Miss IL Headshots

This past week, I had the opportunity to get my Miss Illinois head shots taken by photographer Jill Heupel. 

This is how they turned out!

National Pancake Day

Me & Shelby at CMN Pancake Day at IHOP

Shelby and I had a great time volunteering at IHop in Glen Carbon on National Pancake Day. We helped raise funds and awareness for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

Miss America Party

In January I traveled up north to Chicago and auditioned for The Voice. It happened to be the weekend of Miss America. I attended a Miss America Party with some of my favorite pageant friends! So Happy to see them :)

Recent Happenings

It's been a while since I updated this but since winning, I have been very busy. The first appearances I made as the new Miss Southern Sweetheart were singing the National Anthem at a Lindenwood Football game and riding in the Italian Fest Parade. The Parade was a lot of fun. I got to wave to all the kids and spectators in Collinsville

Here are some photos from the Parade--This was in September

I also attended the Miss Northern Suburbs pageant and got to congratulate the winner and saw some familiar faces

 Next I had the opportunity of emceeing and performing at the Miss Southern Sweetheart Teen, Preteen & Princess Pageant while helping crown the winners. I'm happy to announce my pageant family:
Princess: Callie
PreTeen- Olivia
Teen- Shelby

I was also honored by receiving a Ranger Patch from these brave men. They told me it is very rare and it should bring me good luck. What a blessing!

Lastly, I took my Teen Shelby along with my LU dance/cheer team to perform at Kellsie's Trees of Hope--put on by the Kellsie's Hope Foundation.  So grateful to be a part of this wonderful event. I performed my Miss IL dance and sang 2 Christmas songs

Hope everyone has a blessed Christmas. Let me know if you need me to be a part of your next event!
Happy Holidays--Miss Southern Sweetheart

Winning!

Wow! Words cannot even express how I feel right now. I cannot believe that after all of my years of hardwork, I won the first title of the year! Hello Illinois, I am the new Miss Southern Sweetheart 2013. I competed in a triple crown pageant on August 11th, 2012 in Marion IL at the Beautiful Civic Center. All of the contestants were absolutely amazing. Congrats to everyone! I had literally thee best interview of my life and felt so great when I came out. I performed to the best of my ability and felt so confident and beautiful. I know this will be a spectacular year and I am so proud to be Miss Southern Sweetheart. Here are pictures from the pageant. Congrats to My Sister queens Audra Ferguson- Miss River to River and Sherrie Gearheart- Miss Southern Illinois