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UPDATE AUGUST 23, 2009
Sunshine Rodriguez, who was runner-up in our 2008 contest, has been selected to be one of the calendar girls in the official 2011 Spring Break Calendar sponsored by Classmate USA, www.classmateusa.com. Over 100 girls were photographed in competition in Panama City and Clearwater this Spring. Congratulations Sunshine!
UPDATE JULY 4, 2009
There will be NO CONTEST this year. The Resaca Beach Calendar Girl Contest will return in 2010. It may be the last one. If it is, we want to go out with a BANG!!!
UPDATE MARCH 23, 2009
Just returned from Panama City Beach where shooting took place for the national Spring Break Calendar sponsored by Classmate USA. Sunshine Rodriguez from Atlanta and Amanda Kings from Knoxville represented our contest. The shots were outstanding. We met some great people and enjoyed fantastic weather and delicious meals too!
UPDATE MARCH 15, 2009
January 2006 Resaca Beach Calendar Girl and April 2006 Playboy Playmate Holley Dorrough has just launched her new web site, www.holleyann.com. Congratulations Holley!
UPDATE DECEMBER 14, 2008
Our girls are WINNERS!!! JEANNETTE BOURKE has been picked for the MISS RED HOT Calendar in competition in Atlantic City, and AMANDA MEREDITH and MEGAN BALES just returned from the AMERICAN DREAM Calendar Girl Model Challenge WORLD FINALS in the Bahamas!!! They were BOTH chosen for the new American Dream Calendar. Congratulations ladies!
Next Stop - Spring Break in Panama City with three to six of our best!
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 21, 2008
IMAGES FROM THE 2009-2010 RESACA BEACH CALENDAR HAVE BEEN ADDED. If you would like a calendar, please email rdb818@hotmail.com for information, or send me a MySpace message.
JULY 19, 2008: NEW IMAGES HAVE BEEN ADDED!
UPDATE JUNE 17, 2008
Here are the results of the June 14 contest. Images will be updated soon.
$2,000.00 to WINNER (awarded at calendar shoot) plus cover of next calendar
JEANNETTE BOURKE, 23, Sharpsburg, GA
$500.00 to FIRST RUNNER UP (awarded at calendar shoot)
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ, 22, Morrow, GA
WINNER and RUNNER UP received beautiful one-of-a-kind custom blown glass heirloom art creations, furnished by nationally acclaimed glassblower Ed Russell of Mountain Works Galleries in Monteagle, TN
JEANNETTE BOURKE
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
SIXTEEN girls were selected for the 2010 Resaca Beach Calendar (alphabetically, by first name)
AMANDA MEREDITH, 26, Sharpsburg, GA
AMANDA RUTHERFORD, 24, Kodak, TN
ANNETTE HOLLIMAN (Pokahantas), 23, Maryville, TN
ASHLEY FAULKNER, 21, Hixson, TN
BROOKE WATERS, 20, Hiram, GA
CATTIE THOMPSON, 20, Chattanooga, TN
CHELSEA TILLER, 19, Buford, GA
CHRISTIANNA ARONSTAM, 24, Nashville, TN
ERICA SOEDER, 22, Ringgold, GA
JEANNETTE BOURKE
LOREN CARPENTER (Loren Grace), 19, Douglasville, GA
MEGAN BALES, 27, Chattanooga, TN
MICHELLE SACCO, 22, Carrollton, GA
SHONA HOOD, 31, Lawrenceville, GA
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
TEAL ANN LINGENFELSER, 19, Acworth, GA
Two alternates were selected for the calendar shoot
SHANAI BENNETT, 23, Atlanta, GA
KELLIE SMITH, 20, Rome, GA
THREE trips to Panama City Spring Break...all expenses paid for 4 days/3 nights and a calendar shoot opportunity for the Official Swimsuit Calendar of SPRING BREAK...sponsored by the Classmate USA Spring Break Model Search. This is a national calendar! Plus additional prizes listed below
JEANNETTE BOURKE
AMANDA MEREDITH
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
Alternates
ERICA SOEDER
AMANDA RUTHERFORD
ASHLEY FAULKNER
TWO trips to the World Finals of the American Dream Calendar Girl Model Challenge December 1-10, 2008 at Nassau’s Crystal Palace Casino
MEGAN BALES
AMANDA MEREDITH
Alternates
