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Bill was raised in Brooklyn, NY but grew up in Viet Nam as a
member of the 1st Marine Division (Infantry Machine Gunner). Upon
discharge he became a member of a police department in New York
City. He joined the Army reserve, went through a state OCS
program and was commissioned. He loved competition shooting and
the reserves let him compete with both rifle and pistol. At this
time Bill developed an interest in a new technology called the
personal computer. Programming followed with lots of travelling
as a contract programmer. |
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Almost 25 years to the day that Bill arrived in Viet Nam, he
arrived in Saudi Arabia as a senior logistician (Army-Major)for
Desert Shield\Storm. He followed the Marines into Kuwait and
assisted in rebuilding the infrastructure for health services. |
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Bill came home, married his Desert Storm Pen Pal, retired from
the Army Reserves, and resumed his programming. The internet
exploded and he wound up designing, maintaining, optimizing, and
programming websites. He developed another interest too -
Videography as multi-camera editing was similar to programing. |
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Bill lives in upstate New York with his wife Janice, their 3
children, 2 dogs, and 2 cats. He feels fortunate because at every
stage in his life enjoyment, came from what he was doing. If you
love what you are doing, you will never work a day in your life. |
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He got involved with pageants because his sister in-law (Carol
Hirata) needed a website for her Montana USA franchise. It was
later expanded to include Colorado. In 2002 Bill's sister in law
was named the Miss Universe Director tor of the Year. In 2006,
their Montana Teen became Miss Teen USA. |
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Bill Has designed and maintained 8 national level pageant
websites . He has received 15 Independent Film Awards and
produced the Pageant Help DVD (set) which to date has been used
to capture 133 national and 53 international titles Total of 186
isn't too shabby. The content is now available for free on his
PageantHelp.Com website. He followed up with "Pageant Help Series
Questions" (1800+ Pageant Questions - Available on Amazon). He
will be finishing his second book "Pageant Help 101" soon. |
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Over the years Bill assisted many directors and even made trips
to Las Vegas to help a struggling pageant or too. Many times he
had to step in when director had problems or fell ill to put on
a quality show and keep everybody happy. |
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In 2018 Bill applied for both the Mrs. Universe and Ms. Universe
trademarks as the International trademarks had expired and were
never used. A pageant for 2019 wound up falling victim to the
COVID 19 situation. In 2021 Bill and Lynda Samuels (Classic
Universe) held a combined pageant at the Orleans Hotel and Casino
in Las Vegas. |
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In 2021 the United States Patent and Trademark Office kept
refusing to approve the federal trademark applications because
they felt that the public could not differentiate between Miss,
Ms. and Mrs. pageants even though Bill had successfully been
granted State of Nevada Trademarks as well as Federal NFT
TRADEMARKS. |
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In 2023, Bill received the Trademark for Universe International
and the inaugural Universe International pageant was held at
the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. |
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In 2025 Bill transferred all rights and privileges regarding
Universe International, Ms. Universe, and Mrs. Universe to
Annastasia Mason. |
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In 2025 Bill embarked on a new project called Pageant World. The
project would consist of having a Pageant World Finals event
consisting of the Ms. and Mrs. Senior World Competitions, the Ms.
and Mrs. Classic World Competitions, and the Teen, Miss, Mrs. and
Ms. Premier World competitions. The Pageant World Finals dates
take part in Las Vegas in July 2027. |
