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Show ' '-,Vf. - -,. ' '.', - ",---'v ,. (J.k j. v , b . t- -V ,,(: '- t. -v I . S ' , V. j-r, 4 ,..., , , ... ...... Is if ; ? i i ' j Mevv 20 Awj Pleasant Grove and her royalty. From left to right: Fourth Attendant Rachel Cannon, Third Attendant Kaylie McGee, Miss Pleasant Grove Stephanie Acerson, First Attendant Tate Stewart Chester, and Second Attendant McKinzie Taylor. , J rhoto courtesy oj Lalvm Walker by Angela Walker Stephanie Acerson, age 17, the daughter of Jeff and Karen Acerson of Lindon, was crowned the 2014 Miss Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove at the scholarship pageant held Saturday, March 15. Stephanie expressed her feelings, "This is an amazing opportunity to serve and I am excited." Stephanie will receive a $3,000 scholarship and each of her attendants will also receive re-ceive scholarships. First Attendant Atten-dant Tate Stewart Chester was awarded $1,500, Second Attendant At-tendant McKinzie Taylor, $900; Third Attendant Kaylie McGee, $500; and Fourth Attendant Rachel Ra-chel Cannon, $300. The auditorium was packed in support of the 16 beautiful beauti-ful contestants who competed. The other contestants were McKenzie Tomlinson, Kirsten Goodman, Phoebe Brimhall, Lillian Evans, Lacey Osborne, Alex Bullock, Jessica Mathe-son, Mathe-son, Brittney Beagley, Micaela Johnson, Talia Ruth, and Beth Farley. The evening began with Ellie Rasmussen, with Vivid Vocal, singirig our National Anthem. An-them. Strawberry Days Committee Commit-tee Member Betty Memmot announced an-nounced Steve and Jeff Alfred, owners of Allred's Ace Hardware Hard-ware in Pleasant Grove and Highland, as the Grand Marshals Mar-shals for the 2014 Strawberry Days. Steve stated that he and Jeff thought the honor always goes to "older people". He and Jeff looked in the mirror and realized they were "the older people". With the Celtic theme "Ever After", the contestants performed their opening number, num-ber, introducing themselves and stating what their "Ever After" is. With Lauren Wilson as the Mistress of Ceremonies and the crowd favorite Sam Beeson as Master of Ceremonies, the pageant pag-eant moved along well thanks to the "one clap" throughout the evening. Sam entertained the audience by trying to teach them how to throw their voice and he pulled out a few sweet breakdance moves from the 80's. "Miss PG" continued on Page 3 "Miss PG" continued from Page 1 of the Pageant Award and McK-inzie McK-inzie Taylor earned the Miracle Maker Award for raising the most money for the Children's Miracle Network. The non-finalist awards were Lillian Evans, Artistic Expression in Talent; Jessica Matheson, Private Interview; Lacey Osborne, Presence and Poise in Evening Wear; and Beth Farley, Physical Fitness in Swimwear. As is tradition, Mayor Michael Mi-chael Daniels was on hand to announce the new 2014 royalty. roy-alty. The Miss Pleasant Grove Pageant began in 1920 and 93 young women have received the title Miss Pleasant Grove. Lauren shared her platform on "Suicide Awareness and Prevention Pre-vention Among Teens." After losing her best friend to suicide, Lauren has become passionate on educating teenagers on suicide. sui-cide. "Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem," prob-lem," she stated. The 'contestants were judged on Physical Fitness in Swimwear, On Stage Interview, Inter-view, and Artistic Expression in Talent, Presence and Poise in Evening Wear, and each had an interview with the judges earlier ear-lier in the day where they were judged on their platform, current cur-rent events, and general knowledge. knowl-edge. - Each contestant chooses a young lady between the ages of 4 and 7 to be their Little Miss. The Little Misses stole the show as they performed their own number to "Rise and Shine" and modeled with the contestants during the evening wear portion of the competition. After 2013 Miss Pleasant Grove Lauren Wilson's farewell, fare-well, the presentation of awards proceeded. The Ticket Award, $100, was given to McKenzie Tomlinson, Kaylie McGee received re-ceived the Platform Award and $100 for her platform "Be a Buddy, Not a Bully". IMttney Beagley was voted on by the contestants to receive the Spirit |
