Miss Wayland Teenage Usa

We burst out of the door, unveiling ourselves to the crowd outside. We felt like rock stars. Everyone had to get a few more pictures with other friends as they arrived and then we filed inside. The place was decorated from top to bottom, glittered stars hung from the ceiling, white Christmas lights twinkled all around, and glimmering gowns in every color made the entire venue sparkle. As a class, months earlier, we had chosen the theme, “I’ve had the time of my life”. The girls had pulled it from our favorite movie, “Dirty Dancing”, and I think the boys just went with it. We sat down for dinner where we were served our choice of meat, with rice or potatoes and a medley of veggies. Nobody ate much though, either because of nerves, vanity, or just plain desire to get to showing off our best moves, we wanted to boogie! After about an hour the tables were cleared off of the dance floor and it was time to the highly anticipated partying. The DJ played the hottest jams of 1999 and we danced the night away. Most of the girls were in their bare feet, unable to take the pain of high heels any longer as we busted our best moves.

The morning of the dress rehearsal I go over my lines once more. The cast was told that we would go to first and second and then leave for third. Some people were so nervous they were biting, some running around with excitement. As for me I feel excited but as the show gets closer and closer my mind is having confits. We get to the stage and put on our costumes and makeup. My hands were so shaky I had to have someone else do my make up.

The only thing that kept us going was the hope that there would be righteous music to rock out to. We heard of all the funky artist that would be there such as The Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead. As we finally made it to the field after an unbearable fifty mile long backup of wheels. We saw the largest amount of people ever. It was packed. All that could be seen was a sea of people in bellbottoms and flowing shirts. Most people didn’t have shoes on. Everyone was setting up camp, whither that meant getting their van ready or setting up a tent like us. We patiently waited for noon to come around when the music would finally start. It took us a while to get to the performance area because of the mad amount of people that were in the area.

Well, we got to my sister’s house on Friday, and the showing we were going to was the first Saturday performance. We got ready to go, by ready to go, I mean painting nails, trying on shoes, and doing make-up.

    It was February 24th and it was the end of PE. I was dressed back into my water polo shirt, Adidas jacket, and I had my early release form in my hand. I was leaving school early to finish my second I-Search interview and my mom was picking me up. I met my mom at the side of the school with a smile on my face and a backpack strapped to my back. I was in the car, I was revising my interview questions while my mom was talking about interview posture and confidence. I had already finished my first interview with a doctor who has had experience with this topic and supported stem cell research. For my second interview I interviewed Pastor Andy of St. Matthews Lutheran church in Walnut Creek. My mom dropped me off at the

I could possibly be crowned Miss Teen USA 2015. There I was standing in the top five as 4th alternate, 3rd alternate and 2nd alternate were announced, but my name was never called. The hot stage lights were beaming down on Miss California Teen USA and I as we stood in the top two. One of our lives were about to change. The audience was mute while they waited on the edge of their seats to see who would be called as the winner. In that moment my heart was pounding, I looked into the audience and took the deepest breath. I did not know what to think or feel but it just happened. “The winner of Miss Teen USA 2015 is...Louisiana!” the emcees screamed. Suddenly, the crown was placed on my head, and I took my first walk as Miss Teen USA. Everyone in the audience were on their feet smiling and clapping as I took my first walk. I searched for my parents in the crowd and immediately made eye contact. My mother was crying and my father was standing with the biggest smile on his face. My only thought was, “this moment is so surreal.” In that second, my life changed forever. I was thrown into the public eye and was already a role model to thousands throughout the

I've had a bit of a love/hate relationship with Music Directors throughout my theatrical experiences and I'm never sure what I'm in for when I first begin work on a new show. While many of my past Music Directors have been kind and it has been a positive experience to work with them, others have reduced me to actual tears during a rehearsal. Not because I'm a crybaby, as I've stated before, but because they were A-holes! Since I do not read music, the music portion of the rehearsal process always leaves me feeling a little anxious and insecure about my abilities. However, I am happy to report that our Music Director for this show is kind, patient, endearing, and also hysterically funny. Last night he, not only made all of us in the cast laugh, but was also cracking up the Director throughout the evening. I think I enjoyed watching our Director's reaction even more than laughing

