Growing Great Girls & Miss GVSU

Lot's of G's in that title! This weekend I presented at the Growing Great Girls event in Allegan, MI- a fundraiser put on by the Miss Allegan County pageant. I had a great time presenting to two different age groups of girls about exactly how to stay drug-free and what it means to have high self esteem. The kids were wonderful!

This was the description from the event's brochure about my session: "It's More Than That!" Plenty gets said about saying no to illegal drugs and alcohol, but how do girls learn to steer clear from those things that don't seem so dangerous? How do they learn to stand up to their peers? Angela Venditti, Miss SCS presents an age-appropriate program designed to address these very issues."

Other guests at the event were Miss MI 2011, Hannah Montgomery (& her puppy Dash, with Dash to Read!) & Miss Allegan County Reed and her OT, Erica.

Then we were off to the Miss GVSU pageant, won by Alexa Allor! It's always fun to cheer from the audience. I also loved seeing my roomie from Miss MI 2011 KRYSTAL WILSON give up the crown. She did such a great job and I teared up doing her last walk....#sappy! I was proud of her for doing such a great job. Thanks to Judy for inviting me for this fun weekend!

The 3 Miss GVSU's!

Special moments with Krystal!

Special moments with Judy!

xoxo,

Angela

Fall Forum 2011

This weekend, I attended Fall Forum in Muskegon. It was a wonderful day filled with all things Miss America!

The day kicked off with Pamela Eldred, Michigan's own Miss America 1970 speaking to our group. I was so happy to meet her! Pamela is an ever-classy Miss America and she provided many insights- among my favorite was the 7-14 points rule of dressing.

Next we listened to our own Miss Michigan & Miss Michigan's OT speak, and then it was time for Teresa Scanlon, Miss America 2011 to speak. I was very impressed with Teresa, and extra-excited because she retweeted me :)

THEN it was time for the Little Miss Michigan pageant! Our SCS Little Miss Natalie did an excellent job. We were all so proud of her, and I enjoyed watching her performances.

The last event of our evening was Elizabeth's wardrobe showing, emceed by Teresa. We saw some of her Miss America outfits and she looked beautiful.

It was a great weekend that I spent with my pageant family and I enjoyed getting to know my ED Liz a bit better over our long car rides. It was a fun weekend!

xoxo,

Angela

Miss SCS 2011

Hi all! This is my first blog post as Miss SCS 2011. I was crowned on July 31st and I'm proud to be the 57th Miss SCS!

The past few months have been busy, busy and busy. Here's some pictures from my latest appearances with my Teen and Little titleholders:

Halloween in the Park! Yes, I was a pizza slice :)

Some fun shots from our time at the Lac St. Clair Art Fair! This is the Miss St. Clair Shores Pageant's largest fundraiser.

Potato sack races & hanging out with kids at the Kiwanis Family Fun Day!

Just Cruisin Harper!

I've been all over the state attending local pageants, too! Here's a picture of one of my bff's (and former Miss SCS!) Brenna on the night she won Miss Saginaw County:

I have many events coming up, stay tuned!

xoxo,

Angela