Miss Ivins Scholarship Pageant

You read that right, we dropped the Princess and added Scholarship. This was the first year that there will be a scholarship attached to the royalty. They will receive it when they attend the college of their choice. The Princess receives $1,000 and 1st and 2nd Attendant receive $500.00. I attended a city council meeting back in January and spoke to the city council about my passion for the program and how these girls should be thanked for their service with a scholarship. Being on the royalty isn't all about the crown and banner and parades, it's about helping the community of Ivins and being ambassadors and representatives of our beautiful city. There currently is only one city that awards a scholarship and that would be Washington, now there are two, us included.

Below are pictures from the evening of the pageant. The girls were absolutely amazing and beautiful. There would be NO way that I would be able to accomplish this without the help of Heather Kunde, my pagaent specialist- Tia Stokes (my little sister) who choreographs and teaches the girls the opening number and Sunshine (my sister-in-law) who takes care of all the judges. They are amazing and help me make this pageant incredible. Enjoy the evening through some of the pictures that were taken.

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Trevor was one of my escorts for the evening, he is standing with Jessika Talbot, 2nd Attendant and Jocelyn Bozarth, Miss Ivins

My dad came to sing for the pageant. The past 3 years he has sang and this year I was going to give him the night off. Well when a few people found out about the pageant, the first thing they asked was, "Is you dad singing in the pageant?" When I said, "No" they said that he was the best part of the pageant and they loved his voice. Well after hearing that same response 5 times, I decided to call and invite him to come and sing again. So back by popular demand, my dad came to sing to the girls. Tayvia (My neice) came and sang the National Anthem Heather Kunde was my sidekick through this whole pageant preparation. She is wonderful to work with. We had both of our sons as two of the escorts. This was the entry hall with the pictures of all the contestants and the royalty. Our royalty with the judges and the auditor for dinner.

Sunshine and the auditor right before the pageant started.

Our Handsome Escorts: Aaron Potter, Dillon Hurt, Trevor & Braxton Kunde

The contestants right before the pageant was going to start in their Opening Number Outfit.

The Royalty welcoming everyone to the pageant. Britney, Jessika & Jocelyn

Our wonderful MC's: Susanna Landon & Mindy Muller

I wanted a talkshow feel and they were awesome!!!

Trevor escorting Brittney, Contestant #8

All of the contestants right after the evening gown competition

My dad singing to the girls, "What a Wonderful World"

Trevor escorting the Princess for her final walk.

Ivins 2011 Royalty: (L to R)

M.Leydsman (Miss Congeniality), McKensy Madsen (2nd Attendant), Miss Madsen (Miss Ivins), Kamri Hafen (1st Attendant)

Me after all of these festivities, Cambria felt like I needed a picture.

Trevor and Miss Ivins, Jocelyn Bozarth

The new royalty with our handsome escorts: Megan (Miss Congeniality) & Trevor,
McKensy (2nd Attendant) & Aaron, Missy (Miss Ivins) & Dillon, Kamri (1st Attendant) & Braxton

There would've been NO WAY that I could do all this without the support and help of my wonderful husband, who is always by my side.