Mermaid Leota

21/11/2025

I had such a splash at Spring Splash event this year. It was the best vibe! I enjoyed seaing everyone! Finally getting around to sharing my shellfies.

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06/04/2025

18/04/2024

One of the best shot of Total Solar Eclipse 😮

05/04/2024

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If you are at come by my table and say “Shello!”

05/04/2024

So of course I posted Day 6 on my personal FB and not my Instagram. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Day 6: What’s your favorite item that you’re bringing? Share a sneak peek!

I have a new dress, really an entire ensemble! Here’s my sneak peek! I wore it once and maybe a few of you caught it in my story a week or so ago. I’ve been trying to keep it a seacret. 🤫

05/04/2024

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Day 7: Where are you traveling from? Take a travel photo.

Driving in today from Fayetteville NC. My partner showed me his old tromping grounds here. Luckily the drive isn’t too bad today. See ya soon!

02/04/2024

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Day 5: Which part of Monarch has been your favorite or what are you most looking forward to?

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again! I love getting to know the delegates and judges. Some of the most interesting and amazing people I have met have been through pageantry and mermaiding.

02/04/2024

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Day 4: What’s your charity and why does it matter to you? Share their page/logo!

Mine is empowerHER They are a nonprofit organization who focuses pairing motherless daughters with other motherless daughters. What I like about them is that you have to experience mother loss before you’re able to be paired as a means to be relatable to the child or young adult.

In the mermaiding community I was surprised at how many of us have lost ours moms through abandonment or death. Opening mermaiding and pageantry to this community is my next goal. Here, motherless daughters can get a sense of belonging and help on feeling feminine when you don’t have a female figure.

I was 12 when my mom died, back in 1995. I managed to grow up with the internet raising me. Using dial up I found the information I needed. No child should have to depend on an object and not a person to ask for advice for growing up.

Environmental awareness should include your local community and people.

weareempower.com

Attached is an article about them.

https://www.foxla.com/news/nonprofit-empowerher-hopes-to-open-l-a-chapter-to-connect-girls-who-lost-their-mothers

I used a photo of myself because I’m a motherless daughter. We come in many sizes, shapes, colors, and backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common, we carry the grief and pain from loss.

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02/04/2024

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Day 3: Tell us about your favorite mer memory!

My favorite mer memory was last year’s Spring Splash. I had a great time with my fish friends and reconnecting with an old friend. It was the start of my current life. That trip changed my life for the better.

I was wearing one of the Buc-ee’s onsie. My friend was in the other and we look like we are hard core judging someone in reality we were trying to figure out the mechanics of someone’s tail. 😂 And yes, I was wearing my Monarch sash and crown. Gotta love a Jo-outfit or “Joutfit” if you know me I sometimes wear the weirdest stuff coming/going from shoots or anywhere.

02/04/2024

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Day 2 and a few days late. Since I live in Florida I feel like a lot of people know about Disney, Universal, and Key West. Let’s step away from the tourist traps and talk about one of my favorite places to visit, The Ringling Museum and house. You can spend all day here! There are multiple museums and their house to tour. If you like Renaissance art, this is the place to visit.
Ringling.org

Honorable mentions goes to St. Augustine which is one of the oldest places in the US and Flagger College. I sadly haven’t been to either one of them but it’s on my bucket list. :)

29/03/2024

Monarch Social Media Countdown!🌟

Day 1: Introduce yourself and your delegate title! Share a photo in your crown and sash!

Hi y’all! I’m Jo aka Mermaid Leota and I represent the Gulf Coast region. I grew up in south Florida on the Gulf Coast and then ended up buying a home in South Texas, also along the Gulf Coast. However, after a heck of a year in 2023, I ended up back in Florida. I currently reside in Orlando.