Tonight in Norwalk Miss Maple City is celebrating 20 years of scholarship, success, style and service! Many former titleholders will be in attendance for the special occasion along with Miss Ohio Becky Minger and Miss Maple City 2010 Marisa Buchheit. The Chicago native took Ohio by storm, sweeping the talents awards at Miss Ohio and placing 2nd Runner-up. Marisa is an opera singer who studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music; she will be returning to Mansfield again this summer as Miss Greater Cleveland. Visit her
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Miss Maple City is fortunate to have excellent connections with the Norwalk Reflector, which always covers the pageant and published the following photos:
Eleven woman are vying for the 20th anniversary title:
Ashley Bowman
Age: 21
Education: Kent State University
Talent: vocal
Platform: Get Up! Get Out! Get Going!
Pageant Past: Competed at Clayland and CO
Amber Bussa
Age: 23
Education: Ohio State University
Talent: vocal
Platform: Get Into Gear to Volunteer
Pageant Past: 2nd RU & T - CO; 1st RU, T & SS - M/NCO; Top 10 at Miss Ohio 2010 as Miss North Central; Non-Semifinalist Talent as Miss Portsmouth in 09
Amber Galloway
Age: 17
Education: Brunswick High School / Cuyahoga Community College
Talent: vocal
Platform: Preventing Child Abuse
Pageant Past: Community teen pageant queen
Nina Haaskivi
Age: 21
Education: Bowling Green State University
Talent: vocal
Platform: Right to Life, Right to Play
Pageant Past: Competed a couple times last season
Maria Minnick
Age: 21
Education: Owens Community College
Talent: jazz dance
Platform: Think Ability, not Disability
Pageant Past: SS – GC/CC; competed - MV/AAC/FT; 2nd RU - Vacationland
Christina Muha
Age: 19
Education: University of Toledo
Talent: vocal
Platform: Heart to Heart: Be Smart
Pageant Past: competed – GC/CC, NC, MV and Vacationland
Jessica Nelson
Age: 21
Education: University of Toledo / Pre-Vet & Biology
Talent: dance
Platform: PETS - Promoting, Education, Training and Safety
Pageant Past: 2nd RU – GC/CC; 4th RU – NC; competed – MV/AAC/FT; 4th RU - NWO; competed - Vacationland
Alyssa Phillips
Age: 19
Education: Bowling Green State University / Fashion Merchandising
Talent: dance
Platform: "Don't Suffer for Love"
Pageant Past: Competed – MV/AAC/FT; 1st RU - NWO; Congeniality - M/NCO; 1st RU Vacationland
Allison Vance
Age: 19
Education: Ashland County West Holmes Career Center
Talent: vocal
Platform: Suicide Prevention Awareness
Pageant Past: competed at Ohio's Junior Miss
Shayle Welch
Age: 20
Education: Bowling Green State University
Talent: vocal
Platform: Supporting and Promoting Diabetes Research
Pageant Past: competed at Miss MV/AAC/FT
Liz Wong
Age: 20
Education: Oberlin College
Talent: vocal
Platform: Cardiac Awareness
Pageant Past: Competed – NC; 3rd RU - NWO; competed - M/NCO; Miss Huron County 2010
Best of luck to all! All of the contestant information was taken from the Norwalk Reflector; email pageantblogger@yahoo.com for updates.
