Maine Pageants, etc

Another pageant down!  I was happy to welcome three more Mainers into the MCA/MHSA family this weekend at the second annual Maine Academic Pageant, which was held at Thornton Academy in Saco. An afternoon pageant was held for the younger divisions, at which time Trystin Flinner was crowned Miss Maine Preschool, Eliza Jack was crowned Miss Maine Primary, Marissa McGraw was named Miss Maine Elementary and Natalie Claverie was named Miss Maine Princess. All of the girls seemed to have a great time strutting across the Garland Auditorium stage! 

With the girls from the Eastern Maine pageant system after the afternoon pageant

During the evening pageant, we crowned Miss Maine Jr. High 2012, Ameena Vizcarrondo, Miss Maine High School 2012, Casey Bonville, and Miss Maine Collegiate 2012, Brittany Beardon. It was a fantastic pageant and I had a great time getting to know all of the contestants. I was sad to watch my little sis, Sammi Clark, give up her Maine High School title, but I look forward to getting to know the new titeholders and KNOW that Casey and Brittany will do a wonderful job at nationals in March! 

All of the Maine Academic titeholders will be busy touring the state, volunteering, and promoting the Maine Academic platform, 5210 Let’s Go! this year. Thank you to Rick Fortier, the Southern Maine Medical Center Let’s Go! Program Manager, who took the time to do a special presentation for all of the contestants and their families about the 5210 Let’s Go! message. I will be speaking with school groups and afterschool programs throughout the State of Maine about Let’s Go! myself, this fall. As a side note: If you would like to request an appearance, please visit the MAP website

Meanwhile, I’m scrambling to get ready for my trip to Florida. On Friday, I’ll be flying down to Orlando for the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant. I’m excited to cheer my sister on throughout the week, and know that she’ll do a wonderful job. Her sendoff party took place on Sunday, and she raised another $200 for Children’s Miracle Network while modeling her competition wardrobe and performing her talent. Also, there was cake. So, the evening was obviously a success. While in Florida, I’ll also be helping out with the MAOT Princess Program, visiting with some of my MAOT ’08 sisters, catching some rays, and riding plenty of rollercoasters. Life’s tough, I know. I can’t wait!

Now, it’s time to get back to playing Battleship, Stratego and “Capture the Princess” (I love my job) and squeezing in as much fun reading as possible, because I know there will be zero time to read anything but textbooks once I return to school in a few weeks! I’ll also be doing a photo shoot in Portland this evening and will be post photos as soon as I get them!  

Congratulations to the following girls, who were crowned over the weekend:

Victoria Tatrow -- Miss TN High School

Lesleigh Stanfill – Miss TN Collegiate

Sydney Morales – Miss GA High School

Kaitlyn Bruce – Miss GA Collegiate

Carmen Shumaker – Miss MS High School

Alana Michelle – Miss LA High School

Christine Kozlowski – Miss MS Collegiate

Briana Lowe – Miss NV High School

Cory Bradley – Miss NV Collegiate

I can’t wait to meet you all in San Antonio!