I'm a little behind on my blog, but that's a good thing because it means I've been busy. This past month, several of the local Miss America titleholders, including myself, have been traveling around Michigan, helping with/performing at/judging for the Dr. Pepper talent search. The talent search took place in Wal-Mart's throughout Michigan, looking for a top finalist to send to Vegas for the ACMA's.
The Dr.Pepper/Snapple group is a great supporter of the Miss Michigan program, and gives Miss Michigan a $10,000 scholarship every year! So it is great to be able to help them out! My personal Wal-Mart was the Jackson store. I visited one Friday afternoon in order to hand out samples of Dr. Pepper cherry. Then the next Thursday I went back to Jackson to judge the talent competition. The whole event was great! And there wasn't a person their who couldn't sing, so we judges had our work cut out for us!
I also attended the Miss Lighthouse Coast pageant (congrats. to Stephanie Frey Miss Lighthouse Coast 2010!), as well as orientation for Miss Michigan! For those of you wondering, the theme for this year's pageant is 'And the Beat Goes On'. It was great to get some information and hang with the girls for the weekend! However, by Satuday night I was exhausted! It was exciting, however, to learn all the things we would be doing for the pageant, it made it all seem very close!
I am contestant number 21. This means that Wednesday will be my swimsuit/evening wear preliminary night, and Thursday will be my talent night. It would be great to see every one there!
More later, for now I'd like to share a few photos from the last few weeks =]
Much love,
Chelsea
Casey Crabtree, Alyssa Bedford, and I grabbing something to eat before MLC
Local titleholders at MLC
Judging the talent search
