The North Haven Citizen ran a great little press release on us on the 13th. Below is the text. They also ran a picture of the whole North Haven/Greater Hamden crew!
Nikki Palmieri, co-executive director of the Miss North Haven/Greater Hamden Pageant, recently announced the four new titleholders for 2009 who were crowned on Saturday, Jan. ant, recently announced the four new titleholders for 2009 who were crowned on Saturday, Jan. 31.
The new Miss North Haven’s Outstanding Teen is 15-year-old Haylee Rochler, a sophomore at Lyman Hall High School.
Rochler performed an energetic jazz dance to “Proud Mary” for the talent por tion of the competition, and is an advocate for the Children’s Miracle Network. She is the first ever Miss North Haven’s Outstanding Teen since this is the first year that the North Haven/Hamden program has run a Teen Pageant in conjunction with its Miss Pageant.
The new Miss North Haven 2009 is Gretchen Michelle Hahn, a 22-year-old senior attending Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She sang “Reflec tion” from the Disney movie “Mulan” for the talent portion of the competition and will advocate “Civic Education and Public Service for a Better America” as Miss North Haven.
Miss Greater Hamden is Candice Dodge, a 21-year-old senior at Quinnipiac University, and Miss Hamden’s Outstanding Teen is Alyssa Anderson, a 13-year-old eighth grader who attends Tyrrell Middle School in Wolcott.
The North Haven/Hamden Pageant is an open pageant, open to all eligible contestants who live, work full time or attend school full-time in Connecticut. North Haven resident and North Haven High School gradu ate Marie-Lynn Piscitelli was the first runner up in the Miss division.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Miss Fairfield County and Miss New Haven County 2009
Congratulations to the winners of Miss Fairfield County and New Haven County 2009 (and the Teen winners too!)
Miss Fairfield County Taylor Hira
Miss New Haven County Ashley Abate
Fairfield County's Outstanding Teen Mary Ragaglia
New Haven County's Outstanding Teen Alyssa Taglia
The show was very entertaining and all of the girls were simply lovely and stunning. It was my first real appearance as Miss North Haven and it was such a strange feeling to be sitting there in the audience for once! I am very competitive though, and I missed being on stage! I also learned the trick of keeping your crown on straight! The key is a cut-up panty-hose stocking that you string through the crown and pin it to your head. Who knew?
I have a lot more pictures that I will put up as soon as I can run home to get my camera hookup. One of the problems with living in Connecticut but going to school in Massachusetts is that I have a tendency to leave things at the two locations quite frequently.
On another note, I ran into my dress shop in Stamford, CT, the other day to show them my crown. Two little girls where there and they were very excited about my crown. One of them asked, "Is that a princess crown?" I replied that yes, it was, and as I was holding the crown on one of the little girl's heads it occurred to me that this is as close to being a princess as I will probably ever get and that these girls will probably ever see. Wearing a shiny, metal crown on your head comes with a weight more than just the cut class and bent metal, you really represent something to people.
Although I don't know that there is any particular formula for a title-holder, I do know that we are role models. Having a crown and a sash gives you a responsibility to the American people, even when you are not wearing it. I just hope that I can live up to the girls that came before me and hopefully break some ground for girls coming after me.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Welcome to the official blog of Miss North Haven 2009, me! Hopefully this blog will be a running account, a play by play, an ongoing dialogue and discourse on my year of service. I am not really sure what the appropriate words are to use in the christening of a blog, but here it is....Enjoy!
Introducing team North Haven/Greater Hamden 2009!
Miss North Haven, Gretchen Hahn
Miss Greater Hamden, Candice Dodge
North Haven's Outstanding Teen, Haylee Rochler
Greater Hamden's Outstanding Teen, Alyssa Anderson
Congratulations to all these beautiful, talented, strong, intelligent, stylish women! We are going to have a fabulous year!
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