Gary Konitshek is 19 years old and has acted as sound engineer for the Miss
Connecticut Teen and Jr. Teen America pageant as well as the National Miss Jr.
Teen America Pageant since the Fall of 2000. During the summer of 2003 and
2004 Gary worked with the Blackwater Video staff to assist in video
production of the Miss Teen America national pageant in the 20,000 seat
Gaylord Entertainment Center. During the summers of 2004 and 2005 he interned with Tommy Norris
of Norris Productions in Nashville, Tennessee during the Miss Teen America
Pageant.
Gary’s sister, Heather was an avid pageant competitor holding many titles
including Miss Teen America 1999 which led Gary to become not only
experienced with the technical side of pageantry but also a good eye for
sizing up the competition.