Hannibal Folklife Festival

This weekend I was able to attend the Hannibal Folklife Festival with some of my sister queens. We made appearances and held a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network. It was a beautiful day and a fun weekend meeting many festival attendees!  Here are some pictures from our weekend.

Homemade Carmel Apples with my new friend, Sheila!

Sept. 21 - 2013 The Day It All Started - Again!

On September 21, 2013 I competed for a title in the Miss Gateway St. Louis/Chesterfield Valley Outstanding Teen Pageant.  I was successful in being crowned Miss Chesterfield Valley's Outstanding Teen 2014. I am so excited to be able to serve in this area and represent Chesterfield Valley in the Miss Missouri Outstanding Teen Pageant in June, 2014!

Miss Chesterfield Valley's Outstanding Teen 2013, Abbie Hebron crowned me her successor!

Virtual School Feature

Hello Everyone,
This month Brittany Pieper of KOMU news contacted me about how I like working with Missouri Virtual Instruction Program and how it effects my life. KOMU news ran this story on Memorial Day explaining the advantages that MoVip has had in my life. Click on the link above to view the news feature. I hope you all enjoy this!
Rachel

It's been such a busy and wonderful time serving as Miss Boone County's Outstanding Teen for the past 9 months. It's just a few days until I go to Mexico, Missouri for the Miss Missouri Outstanding Teen Pageant and I'm so excited!

Showcase Photos

Earlier in April I had the opportunity to perform in my dance school's Showcase event. It was a great time for my friends and family to come and see me dance and Showcase my talent for the Miss Missouri Pageant in June.

Here is a picture with my little Princesses, Mackenzie and Madison. They are fabulous dancers that also go to my studio and I am so excited that they are going to get to share pageant week with me!!

And here are the beautiful flowers that my awesome Directors, Dave and Dawn brought to my performance. They were so beautiful and smelled wonderful!  Thanks Dave and Dawn!

Rachel

Busy Schedule

With less than 2 months to go before the pageant I am very busy getting ready for the state competition in June. There are gowns and talent to finalize and lots of paperwork and pictures to be turned into the state directors to make this year's show a success! Last week we had our pageant orientation and heard an inspiring speech from Katie Stam, Miss America 2009. It was an honor to get to meet her and hear her speak.

I am really getting excited to go to the state pageant in June and get to know all of the contestants better.

Pageant Prep Weekend

The Miss Missouri Pageant is only 79 days away and the Columbia/Boone County girls are prepping for the big week!  This weekend we were fortunate to work with the girls at Hair Therapy to help us come up with different styles for the pageant. We also worked on our interviewing skills with some pageant judges and our great pageant directors!  Thank you for supporting us!