07/30/2016
Carol Thomas, the Ms. Senior USA 2016-2017, Joins Rumi Awards Family to Present & Host at the Rumi Awards 2016, Bay Area San Francisco.
RUMI AWARDS family is proud and honored to announce that CAROL THOMAS, the Ms. Senior USA 2016-2017, has been invited with KAT RAY, the Founding Ms. Senior USA, by RUMI AWARDS founder ABE NASSER to participate as a host and presenter in the December 22-23, 2016 RUMI WORLD MUSIC AWARDS, MISS INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT & INTERNATIONAL FASHION AWARDS 2016. This Event is to be held in the Bay Area, San Francisco. Ms. Ray will be joined by other Queens from the Board of Governors of Senior Pageants Group and the Ms. Senior USA / Ms. Senior Universe Pageants.
Carol grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has had the great pleasure of living in the wonderful State of Michigan for the past 40 years! She entered Arizona State University as a piano performance major. Carol has always had a passion and love for playing piano. During her years in college, she was able to perform professionally. While at Arizona State University, Carol was named “Woman of the Year”. She was also elected
student body president of the College of Education and was named Commander of the Kaydette organization, which was the auxiliary to the Army ROTC program. She received the award for outstanding Kaydette and was the drill team commander.
After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in secondary education, Carol attended Michigan State University where she received a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Higher Education. Michigan State named her as the first female in charge of an all-male residence hall which included 500 freshman males! While at Michigan State, Carol met her husband, Gerry. They have been married for 38 wonderful years. Carol has four children. Her oldest son, Gerry, is a patent attorney and is married to Carla who he has two daughters with, Scarlett and Izobel. They live in Alameda, California. James, her second son, is an elder law attorney and works with Carol along with his wife, Daron. They live in Saginaw, Michigan with their son, Scotty and daughter, Lizzy.
Michael, Carol’s third son, also lives in Saginaw, Michigan. He is an orthodontist and has one daughter, Claire, with his wife, Sarah. She has one daughter, Kate, who is a dentist in Midland and is married to Alex. They have a daughter named Caroline. In 1988, she was crowned Mrs. Michigan and competed for the title of Mrs. America. These were busy years raising four children and participating in their activities including room mom and team mom. At the same time she worked extensively as a model, both in runway and print. Carol was also a television spokesperson. At the age of 40, Carol enrolled in law school. She was named valedictorian commencement speaker and was elected by her class to the Board of Governors.
After graduating from law school, Carol attended Wayne State University School of Law and received a Master of Laws Degree in Taxation, which led to a wonderful, fulfilling and rewarding career as an elder law attorney. In recent years, Carol and her law office received national recognition as she was selected from the nation’s elder law attorneys to appear in the documentary special “In America” narrated by James Earl Jones. Nine years ago
Carol was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a double mastectomy she has felt compelled to inform other women regarding the importance of early detection. Carol is often asked to speak about her experience with breast cancer. Carol has devoted herself to her elder law practice for the past 18 years and she continues to feel privileged assisting seniors today as they make difficult decisions. She gains a great sense of satisfaction
knowing her clients are prepared for any eventuality with the legal documents which all seniors should possess. Due to her great respect for the military, Carol is also an accredited veterans’ attorney. She feels very rewarded when she is able to help veterans receive benefits to which they are entitled and may not have been aware. Carol presents many seminars to veterans groups, church groups and community organizations enlightening
them about the importance of being prepared for events later in life. Helping others, especially the elderly, is an integral part of Carol’s life. In addition to being a public speaker, Carol enjoys being a frequent guest on a radio show called “Health Line”. Discussions typically include legal and health issues involving seniors, veterans’ benefits, and being a breast cancer survivor.
About the RUMI AWARDS
Founded by renowned entrepreneur and author of Ten Thousand Prayers, Abe Nasser, Rumi Awards is the agent for transforming “Ancient Vision with Modern View” that is based on the thoughts of the 13th-century poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic "Rumi" to promote love to the world community through a universal theme focused on the principles of humanism, arts, literature, fashion, music, dance and love itself.
Rumi Awards family has produced seven world class awards shows with high quality & standard that have captured the attention of world's largest news organizations including BBC & Deutsche Welle among others and excited millions of social media fans in over 50 countries since its launch in less than 3 years. On December 22nd and 23rd, 2016, a record of over 300 music/dance artists, fashion models & designers, pageants, hosts, presenters and media professionals from around the globe will appear on an elegant stage that "Madonna" once performed in.
The Bay Area was specifically chosen as the host site because it is a capital of the world's multi-cultural communities and center of global cutting edge technologies, arts and creativity. The Rumi Awards will make history by bringing the artists, fashion models and talents of over 100 countries under one roof in one of the most classic and elegant venues in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About the Senior Pageants Group / Ms. Senior USA / Ms. Senior Universe
The organization celebrates the accomplishments of women over 60 and are the women and daughters of the “The Greatest Generation.” As senior women, the organization has nurtured their families, their careers and their local communities while surviving personal tragedy, economic depressions, regional conflicts and World Wars. The organization has been present while the nations of the world went to the unthinkable brink of nuclear holocaust. Senior Pageants Group / Ms. Senior USA / Ms. Senior Universe are strong, savvy, goal-oriented, wise and aware. They display these characteristics in their everyday lives, as people, and as humanitarians who always seek to improve the lives of others. As an organization, they seek to further empower Women of all nations and cultures to strive for equality, to achieve their personal best, to make real and meaningful changes and to individually redefine what it means to be a senior woman and role model to the communities of Women who will follow them.
