LA MESA RESIDENT TO PASS ON 'OUTSTANDING TEEN' TITLE: PAGEANT APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR MISS SAN DIEGO

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November 19, 2011 (La Mesa) -- Danamarie McNicholl-Carter is not your average La Mesa teenager.  Besides being an honor student and athlete at the Academy of Our Lady of Peace, she spends her spare time playing the piano and volunteering in her community.
 
Last year the Miss San Diego Pageant took notice and McNicholl-Carter was awarded the title of "San Diego's Outstanding Teen."McNicholl-Carter has spent the past year raising money and awareness for the San Diego Adaptive Sports Foundation.  Thanks to her efforts she helped send 15 kids to summer camp where the sports programs are adapted for those in wheelchairs.

As the 2012 pageant approaches and her reign comes to an, end McNicholl-Carter says it's only the beginning. "I have met so many amazing people volunteering with the San Diego Adaptive Sports Foundation. Just because the title is ending does not mean that my service must end,"says McNicholl-Carter. "I am also going to take the scholarship money I have earned by participating in the pageant and put it towards college."

McNicholl-Carter placed fourth runner up at the California's Outstanding Teen pageant last year and plans to run again to give the state crown another shot.  McNicholl-Carter, a former Miss Teen La Mesa, is not the only La Mesan to have luck in the Miss San Diego Pageant.  Miss La Mesa 2000, Alexandra Stathoulis Kuty, now director of the Miss La Mesa Pageant, was Miss San Diego in 2002.  Former Miss La Mesa's Erynne Grecco (2010) and Stephanie Packard (2009) also placed as runner ups in the past two Miss San Diego contests respectively.

On Sunday, January 22,  the Miss San Diego Pageant and Scholarship Association will hold the 2012 Miss San Diego Pageant at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.  The pageant is seeking talented women ages 13-24 to participate in a program that has been a San Diego tradition since the late 1920's and is an outstanding scholarship provider for young women. More than $4,000.00 in scholarships will be awarded as Miss San Diego 2012 and San Diego's Outstanding Teen 2012 will be crowned.

McNicholl-Carter says, "I am looking forward to passing on the crown and the title to another young woman so she can have the same opportunities to get involved with the community as I did.  I would be great if she was from La Mesa or the East County.  There is a lot of talent in this part of the county and I hope girls will jump at this opportunity."

The contestants will be scored on personal interview, talent, swimsuit (sportswear for teens contestants), evening gown and an on stage question.Winners will receive the once in a lifetime opportunity to serve as San Diego's official hostess.  They will also spend the year promoting their platform and will move on to compete in the 2012 Miss California Pageant, the official preliminary to Miss America.

Those interested in competing in 2012 Miss San Diego or Miss La Mesa pageants should visit www.MissSanDiego.org for more information or email Alex@4pointsevents.com.


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