RESULTS: Miss Lake Festival!

Miss Lake Festival 2011 - $3,800 

Jena Sweigart 

1st Runner Up - $1,700 

Emily Werling 

2nd Runner Up - $1,400 

Kirsten Fennig

3rd Runner Up - $1,000

Kelsea Eblen

***

Talent - $600

Jena Sweigart

Private Interview - $600 

Jena Sweigart

Onstage Interview - $300

Kirsten Fennig

Peoples Choice - $200

Ashlyn Jutte 

Commitment to Excellence - $700
Lillian Roessner 

Barbara Wagner Memorial - $200
Ashlyn Jutte

Non-finalist - $500 (each)
Allison Dilbon
Ashlyn Jutte
Lillian Roessner 

An impressive total of $12,000 in scholarships, with $4,000 in-kind, was awarded!

CLICK HERE to read Devon's farewell letter.

Best of Luck to the Miss Lake Festival Program!

Tomorrow night the Celina Field House will be packed, as twelve thousand dollars in scholarships and one glittering crowned are given out!  Miss Lake Festival is a preliminary pageant closed to women of Mercer County; it is held on a Monday so the winner and her court can prepare to reign over this weekends festival.    Both Miss Ohio, Ellen Bryan (a former Miss Lake Festival) and nearby resident Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen, Kelsey Barrett will be on hand!  

The outgoing Miss Lake Festival is the sensational Devon Stansbury!  She first competed at Miss Ohio in 2010 with a Sweeps title, Miss Mohican Valley, before earning her home county crown.  Devon has danced all her life and studies at the University of Cincinnati; learn more at her new BLOG!   

Ellen Bryan will host, with Devon Stansbury and Grace Stammen.  Seven women will compete for Devon's title.  For what it's worth, my money is on Jena Sweigart or former teen contestant Emily Werling!

Allison Dilbone 
Age: 18

Education: St. Henry High School , 2011 grad
Talent: vocal & dance "Not for the Life of Me"

Platform: Forever Young: Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Awareness 

Pageant Past:  former competitor at WCO's Outstanding Teen

 
Ashlyn Jutte
Age: 18

Education: Celina High School, 2011 grad; Ball State University / Music Education
Talent: vocal "Mama Who Bore Me"

Platform: Hope Starts Now! Cancer Awareness 

Pageant Past:  none found

Emily Werling
Age: 18

Education: St. Henry High School, 2011 grad;  Capitol University / Vocal Performance
Talent: vocal "I'm a Star" (video)

Platform:  B-CAUS - Breast Cancer Awareness Using Song

Pageant Past: held the titles Miss Scioto Valley's Outstanding Teen, Miss Maumee Valley's Outstanding Teen & Miss All*American City's Outstanding Teen

Jena Sweigart
Age: 19

Education: Celina High School, grad; St. Marys College / Music Education
Talent: Classical vocal "Nessum Dorma" 

Platform: Taking it to the Bank - Feeding Ohio

Pageant Past: she was consistently a RU last year, including 1st RU at this pageant; competed at Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2010 as Miss Grand Lake's Teen

Kelsea Eblen
Age: 17
Education: Celina High School, senior

Talent: vocal "American Honey" (video) 

Platform: Buddy-up Against Bullying 

Pageant Past: competed in Lake Festival's Outstanding Teen 2009

Kirsten Fennig
Age: 18

Education: Celina High School, 2011 grad; Ohio State University / Human Resources & Psychology
Talent: piano "Maple Leaf Rag"

Platform: American Red Cross 

Pageant Past:  competed in a few Miss locals last year, and Teen locals previously

Lillian Roessner
Age: 18

Education: Coldwater High School, 2011 grad; Dayton School of Medical Massage / Massage Therapy
Talent: vocal "Concrete Angel"

Platform: Fine Arts & a Students GPA 

Pageant Past: none found

The beautiful Grace Stammen represented the Lake Festival and was selected 2nd Runner-up at Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant; she also won the outstanding Interview Award!  Unfortunately she will not be crowning a successor this year.  There are, however, four princesses: Naomi Cervantes, Daelynne Mauch, Lauren Wenning and Alexis Yenser.  

RESULTS & PHOTOS: Miss Teen USA!

Miss Teen USA

TEXAS

Danielle Doty

1st RU - North Dakota

2nd RU - California

3rd RU - Kansas

4th RU - Missouri

Top 15 competition order:  

Texas, North Dakota, Indiana, Minnesota, Colorado, West Virginia, South Carolina, Kansas, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Missouri, Maine, New Jersey

Congeniality - New Jersey

Photogenic - Hawaii

Miss USA, Miss Teen USA & Miss Universe:

RESULTS & PHOTOS: Miss Greater Cleveland, Cuyahoga County & Outstanding Teen!

