have my picture taken in the carriage (royalty tradition) before it started to rain! 

Luckily shayla had an umbrella and just like magic golden appeared to whisk myself and the bc ambassadors away to the safety of her car so as not to ruin our hair. 

During which she took us all to Starbucks as apparently all the other candidates had also dome the same thing. After treating us all to hot drinks coleen drove us back to the Merritt Civic Centre where I was finally reunited with my fellow candidates. Some of whom I had not seen since they left for their interview with the judges as several candidates DiD leave directly from their interviews and went straight to the salon. 

After our final dinner all together as a giant happy group we had time to do our makeup and change in the green room and get ready for our big night 

My interview with the 2015 BC Ambassador Judges

All along I feel that  I was one of the few candidates who wasn't quite so nervous for the interview with the judges. Although, the interview did rank quite high points wise accounting for 70 possible points and lasting 20 minutes. It still didn't phase me all that much. As  I said to the second last candidate who hung out with me while we waited, they've already been judging us this entire time. So what is the big deal really? I knew that if I went into the interview relaxed and not over thinking it, I could be my genuine self and portray myself as honestly as possible. 

When I walked into the room I shook hands with the three judges and submitted my two Impromtu questions to our head judge which were as follows

1. What words do you live by and do they align with your life goals? 
2. How do you define Success? 

After that I sat on a chair in the middle of the room facing the table of three judges. Some of the questions I remember them asking me included what is the Tourism motto for the Province which was easy - "Super Natural British Columbia." Also they asked me questions about climate change and perhaps it included what I would do. Which was pretty funny as I had literally been asked that very question during my Summer Toastmasters meeting in July! 

I was also asked this "If you had travel back in time 100 years taking you to 1915 what would you take with you from the current time." To which I replied an atlas because the world has changed so much and I thought it would be the easiest and most logical way to explain it. I also felt that it wouldn't be something that would overwhelm those living in the past. 

Some of my other questions were things like what would I change about the Province today and I said nothing political but rather focused on Social media, as I do feel the Province could use Social media to their advantage when it comes to Marketing our beautiful Province as well as connecting with and reaching out to everyone who lives here. 

Another question included my future goals/aspirations to which I replied that my dream goal was to be a life coach but to have my business centered around Social media. At the very least I would like to attain a career focused in social media. I told them I planned to take Social Media analysis at school through online courses enabling me to have a job when I eventually went to college. I would then take a mix of Social media/Public relation courses as well as leadership and if possible Life Coaching courses. 

I talked about how long I've been passionate about Social media and in particular Youtube. I also said that my back up career could be going into Special FX makeup and posting videos & tutorials online. As I have already established myself as a self-taught Special Fx MUA having even won more than one international Makeup contest. 

Some of the other questions included my intentions for participating in the program, what I got out of the program during my candidacy, what I would change about the program in the future and lastly if I would take on a title if given one. 

The last few questions were the most difficult for me. First they asked me about the current Canadian Federal Election for which I couldn't remember the names of everyone running but made a joke saying no one can seem to get much social media coverage here in Canada with Donald Trump's campaigning and Social media craze. Which made everyone laugh! 

I was also asked what would be an advantage to having me reign over one of my other candidates & what qualities/traits and skills I would bring with me to the team. 

The most difficult question was being asked to chose 3 of the 2015 Candidates to make up the 2015 British Columbia Ambassador team. Which was a tricky question because you could play it so many ways, being diplomatic and not naming yourself, providing a balanced answer and naming yourself alongside two others, or simply describing the best traits you think a team should have over all and honestly naming the three people [even if it's you] who exhibit those qualities. 

After that last question my twenty minutes were up and I was rushed off to the Saloon. As it was now quarter to one with the Luncheon starting at 1 p.m, the question soon became would I make it to lunch???? 

My Final Morning as a BC Ambassador Candidate

Around 7 a.m sleeping beauty aka me awoke from my rather short slumber excited for the day and also extremely sad as I knew it was my final day as a British Columbia Ambassador Candidate, That this part of my journey would end by the end of the night.

Since tasha an I had Both packed in the night we has time to record one last video of me opening the curtains as well as taking plenty of photos during our last few moments as official roommates and reminiscing in our fairly empty  room #107 at the Ramada as we had already taken some of our stuff to store in Coleen and Teresa's room for the day as they were keeping their Ramada LTD room for another night. 

I would like to graciously thank the Ramada Limited Merritt for graciously hosting the 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Candidates, the Committee and the 2014 BC Ambassadors as well as the newly crowned 2015 British Columbia Ambassador Team. I had a fabulous stay and found my room incredibly comfortable, especially the luxuriously comfy bed! 

After everyone was all checked out, Tasha and I  took our last morning car ride with Coleen to the Merritt civic centre for our Second to last meal cooked by Anna brown which was yet another fabulous breakfast.

Afterwards I had time to sneak away into the stage room which was totally dark and whistle before heading to the dressing room to get ready for my interview with the.judges

As I was once again lucky number nine my interview  with the judges was ages away and I had plenty of time to wait. Which I spent relaxing and basically waking up. I also spent time taking lot's of pictures of the two main pageant areas, as I knew there wouldn't be time to do it that evening. I took pictures of the Community standing banners that you see as you enter the hall, pictures of our Program & Candidacy Fundraising can table as well as other random pictures. 

 However it was mostly a cherished morning as I spent as much time  [which seemed to be dwindling] as I could with my fellow British Columbia Ambassador Candidates. I decided to get ready Once after half of the candidates had disappeared having left for their interviews with the judges followed by leaving for hair appointments right after they finished. 




I was able to take my time doing a very light make up [so that my face wasn't weighed down with it by the end of the night] before touching up my hairstyle. Which I had left in after Rachael had made it look so pretty for the night before, before eventually getting into my suit and quietly going over potential questions with my last few fellow candidates as we waited. 

I even had time to record a vlog while I waited!  Find out what happens during my interview in the next blog. 
DUN DUN DUN