This past weekend was extremely tiring as well as exciting! I drove to San Antonio to compete with 68 other extraordinary ladies in the Miss Texas International pageant. This pageant combines 3 divisions including Teen, Miss, and Mrs. On the Friday that I arrived we had orientation, where I got to meet several of the other contestants. All of us were from different areas of Texas, it was really interesting to see where everyone else was from and hear their own personal stories. The International pageant system in known for being platform based, so it was inspiring to hear about each lady's individual platform that it close to each of their hearts. On Saturday we had our personal interviews in the morning one on one with the judges. 
I was so honored to meet Miss International 2008, Janya Altman, she was one of the five judges! After the interviews we all piled into a Hummer limo and rode to the Riverwalk Mall, where we signed autographs and took the riverboat tour. Afterwards we went to dinner at Augie's Barbed Wire Smokehouse. Then Sunday was the big competition day! We had rehearsals all morning and the pageant started at 5:00 with on-stage interviews. At the end of the night, awards were presented and I was so honored to receive the Miss Congeniality award (just like the movie, I was in San Antonio!!) since it was voted on by all the other contestants on who they felt displayed the true feeling of pageantry over the weekend. :) I also won the Community Service Award, Fitness Award, Evening Gown Award, Fashion Wear Award, and the top title of Miss Texas International!! I am so honored to be representing the great state of Texas in the upcoming Miss International Pageant July 24th and 25th in Chicago!!
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