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January 20, 2020
January 20, 2020 Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier, will be joining us this Wednesday, January 22, 2020 downtown at Legislative Day! We're so excited to have Camille with us as we meet with Legislators! More About Camille: In June of 2019, Camille was named Miss Virginia after breaking from tradition to perform the “catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide” as her onstage talent. Her unique talent performance and focus on women in STEM has sparked a positive reaction of inclusivity for the program. Camille's story has been shared with hundreds of children and viewed by millions. She can be seen on national and international media outlets including The Today Show, Talk Stoop, CNN, BBC, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, Inside Edition, The Weather Channel, Southern Living, Canada’s CTV, Germany’s RTL, and many more. On December 19, 2019, Camille earned the job of Miss America 2020 after competing live on NBC from Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. A certified Naloxone trainer in the city of Richmond, Schrier will use the Miss America national recognition to promote her own social impact initiative, Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics. Most recently, Camille was awarded the Engineering Champion Award by the Phi Sigma Rho National Sorority for her work in promoting women in engineering and technical fields. Camille will travel over 300 days this year to share her message and advocate for change. In addition to her passion for science and drug safety, Camille has battled body image issues. As a young woman who previously battled an eating disorder, Camille chose to compete In Miss America 2020 because of the redirection from physical appearance to social impact. -
Suggestions for Creating Your Candidate Resume
Suggestions for Creating Your Candidate Resume Since the new resume guidelines leave the format and content completely up to you, we realize it might be difficult to figure out where to start! Below, you will find several examples of Candidate Resumes. Please do not copy the format/content of any of these resumes. That is not the purpose of these examples. The purpose is to show you how different resumes may be from candidate to candidate and you need to find a format and content that best fits you. Here are some suggestions on how to get started: • Format/Style -Review the examples provided and take notes on what you like. -Google search various resume formats to find other organization methods that appeal to you. • Content -What do you want the judges to know about you? -Review the Miss Kentucky Job Description (included after the resume examples). Remember, this is the job for which you are applying. Use your notes to help you create a resume that best suits YOU! **Resumes are allowed to be in color or black and white. State resumes will be printed in color. Local competitions may choose whether to print in color or black and white. **Remember, your resume must fit on ONE page. (Some of the examples are 2 pages. State and local candidates may NOT go over one page.) Lyndsey Littlefield Miss Massachusetts 2019 Summary: As a woman majoring in biology, an athlete competing in a male dominated sport and a family member living in a pro LGBTQIA household, I have demonstrated how to take a stand and serve as a dedicated leader. -
Hard Rock to Host September Parade Featuring Some Miss America Contestants
Hard Rock to host September parade featuring some Miss America contestants VINCENT JACKSON Staff Writer ATLANTIC CITY — For people missing Miss America’s Show Us Your Shoes parade, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will help fill the void. The new, free, Celebrate America Parade, presented by the Hard Rock and sponsored by Pepsi, will take place on the Boardwalk 5 p.m. Sept. 7. The first weekend after Labor Day is the traditional Miss America competition weekend with the Show Us Your Shoes parade. The parade will span a 1.4-mile-long route, stepping off at Metropolitan Avenue and concluding at Arkansas Avenue. Spectators are encouraged to bring American flags, lawn chairs and blankets to watch the family friendly parade. “We couldn’t be more proud to show our support to the men and women who serve our country by coming together with the community to present a parade appreciating our nation’s heroes,” said Joe Lupo, president of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, in a statement. “A hero can be in many forms, and our goal with this parade is to be inclusive to all of those who serve, protect and honor our country each and every day, and we’re happy to celebrate them during this parade.” There will be participants from all over the country. The parade’s grand marshal will be Miss America 1984 Suzette Charles, a singer, entertainer and Atlantic County native. The 90-minute parade honoring heroes will feature patriotic, 16 feet in height, cold-air parade balloons never seen on the Boardwalk, along with other floats and participants stemming from eight states including Washington D.C., Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. -
Dakota State University Spring 2020 Magazine
DAKOTA STATE Spring 2020 MAGAZINE FOR OUR ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS PARENTS, OURALUMNI, FOR DEAR FRIENDS AND FELLOW SUPPORTERS OF DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Welcome to our spring 2020 magazine. Tis issue contains many In addition, in December 2019 when the threat I understand that right now extroverts are struggling examples of one of DSU’s greatest assets and strengths – the people of the new coronavirus came on the world with the emotional deprivation of reduced human of the extended DSU community. It is especially apropos for the time scene, DSU’s administration began working on interaction, and introverts are enjoying the solace in which we suddenly fnd ourselves, the onslaught of the new novel contingency planning if the crisis should spread they need to recharge. Personally, I am basking in coronavirus and the illness COVID-19. to the U.S. and South Dakota. In January 2020, appreciation at the strength, ingenuity, and positive as information grew about the deadly impact atitude of the people of Dakota State University, It seems as though almost overnight we went from the distant sounds of widespread COVID-19 illness, we moved to once again demonstrated in our shared, highly of a mild threat, to the loud drumming of a dangerous atack on our working intensely on detailed plans for a potential successful response to this present crisis. We will get doorstep. Trough it all, the people of our extended DSU community – transition to operating fully online. When the through this, and we will all be stronger for it on the the students, faculty, staf, City of Madison, Lake County, State of South executive orders came to shif, DSU was able to other side. -
Miss America Organization Apologizes for Press Release After Insulting Past Participants
Miss America Organization apologizes for press release after insulting past participants LAUREN CARROLL Staff Writer The Miss America Organization has apologized for a scholarship announcement issued Monday, which drew criticize from past pageant contestants and volunteers and continued the more than yearlong "bye-bye bikini" controversy. The new scholarship added to the Miss America 2020 Competition was overshadowed by a statement toward the end of the news release that detailed why the scholarship's benefactor wasn't allowed to compete in a local MAO pageant in the 1980s. "In reaching out to the Miss America Organization, the donor made clear the important reason for the generous gift. As a young woman who wanted to compete in a local Miss America competition in the 1980s, she was discouraged by her parents because they believed 'Miss America does not look like us, and an educated woman does not parade around in a swimsuit,'" the news release states. Tuesday evening, the MAO released a statement addressed to Miss America supporters. "Yesterday, MAO announced a new scholarship and included a quote from the donor’s parents that has offended members of the Miss America community. MAO did not put the quote in the context of the 1980s in which it was spoken and the erroneous stereotypes that were prevalent at that time," the statement said. The quote attributed to the woman's parents struck a chord with many former Miss Americas and state titleholders who competed during the so-called "1.0" era of the pageant. Miss America 2018 Cara Mund shared on Instagram a picture of herself competing in the final swimsuit competition, with the caption "female empowerment doesn't mean insulting, alienating, and discrediting the thousands of women who paved the way...