LOREN CARPENTER
CHRISTIANNA ARONSTAM
ONE trip to Atlantic City, NJ to compete in the national finals of the Miss Red Hot Calendar Girl Contest September 11-14, 2008
JEANNETTE BOURKE
THREE girls were chosen as cover models of future monthly issues of the Chattanooga / North Georgia Road Rash Magazine
TEAL ANN LINGENFELSER
AMANDA MEREDITH
JEANNETTE BOURKE
FOUR professional photo sessions with Atlanta / L.A. and world known photographer Larry Marchant
ASHLEY FAULKNER
LOREN CARPENTER
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
ALLIE PIERCE, 19, Chattanooga, TN
THREE one-day portfolio shoots with Atlanta professional photographer Andrew Wilson
AMANDA RUTHERFORD
AMANDA MEREDITH
MICHELLE SACCO
TWO professional photo sessions with Just Shoot Me Photography in Chattanooga (Matt Baxter)
ERICA SOEDER
TEAL ANN LINGENFELSER
TWO professional photo sessions with Monteagle area photographer Greg Burrows of Point Blank Graphics
LOREN CARPENTER
SARAH OLIVER
TWO photo sessions with Birmingham based professional photographer and web site designer Jeff Rease
JEANNETTE BOURKE
One other to be picked by photographer
THREE full portfolio shoots for the winner and two runners-up in Destin/Seaside/Panama City, provided by professional photographer Jeffrey Blake Adams. Model must provide own transportation to beach.
JEANNETTE BOURKE
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
LOREN CARPENTER
Photo Session or photo usage for cover of Odd Shoppe Tanning Supplies catalog (coordinated with Greg Burrows)
JEANNETTE BOURKE
AMANDA MEREDITH
Photo session at reception for the Trentonian Newspaper’s “Page Six Girl”, with $50.00 paid each time an image is used.
Combination fishing / photography trip to Homosassa, FL, sponsored by Captain William Toney
Still trying to figure this one out! Who likes to fish? Check out the web site link.
TEN $50.00 gift certificates from Mountain Creek Harley-Davidson in Dalton, GA
Will be announced this week!
Additional Prizes from Classmate USA
First place: exclusive
Indoor tanning product to the celebrities...Haute Couture by Devoted Creations...$64 value
One case of BOOKOO Energy Drink and BOOKOO t-shirt...$50 value drink and $18 value t-shirt
JEANNETTE BOURKE
Top 3: each get
OneModelPlace Gold Membership for one year...$150 value each
Sunglasses by West Coast...$12 value each
JEANNETTE BOURKE
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
LOREN CARPENTER
Top 5: each received
Assortment of Australian Gold indoor tanning products...$65 value each
Australian Gold t-shirt...$18 value each
Annual Party Pass to the World Famous Tiki Bar in Panama City Beach...$100 value each
JEANNETTE BOURKE
SUNSHINE RODRIGUEZ
LOREN CARPENTER
MEGAN BALES
ERICA SOEDER
Awarded at Reception
First 24 contestants each got:
A Genuine "Peace Frogs" t-shirt
A "CHILL TOWEL" to cool you off!
UPDATE MAY 23, 2008
The web site www.resacabeach.com has now been updated. There is even an on-line entry form for girls wishing to enter the contest! Check it out
UPDATE APRIL 20, 2008
It is full steam ahead with the planning for the 2008 RESACA BEACH CALENDAR GIRL CONTEST, scheduled for June 14, 2008 at the NW GA Trade and Convbention Center in Dalton, GA. Over the next couple of weeks we will update the web site at www.resacabeach.com so that applicants can enter on line, and provide more information about the contest.
But....here are the basics:
• Entrants must be at least 18 years of age by June 14, 2008 and a natural born female (some weird characters around these days!). There is no entry fee.
• All applicants must live within 250 miles (as the old crow flies) of Dalton, GA. Don't cheat - I have the crow meter that will tell me.
• Entry deadline is Monday June 9
• Entries will be accepted on line at www.resacabeach.com or by mail. To enter by mail email Dan@ResacaBeach.com for an entry form.
