Apr 26, 20228 min readA crowning day - Miss Shoreline and West Michigan Recap!One of my original goals in starting this blog was to document my own pageant experiences. This has multiple purposes: First, to give me...
Jan 1, 20225 min readMiss America Turned 100, and Yes, People CareYou know when you go back to a place you love and it just gives you butterflies? The scent, the sounds, the sights… Maybe it's just the...
Jun 29, 20215 min readHustle & Heart will set you apart: Takeaways from Miss MichiganI’ve been waiting for this last weekend for the last two years—Miss Michigan WEEK. Who else missed the energy and buzz of a full audience...
Nov 11, 20203 min readMaking the best of a bad situation, with a little announcement...For those of you who have read my blogs before, you know that my recent pageant experiences (recent meaning pre-COVID) have been a bit of...
Jul 28, 20204 min readMiss America and Miss USA - What's the difference? Miss America and Miss USA are the most infamously confused pageant systems - Here's how they're different.
Apr 12, 20203 min readPageantry and PR: How Pageants Prepared me for Public RelationsThis blog was originally written for GrandPR, a student-run public relations firm at Grand Valley State University. When I tell people...
Apr 11, 20204 min readI don't have a crown, but here's what I won.It's hard for me to believe that I've been competing in the Miss America Organization for six years now. Crowns and sashes were never in...