Miss NC Prelims

Lisa Mace, Miss Greater Sandhills 2009!

2009 Crowned!

Our Miss America 2009 Katie Stam

I had the honor of meeting her! She is as lovely inside as she is outside!

Road to Miss NC and Miss America...

North Carolina local pageants are preliminaries to the Miss North Carolina Pageant.  The winner in June will move on to compete in the Miss Ameica Pageant in January of 2010.

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance.

This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the over 12,000 young women who compete in the state and local competitions just like ours in NC as well.

Rich in history and social significance, the Miss America Organization is a not-for-profit organization that has maintained a tradition for many decades of empowering young women to achieve their personal and professional goals, while providing a forum in which to express their opinions, talent and intelligence. Scholarships have been the cornerstone of the Miss America program since 1945 when Bess Myerson was the first Miss America to receive a scholarship from the Organization.

Participating in the Miss America system not only helps you pay for college and prepare for a career, it also provides an opportunity to gain additional life experience, working on issues of importance to society, enhancing your personal and professional skills and developing your performance-related and other talents.

MNC 2009 Pageants

Quest for a Local Title!

Miss Thomasville/CC Pageant-Yea Jennifer and Sarah!

Miss Central Carolina 2009, Jennifer Jones
Old friends from the class of 2007!

Sarah Portella, Miss Thomasville 2009


Taylor Fitch, Miss America's Outstanding Teen
What an honor it was to meet this fabulous young lady!  She looks just like a Barbie Doll.  She is just as sweet and engaging as she is beautiful!

MNC OT 2008 Mya Hipps


Whitney James Miss Statesville 2009
Another friend from MNC 2007!

Great job Katherine!


Miss Thomasville OT


Visiting Queens


Jessica Lackey, Miss Gaston County

Miss Fayetteville Pageant-Congrats Adrienne-NCSU Girls Rule!!

Congrats Adrienne!


My new friend Lora Black


Kinsie...DZ girls RULE!!


Katherine Puryear...what a voice!

Greater Miss Johnston County Pageant 2009-Congrats Ashley and Cierra!

Greater Miss Johnston County OT


Ciara Ellis and !st RU Crystal Byrd


Crystal, Ciara and Arlie


Ashley when she heard her name called!


Ashley Nicloe Beasley

Greater Miss Johnston County 2009

Ashley and her court

Katie and Lora

YEA Ashley!


New GMJC Queens





Queens with GMJC ED's


09 and 08 GMJC Queens


New 09 Queens and ED's Sean and Craig





Chelsea and Ciera


Chelsea and CMN winner Ashley Beasley


Amanda and Chelsea


Chelsea and Kinsie


Chelsea and Arlie


Chelsea, Harold and Ashley


WIth the Watson Family


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Miss Goldsboro 2009-YEA Molly!!

Molly is the Greatest!


Miss Fayetteville Adrienne Core


GMJC OT & Miss, Ciara and Ashley


JC 09, and 07!


Miss Wilson 2008


Lisa Mace Miss Goldsboro 08 & Miss Greater Sandhills 09


My friend Kandice Weeks, 07 MNC girls RULE!!

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I'm so PROUD of our Miss NC 2008! Amanda Watson

A True Honor!

I had the honor of attending the Miss America Pageant this year to support my friend Amanda Watson.  I was filled with delight, sitting in the audience seeing her on the Miss America stage, watching her dreams fulfilled.  My eyes filled with tears of joy when she stepped to the microphone, center stage, proudly announcing our state!  Amanda has been an incredible representative of our great state.  We are fortunate to have had her represent us.  Her accomplishments are many and our gratitude towards her colossal!  I am proud to be her local predecessor and the 50^th Miss Garner and I only hope I can serve the Garner community and perform as well on the Miss NC stage as Amanda did.  I am honored she is my friend!  God Bless you Miss Garner 2008 and Miss North Carolina 2009!

48th Miss Garner 2007 Kendria Perry

Humbled and Honored!

Can you believe two former Miss Garners on the Miss America stage the same year? I am extremely proud to be among this distinct group of women.  Kendria and Amanda both gave me chills as I watched them on the Miss America stage!  I am both humbled and honored to hold the same title as these phenomenal women!

Miss America...there is a difference!