• Entrants must supply at least two photos showing beauty of face and figure. Photos may be mailed, emailed, or you can point us to a web site to pull them from.
• Competition is in swimwear (no thongs) and cocktail wear.
• Finalists will be will be expected to attend our pool party/brunch beginning at 11:30 AM the day of the contest. This fun event is for finalists, sponsors, photographers and special guests ONLY.
• Winner receives $2,000, payable at calendar shoot. First runner up receives at least $500.00. Many other prizes and trips will be awarded, similar to last year (scroll down to review).
We do have a Resaca Beach mailing list for up-to-date emails. If you want to be added email dan@resacabeach.com.
Stay tuned - more to come!
UPDATE JANUARY 25, 2008
GOOD NEWS! The 2008 Resaca Beach Calendar Girl Contest will be held Saturday June 14, 2008 at the NW GA Trade and Convention Center in Dalton, GA. Entertainment will be provided by the SAMMI MOORE BAND - and they are FANTASTIC! Check them out.
www.myspace.com/sammimooreband
www.myspace.com/sammimooremusic
More details soon!
UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2008
More proof that our girls are the best!
TABITHA GILLEY, who will be on our 2009 calendar and BRITTANY KING, Miss June on our 2007 Resaca Beach calendar are in the "The Women of Hooters" pictoral in the FEBRUARY issue of PLAYBOY Magazine. In addition, Tabitha is on the cover of the February-March 25th anniversary issue of HOOTERS MAGAZINE. You can check her out at the Chattanooga Hooters.
But that's not all. Tabitha is also featured in the January issue of ROUNDER - the poker lifestyle magazine, a photo made at the Resaaca Beach contest reception.
In addition, we have two playmates of recent note. HOLLEY DORROUGH of Gadsen Alabama, our Resaca Beach Calendar Girl for January 2006 was Playmate of the Month in April 2006, and 2006 finalist SPENCER SCOTT was Playmate of the Month in October 2007.
There WILL BE a contest in 2008, but the date has not yet been chosen.
UPDATE JANUARY 5, 2008
Resaca Beach 2009 Calendar Girl and Chattanooga's own Tabitha Gilley is on the cover of the February/March 2008 issue of HOOTERS MAGAZINE, which will be out in a few days. She will also be in PLAYBOY in FEBRUARY. Not only is she HOT but she is one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
Unfortunately, she is not on MySpace, but you can see her cover shot at this link: http://www.myspace.com/hootersmagazine. Check it out, and then go congratulate her at Hooters of Chattanooga on Brainerd Road. She is also on the HOOTERS CALENDAR.
In addition, she was chosen to be Miss December on the American Dream calendar, as a recult of the contest in the Bahamas in December 2007.
Other recent Resaca Beach participants to appear in PLAYBOY are January 2006 calendar girl Holley Dorrough, who was the PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH in APRIL 2006 and SPENCER SCOTT who was PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH in October 2007.
AND....our 2004 winner, BREANNE ASHLEY, was chosen MISS HOOTERS INTERNATIONAL this summer in Las Vegas!
We get the BEST girls every year!
