Category Archives: Pageants

For those of you who are not from the Spokane area, you may not know a lot about the Lilac Festival, and until this last week I would have been one of those people. However, this last week I was able to experience all things Lilac Festival, and I think it’s safe to say IContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Lilac Festival”

“In every version of the Declaration of Independence, there was always the words ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said Christopher Gardner, author of “The Pursuit of Happyness,” during his presentation on Monday. Gardner spoke at the Women Helping Women Luncheon at the Spokane Convention Center, in which I was able to attend. TheContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Pursuit of Happyness”

This past weekend, 19 other women and I gathered in Renton, Washington for the annual Spring Forum. This, for those of you who don’t know, is the weekend in which all of the contestants get to know each other a little more, learn more about the organization, find out contestant numbers and then find outContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Forum”

Purple Ribbon Gala April 6 What a wonderful evening I had tonight. The Miss Spokane Scholarship Organization and I attended the Purple Ribbon Gala for W.H.E, or Women’s Healing and Empowerment Network. The court and I’s task for the evening was to greet the attendees as they came in and show them to their seats.ContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The change”

On Tuesday, March 4 I visited IHOP for National Pancake Day. On this day, guests could eat a short stack of pancakes for free. In addition, they were asked to donate to Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). CMN is the national platform for the Miss America Organization, and strives to complete two goals. 1) Distribute fundsContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Youth”

Within the last week, I had my first photo shoot and first official appearance as Miss Spokane. On Saturday morning, Elaina ( Miss Spokane’s Outstanding Teen)  and I showed up to the place where we had been crowned just two weeks prior for the our photo shoot. Thanks to Rocky Castaneda, James and Kathy MangisContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Glitz”

Well, it has been just over a week since I was crowned Miss Spokane. Since then, my mind has been racing with ideas for my upcoming year and already preparing for Miss Washington in July. I am excited to say that I have several appearances scheduled for the next couple of weeks, that I cannotContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Beginning”

And your new Miss Spokane is…contestant #7 Kailee Dunn! I am so incredibly honored and blessed to represent Spokane, as Miss Spokane 2014! I know I have an amazing year ahead of me and I look forward to all of friendships I will build. Thank you so much to everyone who supported me and IContinueContinue reading “Miss Spokane Monday: The Crowning”