9/06/07 Day of sightseeing at Tombstone

I was so glad that my family decided to stay an extra day to go sightseeing. We had a wonderful time!!!

9/05/07 Mrs. America Finals (Air date is 9/21/07 on WE-TV)

From the bottom of my heart, I cannot thank my family and friends enough for all the love and support they have given me!!!

It was such a surprise to win THE MOST PHOTOGENIC AWARD:) I was truly honored to receive the award especially after seeing all those amazing and beautiful women.

9/03/07 Breakfast

I was so excited about getting to meet my family and friends for breakfast after not seeing everyone for two weeks.

9/02/07 Opening Production Number Dresses and Family

After shooting in our opening production number dresses, I was sooooo excited because my family and state directors arrived.

9/02/07 Preliminary photo's

Here I am with some of the beautiful women in their evening gowns. From left to right starting with the woman in the red dress is Mrs. Deleware, Mrs. Kentucky, Mrs. Kansas, myself and Mrs. Montana. The next evening gown photo is Mrs. Connecticut, Mrs. Wyoming, myself, Mrs. D.C. and Mrs. Idaho.

The beautiful ladies in their swimsuits are Mrs. Georgia, Me, Mrs. Maryland, Mrs. Kentucky and Mrs. Connecticut.

My costume is a white swan. The reason I picked this is because the first gift ever given to the Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo was a white swan

9/01/07 Interview with the judges

Today we had our interviews with the judges.

8/31/07 Dinner @ David Marmel's suite

We had a wonderful buffet dinner and were given a beautiful bag.

8/31/07 Golf Competition

I definitely need to brush up on my golf. Even all the putt-putt I've been playing didn't help me out.

8/30/07 Horeseback ride and pancake breakfast

We took the most beautiful horseback ride up to the top of a mountian where we were treated to the most delicious pancake breakfast. This was by far my favorite activity!!!!