Shelby, (Mini Miss Debutante) and me in our matching gowns!

Junior Miss Celebrity USA Pageant

Hello Everyone!

What a great week I had! Competing in the TL5 Miss Celebrity USA Pageant was a wonderful experience. Thank you Eddie Peterson and Peterson Productions for sponsoring me. I had a wonderful weekend seeing so many of my pageant sisters and friends at the Red Lion Inn in Sacramento, CA. I was so blessed to be crowned the new Jr. Miss Celebrity USA 2010and the Grand Classic Photogenic and Modeling winner. It was wonderful to have all of my family there cheering me on. Thank you to Toni, Jen and Lisa for your support and love. Thank you again to Eddie, I couldn't have done it without you!

And a big thank you to all of the staff, moms, and of course the children at Acres of Hope for being such an inspiration in my life. You have truly changed my life!

Celebrity USA National Finals

This year's national level pageant for Jr. Miss California International is "Celebrity USA National Finals" where one girl will be named "Grand Celebrity USA"  The pageant is being held at the Red Lion Inn in Sacramento, California.

Claire Wright, Jr. Miss California International 2010 is competing for the title of "Grand Celebrity USA" and I had the opportunity to attend the pageant to show my support for the International Pageant system and to learn from the contestants.  I watch the runway and modeling portion of the competition on Thursday and today I'm attending the awards ceremony.  

Visiting royalty (that's me) wear their crown and sashes, so tonight's event should be a lot of fun.  I'm looking forward to meeting the contestants, past title holders and new title holders that will be crowned tonight. If you are interested in attending the admission is $15.00.

Syracuse Image Photography

When I won the title of Jr. Miss Northern Valley International I received a gift certificate for a professional photo shoot with Tracy DePaola at Syracuse Image Photography.  My mom scheduled an appointment for me and I had a wonderful time working with Tracy.  Tracy was warm, friendly and encouraging throughout my entire four hour photo shoot.  Thank you Tracy I had so much fun working with you!
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4th of July Parade

The morning began quite early with last minute preparations, make up and hair.  Once we arrived at the parade staging area we decorated my mom's car with American Flags and placed my platform's banner (MaxlinKx) on the back of the car.  Excitement was in the air as the many parade entries lined the streets waiting for the parade to begin at 11:00.  Each entry was judged based on the type of entry (individual or group), presentation, music, candy, crowd response, etc.  To our amazement we won first place in the group category.  My Mom and I were grouped with my Dad and friends who rode is red, white and blue UTV's.

While I was waiting for the parade to begin, I noticed some other girls wearing crowns.  I walked over to them and introduced myself.  The girls were very nice and I learned that they were title holders from Susanville and Lassen County. We chatted for a little while, then we wished each other good luck in the parade.

The parade began with the blasting of a loud horn as we entered the parade route.  The streets were lined with thousands of people cheering and waving.  We tossed at least ten pounds of candy to the children and waved to the crowd until it felt like my arm was going to fall asleep.  My Mom and I had a fun filled day and I'm so happy to have been able to participate and promote my platform, MaxlinKx!