Miss Greater Cleveland

Tera Coleman

Miss Cuyahoga County 

Allison Goodwin

1st RU - Camille Dyquiangco
2nd RU - Lauren Gessner
3rd RU - Rebecca Ribley

Swimsuit - Tera Coleman

Gown - Allison Goodwin

Talent - Camille Dyquiangco

Interview - Christina Muha

Spirit - Lauren Gessner

Miss Cuyahoga County's Outstanding 

Teen Sarah Eash

1RU - Emily Tabar 

2RU Sicily Kiesel 

Fitnesswear - Sarah Eash

Gown - Emily Tabar

Talent - Sarah Eash

Interview - Melanie Drews

Spirit - Melanie Drews

Visiting Titleholders: 

 Above: Alicia Huyghe with contestants, Ashliegh Jarzenski; 

below, Meggie Wittman with princess Olivia Anderson.

Saturday Night:

Attend Miss Greater Cleveland in person
or watch Miss Teen USA ONLINE at 8 p.m. EST!

Click here for Miss Teen USA pageant coverage.

Best of Luck to Miss Greater Cleveland / Cuyahoga County & Teen Pageant!

It seems like Miss Ohio was just yesterday, but it's already time to start crowning the class of 2011 - 2012!  The first local preliminary is tonight; Sylvia's Show, otherwise known as Miss Greater Cleveland & Miss Cuyahoga County, will be held at Al Koran Shriners Conference Center in Broadview Heights. 

The talented Marisa Buchheit, Miss Greater Cleveland (left) and stunning Jessica Nelson, Miss Cuyahoga County (right) will be giving up their titles!  Marisa was a Top 10 semifinalist during her second attempt at Miss Ohio.  Jessica, on the other hand, has had a whirl wind pageant experience, assuming her title only four short months ago.  Hopefully both of them return to the Miss Ohio stage next summer! 

Fourteen women are competing in the first local of the year.



I will hopefully add photos and more information later, for now an asterisk denotes the contestants who have previously competed at Miss Ohio.  This is the contestant order:

Lauren Gessner

Education: University of South Alabama

Talent: vocal

Platform:

Pageant Past: Talent and Fitness awards and Top 8 at America's Jr. Miss in 2008 as Ohio's Jr Miss.

Nina Haaskivi

Education: Bowling Green State University / Sports Management 

Talent: vocal

Platform: Right to Life; Right to Play

Pageant Past: Runner-up in 3 of 4 locals last season, including Sweeps

Allison Vance

Education: Ohio State University / Music

Talent: vocal

Platform: “Suicide Prevention Awareness”

Pageant Past: competed a couple time last season 

Danielle Hackler

Education: Ohio State University 

Talent: dance?

Platform:

Pageant Past: none found

Allison Goodwin

Education: Ohio University / Dietetics

Platform: Childhood Obesity 

Talent: dance

Pageant Past:  Miss Vacationland 2010; 1st RU at this pageant last year

Rebecca Ribley

Education: Ashland University

Talent: vocal

Platform: “Raising Awareness of Hunger in America”

Pageant Past: has competed for the past couple years; 3rd RU at this pageant last year

Haley Marie Sims

Education:
Talent:
Platform:
Pageant Past: Miss North Royalton 2010 (non-MAO)

Camille Dyquiangco

Education: Case Western
Talent: dance ?

Platform:

Pageant Past: Miss Alameda County's Outstanding Teen 2009 (CA)

Ashliegh Jarzenski

Education: Ashland University / Digital Media & Journalism

Talent: dance

Platform: Habitat for Humanity 

Pageant Past: competed a few times last year, including this pageant

Christina Muha

Education: University of Toledo / Nursing

Talent: French Horn

Platform: Heart to Heart: Be Smart

Pageant Past: Has competed for a couple years, including this pageant last year

Tera Coleman

Education: The Ohio State University / Law

Talent: vocal

Platform: Appalachian Ohio: Improvement Through Awareness

Pageant Past: Top 10 at Miss Ohio 2010 as Miss Heart of Ohio; competed once or twice last year

Marie Hassan

Education:
Talent:
Platform:
Pageant Past: none found

Priya Sharma - DID NOT COMPETE

Education: Ohio State University, graduate; Cleveland State University, Masters / Occupational Therapy

Talent: Bollywood dance

Platform: Promoting Cancer Research & Awareness

Pageant Past: Miss Huron County 2011

Des-tiny La Shae Robinson

Education:
Talent:
Platform:
Pageant Past: none found

While her sister competes for a Miss title, the seemingly spunky Michelle Goodwin will crown a successor!  She was Third Runner-up at her first try for Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen; six girls are vying for the title: 

Marie Mastellone
Sarah Eash*
Melanie Drews
Erin Simonek
Emily Tabar*
Sicily Kiesel

*Sarah and Emily competed at Miss Ohio's Teen last month.

Welcome to the Blogosphere...

Devon Stansbury! 

Get to know Miss Lake Festival, Devon Stansbury
by visiting her new blog, HERE.