UPDATE AUGUST 22, 2007
RESACA BEACH CALENDAR GIRL CONTEST 2007 PRIZES AWARDED
$2,000.00 to grand prize winner (awarded at calendar shoot)
RENEE BAKER, Loganville, GA
$500.00 to first runner-up (awarded at calendar shoot)
CHERESE LOPEZ, Buford, GA
THREE beautiful one-of-a-king custom heirloom quality blown glass art creations for the winner and runner up from nationally acclaimed glassblower Ed Russell of Mountain Works Gallery in Monteagle, TN
RENEE BAKER
CHERESE LOPEZ
JEANNETTE BOURKE (3rd place), Sharpsburg, GA
SIXTEEN girls were selected for the September 2008 - December 2009 Resaca Beach Calendar
RENEE BAKER
CHERESE LOPEZ
JEANNETTE BOURKE
Remainder alphabetically by first name
ALLIE PIERCE, Chattanooga, TN
CATTIE THOMPSON, Chattanooga, TN
CHANNING MOORER, Blountsville, AL
ERICA SOEDER, Ringgold, GA
JACKEY HALL, Chatsworth, GA
KERRY DODD, Soddy Daisy, TN
LAUREN CRAWFORD, Athens, GA
RABECCA HEWETT, Dalton, GA
ROBERTA FLORES, Chattanooga, TN
SHANNON WILLIAMS, Leesburg, AL
TABITHA GILLEY, Chattanooga, TN
TIFFANY WILBOR, Newnan, GA
TILAE LAWRENCE, Temple, GA
TWO trips to the World Finals of the American Dream Calendar Girl Model Challenge beginning November 28 at Nassau’s Wyndham Crystal Palace Hotel and Casino
RENEE BAKER (unable to attend)
JEANNETTE BOURKE (attended)
Alternates
CHERESE LOPEZ
TABITHA GILLEY (awarded Miss December)
One trip to the Miss Red Hot “Barely There” swim suit competition Oct 25-28 at the Viva Wyndham Fortuna all-inclusive resort in Freeport, Bahamas
RENEE BAKER
THREE girls were chosen as cover models of future monthly issues of the Chattanooga / North Georgia Road Rash Magazine
CHERESE LOPEZ
ERICA SOEDER
TILAE LAWRENCE
FIVE (upgraded from two because of the quality of the girls) professional photo sessions from Atlanta / L.A. world-known photographer Larry Marchant
CHERESE LOPEZ
ERICA SOEDER
JEANNETTE BOURKE
LAUREN CRAWFORD
TABITHA GILLEY
TWO professional one-day photo shoots from Atlanta Professional Photographer Andrew Wilson
ERIKA SOEDER
LAUREN CRAWFORD
TWO professional photo sessions with Resaca Beach chief photographer Don McDowell
RENEE BAKER
TABITHA GILLEY
A professional web site design for the winner by Jeff Rease, an award winning designer / photographer based in Birmingham, AL
RENEE BAKER
ONE professional photo session by Jeff Rease, an award winning designer / photographer based in Birmingham, AL
CHANNING MOORER
FIVE (upgraded from two) photo shoots provided by Chattanooga pro Matt Baxter of Just Shoot Me Photography
ERICA SOEDER
RENEE BAKER
SHANNON WILLIAMS
TABITHA GILLEY
TILAE LAWRENCE
TWO photo shoots provided by Point Blank Graphics (Greg Burrows)
ERICA SOEDER
TABITHA GILLEY
Photo shoot for cover of sun care products catalog
RENEE BAKER
ROBERTA FLORES
A special jewelry gift for each finalist from Joseph of Armen and Joseph Jewelers in Duluth, GA
Classmate USA Spring Break Model Search provided a FREE one year Platinum Membership to OneModelPlace.com ( OMP )...retail value $179. and one bottle of Australian Gold "CRYSTAL" indoor tanning lotion to the winner...retail value $110
RENEE BAKER
EIGHT $50.00 gift certificates from Mountain Creek Harley-Davidson in Dalton, GA
ALLIE PIERCE
CHERESE LOPEZ
JEANNETTE BOURKE
KELSEY FOSTER, Rome, GA
KHAMESHA SMITH, Chattanooga, TN
RENEE BAKER
ROBERTA FLORES
TILAE LAWRENCE
$50.00 cash to finalists photographed at reception / pool party for the Trentonian Newspaper (NJ) for publication as the “Page Six Girl,” plus additional publication opportunities. This was for ALL finalists!
Jack Criswell from AdPix.biz was also scouting for models to use in various magazines and calendars. There will be several upcoming opportunities.
