Congratulations to KeelyStyle Miss Colorado and Miss Colorado Outstanding Teen WINNERS! I had the pleasure of working with some outstanding, talented and remarkable young ladies over the last several months as I coached them for the Miss Colorado and Miss Colorado’s Outstanding Teen Pageants.

It is such a pleasure to work with young ladies who are so driven. These ladies set a goal and worked so hard to achieve that goal. I had girls that set up their own “pageant boot camp” for themselves to take preparation to the total extreme and to ensure that they were doing everything possible as they worked towards their goal of the crown.

Now, we all know that not all of my girls won the title of Miss Colorado or Miss Outstanding Teen Colorado but what I can tell you is that they have all won in one way or another. I love this program and organization so much because of what it does for young woman. Not only is Miss America the largest scholarship organization for young woman but the journey in each girl’s quest for the crown is unlike any other. These young ladies learn about hard work, setting long and short term goals and how to outline just how they are going to go about reaching their goals. They are driven, talented and focused and the growth from each one of the ladies that I coached this year was amazing. I am so proud to have had the opportunity to work with Kristina Doran, Melaina Shipwash, Meredith Winnefeld, Kinsey Gonzales, Ashley Reichert and Lexie O’Dowd. Congratulations to you all!

I also do want to congratulate the new title holders. Thank you for all of your hard work and thank you for being so coachable and such great listeners!
Congratulations Melaina Shipwash, Miss Colorado 2010 and Lexie O’Dowd, Miss Colorado’s Outstanding Teen 2010!