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After several months of the exciting campaign, in the beautiful ambience of "Galleria" hotel in Subotica, on the June 12, 2010 we had organized the final of the contest "A sad, ti!" ("And now, you!"), the competition for ella face. The girls with the largest number of votes participated in the final, among more than 800 participants of the contest.

The girls had been arriving whole morning, and we had taken them to the hairdresser's where professional hairdressers and make-up artists took care of their looks. The final was held in near proximity of it, so we took the opportunity to show the girls the center of Subotica.

Everything was ready and the final could begin. But, one phone call surprised us and delighted us as well. Jelena, one of the participants who didn't show up, called us while she was in the bus. That wouldn't be strange if the bus hadn't been coming straight from Greece! Tremendous wish to participate had forced her to come to the final straight from a summer vacation. Not even making the hairstyle in the bus and putting on make-up on a break between driving wasn't problem to her. When the whole bus heard about the unusual event, passengers agreed not to make breaks anymore, so that the girl could come to the final on time.



Jelena's wish came true, she arrived right before the beginning of the final and she participated! The program was hosted by Ana Pendić, popular TV personality. Zorana Vinčić, the winner of the contest, won a romantic trip to Paris, and the top 5 girls won the shooting for photo book and they can expect new meeting with us!

The PRO VOX team had visited people with developmental disability who were on that sunny day on an excursion to "Esperanca" grange near Subotica. In other words, those children are trapped in adult man's body.

Along with other things, we had delighted them with a professional soccer ball. The inspiration to our gift was the current World Cup since we were sure that our new friends will from time to time imitate their soccer heroes.

It takes so little to make people happy! They had taken the ball and right away demonstrated us how they play in the field. We had talked with Danijela Andrašić, the coordinator of daily stay for people with disabilities, about current challenges. She had explained us how attention meant a lot to them, and we had personally made sure how open-hearted and honest they are. They had all left a positive impression on us.

Fairs are ideal chance to get the first-hand information about the situation and events in the economy, without a mask. The leitmotiv of this fair was the economic crisis. Totally unexpected, right? All the people who see the crisis as a chance which has to be taken are on the right track. Those who use it as an excuse for their bad business wouldn't have done it better even in other circumstances, said Philip Kotler, prominent expert in the field of marketing.

But let's put aside all the grievance and negative effects caused by the economic crisis and bad situation in the economy. What's positive in this story is that we had an opportunity to talk with significant entrepreneurs, who are aware of the situation in the economy, identified with the destiny of their own companies and fully enterprising in terms of further actions. And that's exactly what we're looking for! Innovative, creative and persistent people who will put the economy on the right track and insure further prosperity of our country. Those same people provided hospitality and listened to us carefully and with interest.

We took very good impressions from the Fair and gained new business partners with whom well build success in the near future.

Setting the Guinness world record carried lots of remarkable experiences. We were in a position to have a conversation with different kind of people, visit many institutions, even international giants. Organization of this kind of event depended on numerous activities for which few people would believe had to be done.

We interviewed lots of people in terms of their expectations and willingness of an average passer-by to take action, we consulted experts in psychology and mass control, struggled to get umbrellas... One of the easy assignments was watching the shadow from the City Hall tower. Yes, you got it right! We got the keys of the balcony, bought milkshake at McDonald's and went to perform the task. The shadow began to move, and we were observing how quick it passed over the Subotica's central square.

During this "hard" work, we called our girlfriends and told them what we were doing and how "hard" was on the job. I won't comment on what they had replied to us. :) After hour and a half, we just wrote down our observations and continued with further duties.

That day, we visited all buildings around the City Hall and took pictures by which we could plan further activities.