She received three “yes” votes on the X-Factor… She won a Camaro on “The Price is Right”… She went through a windshield to underscore the dangers of drunk driving… Then, after all of that, she was named Miss Alaska 2014 in her very first pageant! You could certainly say Malie Delgado is on a lucky streak – Find out her secret, on today’s Pageant Junkies Podcast!
If you wanna see something amazing, then take a look at Ramsey Carpenter…
As eight years old, Ramsey fell in love with the fiddle. And for years, Ramsey traveled and performed – building quite a reputation for herself. In fact, people inside Blue Grass circles began to call her, “the girl with the green fiddle”. But when Ramsey tried to play for her grandfather on his birthday – something just wasn’t “right”. She explains it as “watching my fingers, trying to play, but not being able to control them.”
She later discovered that she had Multiple Sclerosis.
For most young women her age, hearing the phrase “you have MS,” would be a death-blow.
But not Ramsey. And after 4 tries, she finally won the title of Miss Kentucky. Ramsey tells her whole story in our Pageant Junkies Podcast – which you can find at this link… Ramsey is an amazing story-teller, and her story is definitely worth hearing! I highly encourage you to listen to her podcast when you get a chance!
But winning Miss Kentucky was just the beginning for Ramsey… She then went on to be named a Preliminary Talent award winner at Miss America, have her interview featured on the Miss America DVD, and be named the Top Instrumentalist, as well as a Top 12 finalist at Miss America!
Then – she went back to Kentucky, served as the spokesperson for “Kentucky Proud” promoting agricultural safety and and education, visited 170 schools, all while serving as a National MS Society Board Member and advocating for MS research and awareness.
Now that she’s crowning a new Miss Kentucky, Ramsey plans to be a teacher – helping students with learning and behavior disorders. And we know, she’ll continue playing her beloved fiddle as long as she can – Hopefully, for years and years to come. 🙂
ALL THE BEST RAMSEY! Junkies think you’re one-of-a-kind amazing… Good Luck in all your future endeavors!
And now – Who do we think will be crowned Miss Kentucky 2015???
Well – that information was released earlier this week in the Junkie Newsletter! To receive our latest edition of the Junkie Newsletter, click here to sign up and we’ll send you our most recent predictions!
FYI – Once you sign up, you need to “confirm” that you wish to receive it… THEN, your Newsletter will arrive later in the day. Even though it’s a Sunday Newsletter, we forward it to all our new sign-ups around 5pm EST every day. Just make sure you confirm, add us to your address book, and have patience! It’s worth the wait!
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Gosh – Junkies just love Kailee Dunn!
In her third year competing, Kailee had never even made the Top 10 or won a prelim award, before coming out of nowhere to be named Miss Washington 2014! And what a wonderful state queen she’s been!
Kailee’s love of sports has guided her year… She’s worked for the Seattle Mariners as well as the Dust Devil’s (minor league baseball team in Seattle), she followed the Seahawks to the Super Bowl, and for a sports lover, she’s had some amazing photographs taken along the way… Check it out…
Kailee talks about all of these things in her Pageant Junkies Podcast – which you can find at this link. What’s most interesting is that Kailee’s secret to having getting all of this is pretty simple… She just asked!
But this year hasn’t been “all about Kailee” — As Miss Washington, Kailee traveled the state, speaking in schools about how the media easily targets youth on a daily basis and how kids can recognize it (again – it’s all in her podcast linked above). That awareness allows kids to know when to reject the media’s influence over them regarding destructive behaviors like drugs and alcohol.
Further, we have to give Kailee big props for allowing us so much access to this year’s Miss Washington contestants! If you check out her YouTube page, Kailee created brief interviews with each contestant shortly after they won, and has put together 4 different video montages of contestants when they were at their Spring Meeting. AWESOME IDEAS – Great Stuff – Big A+++ from the Junkies… See what I’m talking about by clicking this link!
All that to say – Kailee’s future is bright! She probably has no clue what the future holds – but it doesn’t matter… Because Kailee’s attitude will prevail and she will walk boldly towards whatever she wants to achieve! 🙂
And now – Who do Junkies think has the best chance to replace Kailee as Miss Washington 2015???
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In the middle of her nation-wide book tour, Gretchen Carlson stops to talk with us about her life before, during, and after her year as Miss America. In fact, Gretchen vividly discusses some of the high-lights and low-lights of her year, and talks about why she decided to write the book, “Getting Real” at this particular point in time. We know you’ll be hanging on every word of this very special edition of The Pageant Junkies Podcast, with Miss America 1989, Gretchen Carlson.
Monique Evans, Miss Texas 2014, just set a new record (which isn’t easy to do in the pageant-loving state of Texas)
Monique made 467 appearances!!! You read that right – FOUR HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN appearance this year – which is a new record for the Miss Texas Organization and might rival any state appearance record in the country!
Since Junkies don’t live in Texas, we thought we’d take a peek at some of our favorites from Monique’s Facebook page… like this one…
and this one…
and this one…
and this one…
And of course – this one!
Monique was a “guest picker” on Texas Gameday alongside notable Longhorn Football legends, Vince Young and Ricky Williams. She holds her own here – Fun to watch!
Monique’s desire to make so many appearances likely stems from her life growing up. As a child, Monique traveled with her family around the world, because her father wanted to teach his children by showing them significant places of interest. She’s been to Egypt, India and the beaches of Normandy (just to name a few)… And she’s lived in numerous states, as well as Australia and the Bahamas. “Learning” is a way of life for Monique – which is what’s made her such a wonderful titleholder and an amazing Miss Texas.
After her year is complete, Monique is headed back to the University of Texas where she plans to complete her degree in Nutritional Science before heading to P.A. school. Ahhh! We didn’t even mention the fact that she’s an accomplished ballerina and has the most incredible ballet photos on her Facebook Page!
So there you go – Apparently, we decided to “let the photos do the talking” – but how else could you encapsulate 467 appearances as a state titleholder? I’m not sure…
I am sure – that the new Miss Texas has serious shoes to fill. But as we all know, everything’s bigger in Texas – and so therefore, the job of Miss Texas is now expanded even further, thanks to Monique. 🙂
And Now – who do we think will be crowned Miss Texas 2015???
Well – that information was released earlier this week in the Junkie Newsletter! To receive our latest edition of the Junkie Newsletter, click here to sign up and we’ll send you our most recent predictions!
FYI – Once you sign up, you need to “confirm” that you wish to receive it… THEN, your Newsletter will arrive later in the day. Even though it’s a Sunday Newsletter, we forward it to all our new sign-ups around 5pm EST every day. Just make sure you confirm, add us to your address book, and have patience! It’s worth the wait!
GOOD LUCK LADIES!!! JUNKIES LOVE TEXAS!!!
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