Lisa Moran (L)
MASSACHUSETTS

As of 2009: Lisa has been involved in the dance / pageant world for 36 years. Her years of experience include time as a student, competitor, teacher, director, and judge. She has studied & taught all forms of dance, baton, and modeling. She has judged various competitions from Boston to Sacramento. She is also a certified Miss America judge.

As a competitor, Lisa won hundreds of crowns & trophies and thousands of dollars in scholarships. As a teacher & choreographer, she has watched her students win top prizes. She has been the New England Director of the Sunshine Pageant for the last eleven years having produced over 30 pageants. She is also on the board of the Miss Metro (Miss America preliminary) where she is also the official tabulator.

Lisa has a degree in accounting and works as a Financial Manager at an Investment firm. She is married and has two wonderful children who keep her very involved with all of their school and extra curricular activities.

Toni Fossum (R)
CALIFORNIA

As of 2009: Toni has been involved in the pageant industry for over 30 years. She knows first hand of the work involved in the competition, as Toni competed first in baton pageants and then in beauty/talent pageants. Toni's pageant career has been rewarded with 18 crowns and over 40 trophies, and has included honors such as Sunshine Teen Miss Celebrity, Ultimate Sunshine Girl, Miss Auburn, Camellia Queen, Semi-finalist for Miss California USA and 3rd runner up for Miss Arizona USA.

The experiences she has encountered are immeasurable both to personal growth as well as being able to share with, educate and develop the young women she works with today. Today, Toni is not only a national pageant director, but has stayed connected to her roots as she has produced and directed the Young, Junior, Teen and Miss Auburn pageants for 17 years now, as well as the West Coast Regional Talent Celebrity Pageant and Mother of the Year Pageant. She enjoys coaching young ladies entering their pageant careers, and introducing them to the benefits of community service..

Outside of the pageant world, Toni is the owner of a graphic design firm, Director of Graphic Arts and Merchandising for the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) and the International Sport Combat Federation (ISCF), and a loving wife and mother.

TOGETHER
Lisa and Toni were introduced to the National Sunshine Pageant System which originated in Ohio. They both competed (against each other as a matter of fact) in the system for many years, held many titles, earned scholarship money, and most importantly, became close friends. As adults, they both came full circle back to the Sunshine System. Lisa, as the New England Director, International Public Relations Director and eventually Vice President, and Toni as the West Coast Preliminary Director. Both of them being honored as International Director of the Year several times. They were impressed with the system which seemed to have the best interests of the contestant at heart. They encouraged friendships and self-improvement, so every one felt they had benefitted from the pageant whether they had won the title or not.

Now, having formed an alliance and venturing on their own, Lisa and Toni have patterned their events along these lines, while continually making improvements to benefit contestants. They encourage not making "winning" the only reason for entering a pageant, and prove that all contestants win with the new self-awareness and friends they make.