2009 Miss Teen Rodeo Oregon Coronation

The Miss Teen Rodeo Oregon, Stephenie's Coronation was a happening event. I love being with her and her sweet mother. The coronation was Huge! The colors and decorations were amazing there was so many auction items to look at. Sadly, she had hurt her arm the night before and I felt bad for her. But she looked like she was having fun. I was happy for her. I know Ashley and I am going to miss her but I am going to have fun with Stephenie. Her dinner was great and there was a lot of queens.

It was fun taking a more relaxed picture with all of us. Picture taking is a big part of being a queen.

Here I am with my mom and grandmother. They are my behind the scene helpers. I love and need them so much.

I am enjoying being Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon! What an amazing year so far.

Yamhill County Coronation

The Yamhill County Fair and Rodeo Coronation was so much fun. I enjoyed my first time being able to wear my new dress and it matched the theme of Tough Enough To Wear Pink. I enjoyed hanging out with Angie, and Stephenie Crandall, The 2009 Tillamook Rodeo Queen. The food was good, and they had plenty of it ,so we were able to take some home for my brothers to enjoy. The theme was great, and the people were friendly too. Especially The Queen Dedra , and Princess Alyssa . I had a lot of fun there.

Angie is fixing my crown as I am playing around and

crossing my eyes. We had so many laughs.

It was great to meet the girls on the Northwest Youth Rodeo Association.

My Coronation "2009 JUNIOR MISS RODEO OREGON"

Finally, my day and my coronation. I was so excited when I woke up that morning. We had my coronation at the Tillamook High School which is about 15 minutes away from my house. I had my brothers, parents, grandparents, and some friends helping me with decorations and setting up the auction items. While my brothers were blowing up balloons and my good friend Patty was setting out the auction items, Lori who owns her own restaurant was preparing the meal mostly with the help of her friend and my mother. I had a special board for my sponsors and my grandparents who were sign makers, put up the banner they had made for me.

While walking around, I saw that there was 2 cakes. The white one was donated by Fred Meyers and the purple one was donated by Safeway. I was was extremely excited to have both, because 2 cakes is better than one! It was almost time for the coronation to start so I had to go and get ready, leaving my family and friends to finish the decorations.

When it had begun, there was not a bad amount of people. I was happy. The dinner was so delicious! I was glad to have something in my stomach. Then, the coronation begun. My father walked me down after Staheli said her goodbyes and finished her slide show.

I thanked Bob Warren, from Warren Trucking, and his family for all there major support. They are my biggest sponsor. I also thanked my next biggest which is Columbia Distribution and Emerald Valley Ranch. I would get nowhere without them. I also gave some flowers to my parents and grandparents. Then I hung out with my friends Shelby and Ana, while also hanging out with the queens for talking and photos.

My coronation was a lot of fun, and even though there wasn't a bunch of people, it was fantastic.

2009 Miss NPRA and Columbia County Rodeo Court Coronation

The 2009 Columbia County and Miss NPRA Coronation was quite a fun coronation to go to and it was the first one I got to attend wearing my crown. There were so many queens and many friendly people to talk with. The auction was exciting and food was delicious. I enjoyed the company of Stephenie and Jackie, as well as the other queens. When the auction was complete and the crowning was done, it was photo time. I had know there was lots of queens, but not this much! Somehow we all managed to fit in and smile big for all the cameras.
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I am very excited to be riding around with these girls, especially Meckenzie Carr, the 2009 Miss NPRA. I am also excited to be riding around with Queen Katie VanWinkle, Princess Kailee Murdoch, and Princess Leilani Schmidt of Columbia County. I have gotten to know them so well and I cant wait to know them even better.

2009 Tillamook Rodeo Queen Coronation

I had a blast at the 2009 Tillamook Rodeo Queen Coronation for Stephanie Crandall. Her decorations were really cool, with the Tillamook colors in stars and balloons. I connected with Stephanie and her parents so easily! She is great to hang out with. She even gave me some hair tips to keep hair crispy and curly. The dinner was delicious. Between the great dinner and the tough competition at the auction, the outcome couldn't be better. I am sad to say farewell Shalaina Joiner, but happy to say hi to Stephanie.

The Royal Cruise In

It was at the Laurel Ridge Winery, in September 2008. A bright and sunny day. There was such a good turnout. It was nice and quiet and my job was to sell raffle tickets for prizes. Local vendors donated the items to us. While walking around, I looked behind me to see at least 10 cars riding up the road. Even more were on there way, and it was quite a variety of cars. Some colors were calm and others were bright and flashy. I am trying to get Richard to buy some tickets.

After all the cars were settled in and lunch had been served, Jackie Gibson (2009 Miss Rodeo Oregon) and I started to yell out raffle ticket numbers. We also were secretly looking at which car/truck we were going to pick as the "Queens Choice". We looked around and were getting pictures taken by a very nice man.

While looking at some of the cars, we saw a man pin striping a Huge wine glass. He was very sweet and when it dried, he gave it as a donation to Jackie. It was beautiful.

After the awards were handed out and the cars started to leave, Jackie and I got pictures with the owner- Susan, manager- Doug, and their dog. As well as pictures with Jim, Lynn, and Stephanie from the MRO board. It was such a fun car show. What a wonderful experience for my very first appearance as Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon. I will never forget it.

2008 Jr./Teen Pageant Tryouts

It was early morning, I was so excited while sitting down warming up from the cold outdoors. I had no idea how much fun was about to come while trying out for Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon. It was the day of the pageant and I was ready to have the time of my life.
















After the Pageant Welcome and the Judges Orientation, came the Horsemanship Warm up and Competition. Sadly my horse, Page, had just gotten a bone spur so I used my back up horse, Deuce. She had never been out on rodeo grounds or around cows and loud speakers. She didn't shy much at all. When the warm up was over, the competition began, and it was my turn. I could tell that Deuce had fun, and so did I. She didn't mind the cows or the stands, just where her footing was. I felt like we were flying on the run in, even with her wanting to stop by the gate. But we smiled and went on. It was a lot of fun doing both the required and the pattern I had made.

After the Horsemanship, came the Private Interview and Written Test. I loved this time because this was where you could show your best personality and really get to know the judges. I had a lot of fun with all three judges, who were Raylah Holm, Lucy Rector, and Julie Singer. I enjoyed my conversations with them and had a lot of fun. The test was pretty simple for me, but that's what studying does for you. I loved my outfit, green with pink flowers.

That Night, was the first night of the Santiam Canyon Stampede Rodeo. Riding with the rodeo queens in a run in was so much fun. We also had fun gathering donations for the Breast Cancer Society. It was a lot of fun to see us all in pink supporting the Tough Enough To Wear Pink.

The next morning I got ready for the Cowboy Breakfast. It was so delicious and lots of people were there to enjoy the food. After the breakfast we had pictures with the firefighters, the queens,the judges, and the fire truck.

Then, we had to get ready for the speech and modeling part of the peagent. I had on a teal dress and had so much fun modeling and speaking in front of the people and judges. Everyone did so well on their speeches on what they thought of Oregon. It was a blast!

After that, we had our luncheon and mock T.V. interview with Jim Haynes. He was so nice and it was easy to talk with him. The camera was bright and the people were sweet, it was very cozy too.

After all of that, we did autograph signing and walked around 'till the time came, for the queens to be anounced. We jumped into a beautiful white truck and waved our hands smiling at everybody in the crowds. They announced the Teen Miss first and Stephenie had won! I was so excited, they announced me as winning the Horsemanship, Personality, Photogenic, Appearance, and the 2009 Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon! I was so excited and joyful to have the honor of being your queen.

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