Miss Ohio 2011: Links to EVERYTHING!

Envisioned Memories - Official Photographer

Miss Ohio 2011 Class of 2011

Miss Ohio 2011 Contestants Q & A 

Miss Ohio 2011 Week Schedule 

Miss Ohio 2011 Talent Selections

Miss Ohio 2011 Judges 

Prelim Winners Stats 

** Miss Ohio 2011 FINALE **

Results & Awards  *  Crowning Photos

RRD photos  *  MNJ photos 

Ellen's Media Blitz 

Ellen's website & blog

** Preliminary Night Three ** 

Competition Line-up 

Results  *  Photos 

** Preliminary Night Two ** 

Competition Line-up 

Results  *  Photos 

** Preliminary Night One ** 

Competition Line-up 

Results  *  Photos 

** Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2011 **

Results  *  Contestants

MNJ Photos 

*Under Construction*

I apologize for the lack of updating; it's been a busy few weeks...  

Today I'm trying to catch up on all the recently crowned state titleholders and decide on a new blog background! 

Miss Ohio 2011: Media Blitz!

Huge congratulations to Miss Ohio 2011, Ellen Bryan.  She earned the Semi-finalist Interview award and the title on her third attempt as Miss Clayland 2010, having placed in the Top 5 as Miss Lake Festival 2008 and Miss Miami Valley 2009.  Ellen is a vocalist and recent graduate of Ball State University; she advocates Lightning Awareness, as her older sister suffers extreme disabilities from a strike.  Ellen is the second Miss Ohio in three years to be both a Miss Clayland, a former Miss Lake Festival and a resident of Mercer County.  

CLICK HERE to find several links to various new articles about Ellen and her win. She has already updated her website and will continue to update her BLOG.

CLICK HERE to listen to an interview on the Shawn Irleand Show.

I can't currently get them to work, but there are also videos HERE and HERE.

Miss USA 2011 - Official Results

 Miss USA 2011 - California - Alyssa Campanella

1st Runner-up - Tennessee

2nd Runner-up - Alabama

3rd Runner-up - Texas

Remaining Top 8, cut after Gown 

Maine, South Carolina, Hawaii & Maryland

Remaining Top 16, cut after Swimsuit 

Georgia, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, New York, Florida, Missouri & New Mexico

Miss Congeniality 

Kentucky

Photogenic 

Arizona

60 Years of Miss USA! 

Miss Ohio 2011: Complete Results!

Miss Ohio 2011

Ellen Bryan, Miss Clayland

1st Runner-up

Alissa Brumbaugh, Miss Miami Valley

2nd Runner-up

Amber Bussa, Miss Maple City

3rd Runner-up

Meggie Wittman, Miss All*American City

4th Runner-up

Shannon O'Neill, Miss Crystal Lake 

Top 10: 

Heather Wells, Miss Maumee Valley
Marisa Buchheit, Miss Greater Cleveland
Jenna Fowls, Miss Mohican Valley
Kylie Johnson, Miss Muskingum Valley
Courtney Monk, Miss Northwestern Ohio

***

 Preliminary Swimsuit Winners:

Alissa Brumbaugh, Miss Miami Valley

Amber Bussa, Miss Maple City 

Meggie Wittman, Miss All*American City

Preliminary Talent Winners:

Shannon O'Neill, Miss Crystal Lake

Jenna Fowls, Miss Mohican Valley

Cayla Hellwarth, Miss West Central Ohio 

***

Semifinaist Interview Award

Ellen Bryan, Miss Clayland

Non-Semifinalist Interview Award

Sarah Hider, Miss Central Ohio

Miss America Community Service Award

Shannon O'Neill, Miss Crystal Lake

CMNH Miracle Maker Award

Shannon O'Neill,Miss Crystal Lake

Marvin Hamlisch Grand Talent Award

Shannon O'Neill, Miss Crystal Lake

Both Classical Talent Awards 

Cayla Hellwarth, Miss West Central Ohio

Non-Semifinalist Talent Awards

Cayla Hellwarth, Miss Central Ohio

&

Elissa McCracken, Miss Lima Square Fair

Paul Herlihy Spirit Awards

Heather Waterman, Miss Northern Ohio

& 

Elissa McCracken, Miss Lima Square Fair


$250 Community Service Awards
Elissa McCracken, Miss Lima Square

&

Sarah Hider, Miss Central Ohio

Americanism Essay Awards
Chelsi Howman, Miss North Coast

& 

Elissa McCracken,  Miss Lima Square Fair

$500 Connie Sengstock Award
Amber Bussa, Miss Maple City

$500 Ya-Ya Sisters Style Award
Kylie Johnson, Miss Muskingum Valley

$500 Mina O'Guinn Memorial Award
Shannon O'Neill, Miss Crystal Lake

Photogenic Award
Alyssa Phillips,  Miss Ohio River

CONGRATS TO ELLEN BRYAN, MISS OHIO 2011!!!

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