MISS UVU

My first semester at UVU has been crazy. Not only did I decide to take 16 credits, I also thought I would try to become involved and participate in Miss UVU. The scholarship is what peaked my interest. The girl crowned would receive a full years tuition including $200 to the bookstore. The attendants would receive half a years tuition and $100 to the bookstore. It seemed like a great opportunity to get my tuition and become involved. In years past Miss UVU is held in February, so you have basically a semester to work on your talent and platform. This year they decided that she was not able to reign during the school year as much as they preferred and bumped it up so we only had 4 weeks to prepare. There were originally 22 girls

that were planning t

o compete for the title, but with the new date and conflicting schedules, we were left with 16 girls. That was plenty I thought.

We were able t

o pick our numbers, but they draw your name out of a bucket to decide which girl gets to pick which number. I was last, but luckily number 7 was not taken so I got what

I wanted. The next 3 weeks were a blur.. With school and having to learn walking, dance routines, talent, platform and staying up to date on current events I barely had time to sleep, which actually did get cut quite often. This is the stage the competition took place.

Looks pretty scary when its not under the lights on stage... Ashley was kind enough to help me with my make up and hair... It looked GREAT

The opening number was fun.. We had to learn it the week before and it was altered the day before. I have skipped the pictures of the swim suit portion, just know that it was indeed

included. And my least favorite part, which is weird since I wear one to work all the time. Evening gown was fun, but I like to have people look at me when I am wearing a pretty dress.

The girl that was crowned Miss UVU was number 8 so she is standing next to me in the horseshoe. This was her 7th pageant and she just gave up her title of Miss Tooelle.

It was a great experience and I was glad I was able to do it.