Some Old Press & Photos From NewJersey.com

CARMINE GALASSO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

So they say I've got "that natural look" lol. Well you be the judge!!!! Here is part of the article with a link to the full article below...........

Girl No. 10 stood on a stage inside a comedy club. She tried to smile, waiting for a panel of judges to cast her back to Wyckoff without a crown, without a sash.

Julie Sandberg won the New Jersey title for Miss Hawaiian Tropic; this weekend is the U.S. finals.

They paid her $100 just to be there, so Julie Sandberg picked out a bikini and evening gown, then made her way into Manhattan for a regional Hawaiian Tropic modeling contest.

Sandberg, 22, keeps a black binder at home, a portfolio of her modeling work. She has done print ads for Adidas and promotional modeling for Heineken, but unlike her more seasoned opponents, pageants were part of a new frontier for her. To wit: One contestant offered to lend Sandberg some hairspray. Not for her hair — gosh, no — for her swimsuit, so it didn't move when she worked the catwalk.

"Have you ever seen 'Miss Congeniality'?" Sandberg asked. "That's what I felt like — Sandra Bullock."....

http://www.northjersey.com/2entertainment/Shes_got_the_natural_look.html