Junior Miss results!

Saturday night was the Junior Miss program. There were 8 contestants and 4 of the girls were good friends of Kylie's who she has grown up with and danced with since she was 3 (except Lauren who joined a bit later). They are all beautiful, intelligent, talented and very nice girls. It was truly a privilege for Kylie to go through this Junior Miss experience with them. This had to be one of the toughest years to judge. (Although I am not complaining after hearing that Kylee Morrison had to run against 37 girls in her program in Idaho - yikes!)

Look at these fabulous girls. How in the world do you pick a favorite? They all have good grades. All of their talents were amazing. They made the physical fitness routine look easy when it was actually very difficult. And they were all poised and stunning in their dresses.

The first phase of competition is interview. They conduct the interviews separately in the afternoon. Here is Kylie doing some personal prep for interview...

Kylie chose to sing for her talent this time. She sang a song called "So Much Better" (slightly edited) from Legally Blonde the musical. She did such a great job. She even caught a cold the week before and still didn't let it get her down. The video doesn't quite show how pink her outfit was but it's close. The shoes were spectacular and the song wasn't bad either - ha ha!

Here she is in her formal dress. She looked amazing. Every girl had a beautiful dress. I don't think I have ever seen such a beautiful array of dresses.

She did an awesome job but with such a good group of girls we were prepared for just about anything. We were thrilled when Kylie ended up winning Interview, Scholastic and Poise. Mattie Bergeson won Talent and Fitness. In the end Kylie was named 1st runner up, Mattie Bergeson was Junior Miss and Katelynn Reed was 2nd runner up. Here is a picture of the 2009 Junior Miss court...

Kylie and the two escorts...



Kacey and Scarlet...

This was all of the family that we could get to hang around for a picture. Actually Kristy is not really very photogenic right now. (Check her blog for details!)

Kylie did a great job and I'm sure that I was beaming. All of the girls I'm sure made their parents proud. I really truly wish that all 5 of them could ride parades together this summer because it would be a blast and they all deserve it. Congratulations to Mattie. She will do great at state.