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TV Appearance on WFMJ

Lauren Lindvig and I talking about Miss Mansfield, Miss Ohio and 4-H.

The Valley's number one source for news!

This morning I had the fantastic opportunity to talk about 4-H and the Miss America Scholarship program on TV-21 WFMJ's Morning Show! We talked about my job as Miss Mansfield as well as what 4-H has to offer to kids everywhere. The crew was so excited and extremely interested in the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program. I had a great time interviewing with Lauren. Thank you TV-21!!

You can also click the link below to watch the interview!!

http://www.wfmj.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4851710&h1=Miss

(Sorry I'm no good with creating hyperlinks!)

4-H talk at Howland Local Schools

Mrs. Xides' third grade class and myself. They were such great listeners!!

On Thursday afternoon I had the awesome opportunity to speak with Mrs. Xides' third grade class about 4-H. I was hoping the class would be responsive about 4-H and what it has to offer, and guess what? They were! They loved hearing about my job as Miss Mansfield and my years in 4-H. I told the class about how I got involved with the 4-H program when I was in third grade, just like them. We talked about all the different kinds of clubs available and the kids asked about a half hour's worth of questions! I was so happy to see the kids interested in 4-H. Many of them were asking about how to get in contact with 4-H advisers so they can join the program. I was also very happy with the talk because only one kid in the class had ever heard of 4-H. Now the whole class knows about the program and how fun it really is and hopefully many of them will join 4-H and spread the word about their positive experiences!!

Showing the class my Grand Champion trophy.

We also took a "silly" picture!!

Community Service Day in Mansfield

The Mansfield Ladies!

This past weekend, all of the Miss Ohio contestants headed down to Mansfield to donate their time and give back to the community. All of the contestants were split up and divided into different groups that visited different areas. I, along with Katie Bowen (Miss West Central), Shannon O'Neill (Miss Lima Square Fair) and Heidi Negron (Miss Muskingum Valley), visited the Waterford which is an assisted living facility. The day started off with us contestants serving coffee and juice to the residents as well as chatting and getting to know them. After that we were served a very tasty lunch by the darling staff of Waterford. Finally, our day ended with each contestant performing for the residents. The audience, which was full of not only residents but family and friends as well, ooohed and aahhhed as each of us performed. And as the "pes de resistance" of the afternoon, Erica Gelhaus (Miss Ohio herself) stopped by briefly to say hello and perform "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady. I signed autographs for the residents afterward, many of them even asked if we would come back and I told them that I'd love to! Hopefully I'll be back to Waterford sometime soon to see all of my friends! And all of the Miss Ohio contestants will be visiting during Miss Ohio week because they will be serving us lunch one day during the week. I can't wait!!

After our day of service, we headed over to Park Lanes for the Bowl-a-Thon. Amber, Chelsi and I had a Disney princess theme. The amazing Chelsi Howman had t-shirts made with Belle, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty on them each representing one of us. Thank you Chelsi!!! Unfortunately, my bowling score was....well, bad. But I had a great time nonetheless!! I look forward to seeing everyone again, which won't be until Miss Ohio week!!

Chelsi and I doing Amber's infamous "point and wink."

Could it be a spare?!

Nope.... it wasn't a spare.

A Long List of Mansfield Appearances

As I mentioned before, my computer crashed a few months ago and because of that I've been unable to share my Miss Mansfield adventures!

The day before Easter I had a blast at the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Ontario. Amber (Miss North Central Ohio), Chelsi (Mansfield's Outstanding Teen) as well as Courtney (Miss Ontario) were there to help me celebrate the day. Oh, and did I mention the Easter Bunny himself was there?! Yes, the five of us helped as kids of all ages scouted out the best and biggest Easter eggs. I can't wait until next year!


I recently made a trip to Henri's Cloud Nine to purchase my evening gown for Miss Ohio. I had a blast trying on practically every dress in the store, but thanks to my incredibly handsome and funny pageant dress gurus, I was able to decide on "the one." Unfortunately for blog-world I am keeping my dress a secret until I hit the runway on the Miss Ohio stage. But don't worry, you'll see it soon enough!
After a day of dress shopping, I headed to Ontario to perform at the Miss Ontario pageant. This pageant is a traditional title for high schoolers at Ontario High School. I performed my new talent as well as helped crowned the winner. Everyone had a blast!!

On May 8th I participated in the 5k Heart Walk a.k.a. "Red Dress Run." The Mansfield gang started participating in this event during the year of Emily Cousino's reign as Miss Mansfield. Many of you may remember Emily, her platform was heart disease and she was a girl that actually lived her platform day to day. And because of Emily, we keep the tradition alive and ever year Miss Mansfield runs the 5K. I had a great time!


This past Friday the Mansfield gang was back in action for the Miss Mansfield send off party. The event took place at the beautiful Westbrook Country Club in Mansfield. Amber, Chelsi and I performed as well as modeled our evening gowns. Laura also gave us all amazing gifts! Thank you so much to to everyone for an amazing event, you made all of us titleholders feel like Miss America! Thank you to Amber for her adorable gift as well as Chelsi, you two are the best sister queens a girl could ask for. And last but not least, thank you to Amber Cleland for the delicious Miss Ohio Barbie Cakes!!!

Enjoying my Miss Ohio Barbie cake!!

Long Time, No Blog!

Chelsi, Amber, Erica and I at the bowl-a-thon!

Hello blogosphere! Sorry I have been MIA. My computer crashed and needed a new hard drive. What a pain, right?! Fortunately, my next door neighbor is a computer whiz and was able to reinstall my hard drive, plus give me Windows 7! So I have to say thank you to neighbor Rick!!! I will be updating you with all of my appearances here shortly.

Sweeps and Appearances!

(Rto L) Ashley Warholic, Tera Coleman, Whitney Fricke, Elizabeth Wong, Erica Gelhaus, Stephanie Beltz, Devon Stansbury, Rebekah Zoz, Kristy Moneysmith, Me!

Last night I had the honor of crowning six new titlholders along with my friends Kristy Moneysmith and Ashley Warholic! My reign had ended as Miss Ohio River and the adorable Rebekah Zoz is now representing the title. It was a long day for everyone, but well worth it. The two pageants were back to back with an hour break in between. The shows moved along quickly and the girls' talents and bubbly personalities kept the shows interesting. Miss Ohio Erica Gelhaus and Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen Veronica Wende were the emcees for the evening and entertained the audience with performances and several funny stories about their year so far being Miss Ohio.

The beautiful Emcees for the evening!

The new Miss Ohio River! I showed her my old trick of covering up the "river" and magically being Miss Ohio!!

My little Mansfield counterpart, we're silly!

Me, Erica, Kristy and Veronica

Unfortunately, I was so busy this past week I was unable to blog about my most recent Mansfield appearance. Amber and I attended the Big Brothers/Big Sisters bowling fundraiser. We had a great time bowling and had the chance to interact with the supportive people of Mansfield. Our group bowled two games: one serious and one with crazy bowling techniques! Our team consisted of bowlers that were, for a lack of a better word, inexperienced. But Jeff was amazing! He practically bowled a perfect game! I'm hoping that I've found a new team member for the bowl-a-thon coming up ;)

A few of the littles that were in attendance, they were excited to bowl!

Our bowling team, we had so much fun!

We had to bowl on our stomachs!

And we even had to bowl through each other's legs, good thing Amber and I trust each other!

Amber and I had a great time, thanks Mansfield!