Miss America

Miss America is just around the corner!! All of the AMAZING young women competing are putting the finishing touches on there wardrobes, cramming in some time at the gym pumping iron, and ultimately relishing in the fact that they could very well be the next MISS AMERICA!!!

In reflecting back on my preparation for Miss Ohio I think I really lacked something. Satisfaction. Every day we push ourselves to do bigger and better things. But, do we really ever reflect back and think "Wow I have accomplished so much and I am only ___ years old?" Well folks I don't think I have yet. So this post is dedicated to all of the women who truly need to reflect back on how far that they have come. For me, its inspiring to do things that I would have never dreamed about in my entire life. Running a marathon for instance. Well the full marathon may just have to wait.... I am running the Flying Pig Half Marathon this May!! Right now I'm excited but I still now that it will be months of waking up early, pushing through the pain, and possibly a few tears along the way. But I would not be the person that I am today if I failed to push myself. So here goes....

Please bear with me as I have a little ADD so to speak. Many times pageant contestants are portrayed to be "perfect." Well I am far from perfect but would not have it any other way. G-d created me this way for a reason. My flaws add character and who really wants to be the same as everyone else? When ever I would get frustrated with myself and wish that I could be something else, my mother would say to me if you were like _____, then the world would be a pretty boring place. It's about looking at the world and simply marveling at it. This is why I love Miss Vermont, Caroline Bright. She, to me, is the perfect titleholder because she is REAL. People can relate to her and in speaking with her, they figure out that beauty queens are real people too. To me, the perfect titleholder is someone who you can sit down with and have brunch with totally relate to them. This is why I always try to embody the title holder I want to be and if I don't win the crown- so what life goes on. I'm sure that some in pageant world would argue that what I am writing is absurd and that you should always be the "yes" girl who agrees with everything someone says. To an extent, thats true, but I want to be the girl that can have an insightful conversation with you; listen to your opinion and tell you mine so that we can both grow and learn about something. At the end of the day we may not see eye to eye on the issue but yet we both have learned a little something about each other in the process.

So heres to the REAL girl inside of us all,

Anna

PS. Take a moment to be in awe of yourself- because you've earned it:)







My favorite Miss America and my inspiration- Heather French.