Another year of Smithfield Royalty

This year I was in charge of the Smithfield Health Days Scholarship Pageant again. I had an excellent committee and it wasn't nearly as stressful this year as it was last year! Eleven girls participated and our five judges had a tough time narrowing it to 5! The girls did fantastic and worked really hard. I was a bit nervous this year since we couldn't get Sky View and had to do it at the new church house in Smithfield. It worked great!!!!!!! Also, since we didn't have to pay for Sky View, we had a lot more wiggle room in the budget! My whole family also came to help and support me, even Chelsea & Connor! This year I realized how I have been blessed by amazing people in my life who were willing to give of their time to help out with this program! My committee put a lot of work and time into this and Mom, Dad, Kenna, and Chase were with me all day helping out wherever they could. My great friend and her husband even gave up their Saturday and were judges for us!

This may sound cheesy, but this program changed my life when I participated in 2005. I was always shy and I wouldn't say that my self confidence was the greatest. After I put myself out there and learned some very valuable communication skills, I had a great deal more self confidence and was willing to try new things. I have used those skills throughout my life and also made 4 new friends I never would have become friends with. Because of this, I have felt a desire to help the program live on and these girls do their best. There was one girl in particular this year that I really wanted to make this a great experience for her. It was very hard for her to do this and not only did she do it, SHE DID GREAT! She is now one of the 2011 Smithfield Royalty members.

SE Needham Jewelers in Logan helped us out with jewelry. All the girls who participated received a pearl bracelet and Miss Congeniality, received a pearl necklace. Waving at Daisies was our entertainment (this is usually a duo, but one of the girls was sick) and she did fantastic! My dad took pictures during the program and put them on his website. Click on this link to see the pictures that he took and to see the winners.

http://www.andersenxl.com/pageant/