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Miss Sparkle Pageant




 This past Saturday, I chose to spend my day volunteering with the Serteen Club at Carrollton High School at the Miss Sparkle Pageant: a pageant that contains the special needs community throughout Carrollton. There are Little Miss, Junior Miss, Teen Miss, and Miss categories which separate the girls into four groups. Within their group, they are judged by about ten judges and are each crowned and given a flower at the end of the ceremony. However, there will be one winner throughout each category. Sometime during the pageant, each girl is escorted by a male member and given a description of who they are and their interests. This whole day was a huge learning experience on my part, but it is one experience I will never get tired of sharing. 

At 12:00 p.m. all of the volunteers arrived to help welcome the girls, sign them in, and hang up their dresses so they could attend the pageant rehearsal. While they rehearsed, volunteers continued their role of welcoming contenders. After a while, I was assigned to help our own Jennifer Sewell's daughter, Ava, throughout the day. All throughout the day, Ava was so excited to participate in the different events that they had in store for the girls. After their rehearsal, the girls ate a snack. When they finished, they were brought to the dressing rooms to get their hair and make-up done. The ladies in there did a wonderful job with handling children of different disabilities and upbringings. I really admire this whole process of being equipped for each one of the girls and each of their needs. After I changed Ava into her dress for the night, we ate Chick-fil-A that they brought for the volunteers as well as the participants. 

When it was time for the Pageant to start, we stood in a line waiting to go out onto the stage. Each group was introduced individually, so we were there three times on stage: first for introduction, second for individual descriptions, and lastly for the results. Each time Ava did a wonderful job! I was super nervous that she would get tired and, therefore, become distressed. However, she pushed through till the end! Thankfully this was how it went because eventually Ava was named Little Miss Sparkle of 2023! I was so proud of her and how much she has grown! Ava has a wonderful support system and a wonderful head on her shoulders, so there was no doubt that she would win this pageant. Overall, I am so thankful for this fulfilling experience and I will definitely remember this for a very long time!

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