Congratulations - The new Miss High School and Collegiate America

On Saturday, March 10th two new national titleholders entered the very select group.  Congratulations to the new 2012 titleholders, Miss Collegiate America, Haley O' Brien & Miss High School America, Bianca Vierra.

Haley, the former Miss Minnesota Collegiate, was also Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2010.

Haley is crowned by Shannon Folsom,  Miss Collegiate America 2011

Haley,  Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2010

Bianca Vierra, ironically came to the pageant as Miss Teenage California  2011, not Miss California High.  However she arrived, I am pleased by the things I've read about this lovely brunette.  

According to the Miss Teenage California website, Bianca is a Sophomore at James Logan High School. She stands 5'8'' tall with brown hair and brown eyes, and is an honors student, Interact Club member, Volunteer coach for the Special Olympics, and has performed as a classical ballerina in the Nutcracker and Cinderella.

Here's to a great year ladies!

Breaking news - The 2013 High School and Collegiate America pageants will be held in Orlando, Florida - that's right Home to Disney World in next August!!!!!

Women's History Month Pageant Fact

A pageant was held in Atlantic City, N.J. in September 1920 as a way to keep tourists in Atlantic City after the Labor Day weekend.   

 

The following year, newspaper sales were hurting due to the advent of radio, so to increase business, newspapers decided to select representatives from their respective cities (from among their readers) and send the winners to Atlantic City as special guests of the Second Annual Atlantic City Pageant. 

 

Their arrival was heralded in the press, and thus a contest was quickly designed to select one contestant from the pool of regional winners. Eventually, the winning contestant became known as "Miss America".

 

Miss America 1921, Margaret Gorman, was from the District of Columbia who was a student at Western High School.  She is the only Miss America to receive a crown at the conclusion of her year.

She remained a life-long resident of Washington D.C. but enjoyed traveling as a favorite hobby.  She passed away in early October 1995 at age 90.

Read more about Miss America 1921 - http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1921.aspx 

Source: Official Miss America web site