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...with the girls. I had to refrain from rolling my eyes sometimes, but all in all, it was an enjoyable couple days. And I really thought it would be just that—a weekend. So imagine my surprise when they announced me as Maryland’s Junior Miss 2002. In pictures of me wearing my gleaming Junior Miss medallion, I look shocked. During my news interview, I look shocked. In the mirror that night, washing pounds of stage makeup, I looked—you guessed it—shocked...
Titles don’t end when you take off the medallion or unpin the crown. From parades to appearances at nursing homes and elementary schools, Junior Miss became a huge part of my life. Each state winner is required to make a creative scrapbook, “Discover Your Own Style” project, plan a blowout sleepover for all the contestants and, of course, prepare for the two week America’s Junior Miss National Finals. To prime me for the all-important interview at nationals, my state chair carted me to mock conferences with Miss Maryland...
...other 49 state winners and I were treated like princesses from the second we landed in Mobile, Alabama. Junior Miss is a very big deal to the city. We each had drivers with official Junior Miss logos on their cars, sponsor families and hospitality mothers at our beck and call. Have a craving for an Oreo mid-rehearsal? The hospitality moms were more than happy to drive out to the store. Little girls asked for autographs, earnestly leaning in close to whisper that they hoped they would be a Junior Miss someday. Wherever we went, the Mobile press followed. Every...
Most memorable for me was the exhibition North vs. South Junior Miss softball game in Minor League Mobile BayBears Stadium. I couldn’t believe how many people showed up to watch. Just a wee bit intimidating for a girl who wasn’t sure which hand her mitt went on. Maryland (that’s me) batted last for the South, down two with runners on first and second. Folks in Alabama haven’t forgotten the Civil War—the fans were going crazy screaming for me. Too bad I only hit a double...
...weeks, but these chicks were talented, wicked smart and accomplished. Some of them had beat out hundreds of girls in their state to get to Alabama. I, on the other hand, had reluctantly entered and blown off any major effort to prepare. I kept wondering when my official Junior Miss ride would turn back into a pumpkin...