Miss Crowley's Ridge 2012

The week that 47 girls across the entire state had spent lots of time, effort, and money preparing for is already over!! It seems like I blinked and it was gone!! I'll kind of recap the week for those of you that haven't already heard.

Sunday was our formal arrival at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Mrs. June did a fabulous job this year with the arrival ceremony. It is normally at the staircase by Horner Hall, but this year it was set up like a Hollywood feel, red carpet and all! Here is a photo with Miss Arkansas from my arrival.

Miss Arkansas 1981, Micki (Petrus) Konecny choreographed one of the best opening numbers I believe the Miss Arkansas stage has ever seen! Monday and Tuesday morning consisted mainly of perfecting the opening production. Group A had their private interviews with the judges Monday night, Group B (my group) Tuesday afternoon, and Group C Tuesday evening. Interview is the area of competition that I have worked the hardest to prepare for. I must say, that with each interview I have learned a little each time. This is the most nerve-wrecking phase of competition for me, simply because the judges can ask ANYTHING from personal questions to world politics! Although, I left my interview feeling pretty confident, now that we have sat down and reviewed the video I know that it didn't go as well as I had originally thought!

Wednesday was the first day of the onstage competition, so things ran a little differently. Group A was to perform their talent, Group C swimsuit/on-stage question and my group would compete in evening gown. Congratulations to two sweet friends that I made at Miss Arkansas for winning the evening gown preliminary!

Wednesday Night Alpha Winners

Swimsuit- Courtney Welsh, Samantha Hudon

Evening Gown- MaryEllen Hunthrop

Talent- Mary Lacey Thompson

Wednesday Night Overall Winners

Talent- Bethany Whitfield

Swimsuit- Helen Wisner

Evening Gown (tie!)- Tracy Neal, Lauren Howell, Sloane Roberts

Thursday Night was talent for my group, and surprisingly I was worried about this too because I had yet to get my voice back completely! Luckily, I didn't hit any embarrassing notes and made it through my song! Here are the Thursday night winners.