Miss Lovely LaVerkin Pageant

So a couple weeks ago, I got a phone call from a lady whom I did not know asking me if I would like to be a judge at the "Miss LaVerkin Pageant." My first thought was Where the heck is LaVerkin? and my second thought was Why in the world are they asking me to be a judge? Well it turns out that LaVerkin is a little hick town right out by Hurricane, and my crazy roommate, Stefanie, put my name on the list for suggested judges! That little snitch! So I and my good friend Natalie, who was also asked to be a judge, made the thirty minute trek out to LaVerkin yesterday morning for the interview portion of the pageant.  There were seven girls in the pageant, ranging from age 13 to 16.  I just have to give them all props because I can't imagine being that young and getting in front of a panel of judges to be interviewed all by myself! They were so brave, but SO nervous! I felt so bad for them, I just wanted to hug them all before each of their interviews.  It was just a way funny experience.  Here was my favorite part of the interviews.  We interview one of the contestants and at the end we ask her, like we asked all of them, if she has anything else she'd like to tell us before she lets us go.  She says "um...can I tell you my most embarrassing moment?" We're like "Sure, go for it!" Now keep in mind, this girl's like fourteen.  She tells this story about how she and her friend went to Fiesta Fun and they were watching this boy on the go-carts and they thought he was really cute.  They were looking at him and talking about how cute he is and all of the sudden the man standing behind them says "So you think my son's pretty cute, huh?" And of course they were just HUMILIATED! :) So we laugh and excuse her from the interview. What a great way to conclude an interview, huh?  So then the next girl comes in and we go through the interview.  "Is there anything else you'd like to share with us before we let you go?", we ask her at the end.  "Um...yeah, can I tell you my most embarrassing moment?" "Sure!" "Well me and my friend, who's also doing the pageant, we went to Fiesta Fun, and there was this boy that we thought was really cute......:" YEAH! She told the same story!!! HAHAHAH!! oh my gosh it was SO hard to sit through it for the second time and keep composure! and then to try and act like it was the first time we'd heard it! haha it was SO FUNNY! And then there was another girl that, when we asked her that question, she's like "my favorite color is blue.  thank you." and walks out. hahah!! oh my heck these girls were so FUNNY and cute! I wish I could remember all the things that were said in the interviews that made me laugh so much.  They were hilarious.

So then later that day we went to the pageant.  This was QUITE the show! It was so fun.  First there was the poise competition, where each girl was escorted out on stage by her father and walked around the stage wearing heels and a beautiful formal dress.  Then, they were asked an on-stage question.  My favorite was this: The question was "If you were stranded on a desert Island all by yourself, what would you take and why?" Her answer: (say it like a little teenage girl) "Um...I would take chocolate, because it makes me happy!" haha! good answer kiddo!  I also loved how pretty much every girl would say "Ooh, that's a tough one." before they answered.  Haha.  Cute!
Then it was time for the talent competition.  These girls sure were talented! But the one that stands out in my mind is Andi's talent.  She ended up winning first runner up.  Her talent was singing and...it was AMAZING! it blew me away and made me cry! She sang "When I look at you" by Miley Cirus and I was on the edge of my seat her entire performance.  I've never heard a fifteen year old sing like that! And then the girl that one the title, she clogged. :) I used to be a clogger! She was so cute! She was so animated and fun throughout her entire performance and so fun to watch.  She was hilarious.  

When they were about to announce the winners, I was really nervous because I knew that the results were on our shoulders and I really wanted the girls who deserved it most to win! Well the results were exactly as I predicted, and I was really happy.  And then as soon as the winners were announced, the judges were escorted out the side doors before any angry parents could get to us.  haha good thing, because....you just never know in a crazy town like LaVerkin! Nat and I laughed about the entire experience the whole way home.  What a fun day! I felt the need to blog about it.