Best of Luck to the Miss Northwestern Ohio Program!

Tonight at the Defiance Auditorium a new Miss Northwestern Ohio will be crowned! This pageant has a rich history, including the outgoing Miss, Alyssa Waldman, who was awarded a Non-semifinalist Talent award at Miss Ohio. She is a beautiful vocalist, well on her way back to Mansfield, having won Talent recently at Miss Miami Valley and 2nd Runner-up at Clayland. [The photo on the left was taken by Ross Clark at Miss MV/AAC/FT.] Though I have not heard for certain, Miss Northwestern Ohio almost always hosts the reigning Miss Ohio as a co-emcee. In this case, Becky is also a former Miss NWO. Best of luck to everyone at the pageant, which begins tonight at 7:30.

Darlene Prince of the Crescent-News wrote a wonderful article about the ten contestants; most of the information is below, but CLICK HERE to also read about their accomplishments.

Lindsay Davenport

Age: 17
Education: Hicksville High School / plans to study Personal Training & Photography in college
Talent: vocal "Defying Gravity"
Platform: Human Trafficking / Slave Labor & Sexual Exploitation
Pageant Past: Miss Hicksville in the 2010 Hicksville Scholarship Pageant (non-MAO)

Christina-Marie Drake

Age: 20
Education: Defiance College / Media Studies
Talent: comedy skit "Hats"
Platform: Autism
Pageant Past: competed in this pageant the past two years; Teen Miss Lakeside 2006 (non-MAO)

Kirsten Fennig

Age: 17
Education: Celina High School / plans to study Education at OSU
Talent: piano / "Ballad Pour Adeline"
Platform: "No Opportunity Wasted"
Pageant Past: competed recently at Miss MV/AAC/FT; former local Teen competitor

Chelsea Hempfling

Age: 20
Education: Ohio State University / Mathmantics
Talent: lyrical dance "One-Hundred Years"
Platform: Developmentally Disabled
Pageant Past: none found; please email photo to abbybollenbacher@yahoo.com

Courtney Monk

Age: 20
Education: Anderson University / Music Education
Talent: vocal "Astonishing"
Platform: Fine Arts in Education
Pageant Past: competed at Miss Ohio in 2009 and 2010 as Miss Buckeye State and Miss Fallen Timber

Emily Moore

Age: 20
Education: Bowling Green State University / Tourism & Event Planning
Talent: vocal "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Platform: Self-esteem in Teenage Girls
Pageant Past: Miss Montpelier 2007 (non MAO); please email photo to abbybollenbacher@yahoo.com

Jessica Nelson

Age: 20
Education: University of Toledo / Biology & Pre-Vet
Talent: lyrical ballet en-point "Alice"
Platform: P.E.T.S.
Pageant Past: competed recently at Miss MV/AAC/FT, 2nd RU at Miss GC/CC and 4th RU at North Coast; RU at a couple locals last year

Haley Piper
Age: 21

Education: University of Toledo / Art Education

Talent: lyrical dance "Halo"

Platform: St. Jude Children Research Hospital
Pageant Past: competed at this pageant last year

Alyssa Phillips

Age: 19

Education: Bowling Green State University / Apparel Merchandising

Talent: jazz dance "My New Philosophy"

Platform: Ending Domestic Violence
Pageant Past: competed recently at Miss MV/AAC/FT and was a RU at a few locals last year

Elizabeth Wong

Age: 20

Education: Oberlin College / Law & Society

Talent: dance "Feelin' Good"

Platform: Cardiac Awareness
Pageant Past: competed this season at Miss North Coast and at Miss Ohio 2010 as Miss Huron County; Rhode Island's Junior Miss 2008

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