The competition began with Evening Gown and it was Amy's first onstage competition. I have to admit that I got pretty choked up watching her realizing her dreams onstage. I could see her visually taking it all in and it was so special! Amy chose this silver sequined one shoulder gown by Tony Bowls because she really felt like it reflected her personality and the fit was beautiful too. It absolutely glittered on stage and she looked so elegant! Thanks go out to Madison House for locating the gown and to Salwa for the quick alterations.
Next in the lineup of events was Talent and Katie's introduction to state level competition. Blisters and asthma attack during practice aside, Katie came out and rocked it! She chose an urban style song called "Street Sounds", hence the more casual looking talent costume. Katie felt very strongly that it should look like she just started dancing as she was walking down the street. I think she did an amazing job!
The next competition of the evening was Swimsuit, which was extremely competitive and especially exciting for me, since both Andrea and Jillian competed one after the other. The new Miss America style walk was displayed remarkably well by several of the contestants. I was a bit nervous for everyone about the stairs, but
they all navigated them like pros. Andrea and Jillian were definite standouts, along with Nanciann Strosnider and Jenna Wilson. The flight was deep with "lookers" and it could have gone several ways.
The final competition of the evening was On Stage Question. All the contestants were asked a platform related question, and most did well. Nerves got the best of a few, but Amy did great and I was proud of the fact she was able to correlate the flooding that's been happening in the Midwest to her platform, Habitat for Humanity. I think it gave the audience (and judges) a sense of why her platform is relevent now. Most of the flight wore suits, so no real "out of the box" styles were seen. I will be interested to see if that continues to be the trend.
Next in the lineup of events was Talent and Katie's introduction to state level competition. Blisters and asthma attack during practice aside, Katie came out and rocked it! She chose an urban style song called "Street Sounds", hence the more casual looking talent costume. Katie felt very strongly that it should look like she just started dancing as she was walking down the street. I think she did an amazing job!
The next competition of the evening was Swimsuit, which was extremely competitive and especially exciting for me, since both Andrea and Jillian competed one after the other. The new Miss America style walk was displayed remarkably well by several of the contestants. I was a bit nervous for everyone about the stairs, but
The final competition of the evening was On Stage Question. All the contestants were asked a platform related question, and most did well. Nerves got the best of a few, but Amy did great and I was proud of the fact she was able to correlate the flooding that's been happening in the Midwest to her platform, Habitat for Humanity. I think it gave the audience (and judges) a sense of why her platform is relevent now. Most of the flight wore suits, so no real "out of the box" styles were seen. I will be interested to see if that continues to be the trend.
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