Subscriptions to Southern Living Magazine
RENEE BAKER, 3 years
CHERESE LOPEZ, 2 years
JEANNETTE BOURKE, 1 year
UPDATE AUGUST 16. 2007
These are the contest finalists for the Saturday competition
Allie Pierce , 18, Chattanooga TN
Ashleighe Sexton, 34, Duluth GA
Betrice Benbow, 26, Atlanta GA (did not show)
Breanne Hogge, 21, Lawrenceville GA (did not show)
Brittany Smith, 19, Gardendale, AL (did not show)
Cattie Thompson, 19, Chattanooga TN
Channing Moorer, 19, Blountsville AL
Cherese Lopez, 19, Buford GA
Christy Snyder, 29, Chattanooga TN (did not show)
Dalene Costley, 21, Jonesboro GA (did not show)
Erica Soeder, 22, Ringgold,GA
Eve Lorae, 26, Duluth GA
Jackey Hall, 20, Chatsworth GA
Jeanette Bourke, 22, Sharpsburg GA
Jena Abbott, 20, Soddy Daisy TN
Julia Barnes, 26, Hendersonville TN
Kelsey Foster, 19, Rome GA
Kerry Dodd, 23, Soddy Daisy TN
Khamesha Smith, 24 Chattanooga TN
Lauren Crawford, 20, Athens GA
Rabecca Hewett, 31, Dalton GA
Renee Baker, 25, Loganville GA
Roberta Flores, 21, Chattanooga TN
Shannon Williams, 24, Leesburg AL
Stephanie Hopper, 23, Soddy Daisy TN (did not show)
Tabitha Gilley, 20, Bridgeport AL
Teal Ann Lingenfelser, 18, Acworth GA
Tiffany Wilbor, 22, Newnan GA
Tilae Lawrence, 25, Temple GA
Tina Locklear-Ball, 26, Asheville NC
Tracy Poor, 28, Marietta GA
ViVianna Nguyen, 21, Norcross GA (did not show)
HISTORY:
In 1983, two much younger men (one of whom I cannot mention because his wife will beat him) decided they needed a means to promote their fledgling carpet mill. They should have opened a Hooters Restaurant, but they weren’t that smart! Since they both liked women and could spend company money with abandon, they decided to have a beauty contest and send the winner all over the country to exciting events like all-day warehouse sales.
What to call it??? Well, being in Dalton, GA and not close to a real beach, they had to invent one. Fortunately, Dalton is only a few miles away from the tiny village of Resaca, on the shores of the mighty Oostanaula River. Thus, Resaca Beach, “North Georgia’s Gateway to the Gulf” was born!
Our first contest was held in 1983 in a little Dalton restaurant called Grandma’s Food and Spirits, and an amazing 19 year-old lady by the name of Marla Maples walked away with the trophy, money and other prizes. Soon she was on her way to stardom!
Contests were held at the now defunct Holiday Inn, Elks Lodge, NW Georgia Fairgrounds, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, and beginning in 1991 at the NW Georgia Trade and Convention Center in Dalton. The Poster Girl Contest became a Calendar Girl Contest (so we could take pictures of more hot chicks), and here we are. No longer in the carpet business, we have depended on sponsors to fund the contest over the years.
Since 1983 we have awarded over $140,000 in cash prizes, plus numerous exotic trips and hundreds of other valuable prizes. More than 460 young ladies have graced the stage along the way.
It’s been fun, and we hope you enjoy the calendar!
Web site: http:www.resacabeach.com
You might be interested in some of the past winners:
HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU KNOW?
1983: Marla Maples, Dalton, GA (Donald Trump's ex-wife)
1984: Cheryl Grant, Dalton, GA
1985: Cindy Burns, Dalton, GA
1986: Rhonda Burger, Calhoun, GA
1987: Ginger Wilson, Fairmont, GA
1988: Lisa Robertson, Collegedale, TN (now on QVC)
1989: Samantha Burns, Lafayette, GA (sister of Cindy)
1990: Wendy Geuss, Atlanta, GA (was in many Playboy publications)
1991: Lori Belt, Dalton, GA
1992: Holli Biggs, Cleveland, TN
1993: Tempe Suratt, Chattanooga, TN
1994: Shane Phillips, Suwanee, GA
1995: Shannon Acuff, Jasper, TN
1996 - 1998: no contests
1999: Tenna Reed, Chatsworth, GA
2000: Jennifer Corliss, Cumming, GA
2001: Capri Hodge, Steele, AL
2002: Alicia Hall, Jonesboro, GA
2003: Nicole Sawyer, Decatur, AL
2004: Breanne Ashley, Canton, GA
2005: Amberley French, Jasper, GA
2006: No contest
2007: Renee Baker, Loganville, GA
2008: JEANNETTE BOURKE, Sharpsburg, GA
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