Utah - State Pageant - July 2011

This has been a whole new experience for me. I've never done a pageant before. When we got the invitation from National American Miss to come to an open call, we decided to check it out. My mom was happy that it is a natural pageant (no make up for girls 12 and under).

After the open call/interview, I got a call saying that I was a state finalist. Exciting. Now I needed to find sponsors and start preparing what to say and what to wear. We actually didn't stress about the speaking part too much because I didn't want it to sound forced, but we did practice some.

The weekend of the pageant came, I was a little nervous, not knowing what to expect.

2011 Preteen Contestants

We got to learn a group number to perform during the final pageant. This was really fun.

My Dad escorted me during the formal wear competition.

We did our public introductions and then went straight to the personal interview.

The final pageant came and they awarded all the optional participants. Then our group was narrowed down to the top 10 and given a rose. Still not knowing what to expect, I was happy to get a rose and be in the top ten. We were presented again and then the runner ups were announced. Then my name was announced as the winner. I was completely shocked. Happy shocked.

 Here I am with the Miss Utah Pre-Teen 2011 Court and the Judges.

I am very happy to represent the state of Utah and am excited about going to Nationals in November and representing all the preteens of Utah.