The Alphas were the first to perform. The Alphas started out good and then they went downhill from there. They looked sloppy and uncoordinated. My favorite performance came from the Sigma’s, AKA’s, and the Kappa’s. The Sigma’s theme was presidential and one acted as if he was President Obama and the others were his secret service members. The AKA’s were stepping in pumps, which was pretty impressive. The Kappa’s shimmied their way into our hearts with their candy canes and smooth moves. During the show my friend and I noticed that the whole BKSU (Black Kennesaw State University Students) was there. It was refreshing to see all of my educated brothers and sisters together. It felt like I was at a family reunion and it really warmed my heart. I also met someone from my hometown, Augusta, GA, at the show. We also met some cool upperclassmen girls. They were nice and kind of explained to us who was who (fraternities and

Everyone walked nervously onto the platform, we had been on at least 20 times that before that day, and we were even more nervous than before. Smiles plastered across all of our faces. I was one of the main characters in a sister singing group who all yearned for the top position and the spotlight for their selves. It was weird for me, that I didn’t like being the center of attention, but my character did. The spotlight shined profoundly bright on all of us, as the audience stared and waved at us. Mrs. Ussery delivered the introduction with pride and joy. Even though we were nervous on the inside, we were proud like my music and dance teacher Mrs. Ussery that day, as we stood there staring back at five hundred and fifty people.

Two years later I received the "Presidents Awards for Educational Excellence." With this new experience in hand I moved into high school where I was an honor roll student and where I decided on my career. I took a pharmacy internship position at Walgreen's that was provided by my school and I loved it.

I was sweating buckets, and my hands were shaking horribly. My makeup was done lightly, and my blonde hair was falling down my shoulders in loose curls. I wore a simple, navy-blue, knee-length dress. Lace covered the top part of the dress, and the spaghetti straps connected behind my neck in a crisscross pattern along my back. The bottom was flowy and allowed movement but was still clinging to my body. As for shoes, a pair of shiny black flats were the perfect fit.

At the end of the show I hung around to speak with the director. We went to school together and I wanted to touch base letting her know I enjoyed the show. The conversation got around to her asking what I do. She was surprised when I told her I was a full time magician. And, that I also published books on the skills of performance.

On the day before the dance, I had picked up from a small boutique in the village a little black dress with matching short-heel pumps. The dress however, did have a tendency to cling to me a little too snugly in certain areas which made me feel somewhat awkward, so I debated wearing it. But, I damn sure looked good in it though, and that wins out every

We looked for the seats marked Section 5, Row 21, Seat 1 and 2. Minutes after finding row 5 and sitting in the first two spots, a few girls approached us saying that we were in their seats. After comparing our tickets to theirs, we found out that Cody and I were in Section 4 and that we needed to go to the other side of the bench, moving us incredibly closer to the stage. This excited and embarrassed us so much that we sat in laughter for about 10 minutes. Cassadee Pope was the opening show, and she was absolutely incredible. I have to say she was a great performer, but after a few of her songs Hunter Hayes came running onto the stage singing ¨Storm Warning,¨ and I had no doubts that he was far better than any other performer I had ever seen. Hunter Hayes continued to amaze me for about 2 more hours by singing, dancing, and giving an amazing speech. When he gave his speech, he talked about something slightly close to home. He spoke about the shootings in Orlando, where my brother was living at the time. This hit me pretty hard because losing my brother from 1,600 miles away would really be painful. In all honesty the night of singing my heart out had seemed to end in the blink of an eye. When we eventually made it into the backseat of our car, Cody and I couldn't help but laugh and smile at the thought of what we had just

It was a cool October morning as me and a few of my friends I hired to be assistants for the day loaded up months of tireless work into a few cars. It is surprising when you look at it all packed up, what feels like tons of sleepless nights and hundreds of dollars in cloth all fit into two four door sedans. We headed off on our long journey from Riverside to Costa Mesa California. When we arrived I had to find my way through a maze of people busy setting up stages and what not tell I finally found the owner of the venue so I could ask where I could start the long tedious task of prepping clothing and models. We unloaded everything and got to work