Well it has been one hectic week! Last weekend I "officially" graduated from PLU!! (It's only "official" because until all of my grades are in and I get my diploma, it isn't truly official.) After a fantastic grad party with my family and friends, I had to head to school for my final concert as a member of the PLU Choir of the West. It was a very emotional time, but I am so blessed to have been part of not one, but two amazing choirs while at PLU. My two years in University Chorale could not have given me better preparation for my two years with CoW. Unfortunately, because of that concert, I couldn't be at the MWOT preliminary night, but I was certainly thinking of all 27 of those lovely girls!
On Sunday, I walked across that stage at the Tacoma Dome...and forgot to flip my tassel and look out at my parents and all of that good stuff that you're "supposed" to do...but I made it!
From there, I raced to the Miss Washington Outstanding Teen finals! We had six truly outstanding ladies from Grays Harbor competing, and I am so proud of all of them! Paige Kuhn was named to the top 10, and Chandra Munger won non-finalist interview and the academic award. The non-finalist talent winner was a harp player, and her rendition of My Heart Will Go On was absolutely beautiful. I was so impressed with the talent of all the top 10 girls, and I would have loved to see all 27 the night before!
And the winner is...Janae Calaway from the Tri-Cities was named Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2012! Whoever the new Miss Washington is will have an amazing "partner in crime," and I'm sure the two of them (us??) will have a blast.
Now begins my last 4 weeks of preparation for Miss Washington. My wardrobe is finalized (except for one pair of shoes and the ever-elusive leggings), mock interviews are starting up next week, and I am now living at home again with my amazing, supportive family. Here goes nothing!
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