many people ask what is so great about pageants, all they are are beauty contests... well that is not true.
many of the pageant programs are mentoring programs, younger girls have older ones to look up to, and learn from.
in the Miss America/Miss IL system the girls in the Miss and Teen division require a platform and the preteens have a community service or platform.
Also with the Miss IL system one of the main community programs for which they fundraise is the Children's Miracle Network. All Miss contestants are required to fundraise for that program.
Sheridan's platform this year was fundraising for the food pantry. We like to go to the local church every third Saturday of the month and sort the food and hand it out. this is an outside program/pantry and no matter the weather we are out there. we also donate to the LIbertyville Township pantry as well as the Beth Am synogogue pantry where we participate yearly in the Stamp Out Hunger event in the fall. we sponsor queens to join us with NISP every year for that one.
The nice thing about the pageant systems, weather the Miss IL system or feeder pageant systems or the NISP, Northern Illinois Scholarship Program, or American Coed, NAM or many others, the girls all give back by donating time to community service events. The need to help out is engrained with these girls at a young age and they do it generously and give back often and have fun while helping others.
Sheridan has done a Lyme diseas walk, many cancer walks, whether walking around and having gathered/raised money, or volunteering handing out Gatorade for a marathon or handing out food at a pantry.
So therefore, another reason to be in pageants is to learn the community service part of volunteering.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Princesses are Almost Perfect Event with Miss IL and Preteen Miss Chicago
Today Sheridan was lucky enough to spend an hour with Miss IL Hannah Smith at an event hosted by the Glenview Public Library at the Book Mart located in The Glen, in Glenview, IL
A number of girls, about 20, 3-6 year olds signed up for this event through the library. Hannah, Miss IL and Sheridan, Miss Chicago Outstanding Preteen, each read a book to the little girls. Before reading the girls all got to decorate a crown to wear, a nice art project. After reading they could ask questions and both Hannah and Sheridan spoke to the girls.
Next they moved to a table for signature cards, gave autographs and took photos with the girls both before and after.
The girls were very cute, many dressed up in princess costumes or outfits, lots of pink.
Miss IL Hannah and Cara Kokenes, our Miss Chicago Director
Cara the Miss Chicago Director brought flyers about the program and Hannah made sure to speak about the program, the Miss Chicago event and about the princess program, hoping some girls would consider signing up for it in the future and looking for a great mentoring program.
A number of girls, about 20, 3-6 year olds signed up for this event through the library. Hannah, Miss IL and Sheridan, Miss Chicago Outstanding Preteen, each read a book to the little girls. Before reading the girls all got to decorate a crown to wear, a nice art project. After reading they could ask questions and both Hannah and Sheridan spoke to the girls.
Next they moved to a table for signature cards, gave autographs and took photos with the girls both before and after.
The girls were very cute, many dressed up in princess costumes or outfits, lots of pink.
Miss IL Hannah and Cara Kokenes, our Miss Chicago Director
Cara the Miss Chicago Director brought flyers about the program and Hannah made sure to speak about the program, the Miss Chicago event and about the princess program, hoping some girls would consider signing up for it in the future and looking for a great mentoring program.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Children's Miracle Network Fundraising with Miss IL Hannah Smith
Miss Huntley director and teen queen and Hannah and her friends and BF and Sheridan
Sheridan was fortunate enough to be invited to join our new Miss IL, Hannah Smith to help at a fundraiser at Culvers in Carpentersville, IL last weekend, Saturday the 27th of August.
Sheridan knows Hannah Smith Miss IL 2011 because Hannah was one of the Miss Queens from the Miss Chicago/Windy City pageant where Sheridan holds the title of Miss Chicago Outstanding Preteen 2010. Hannah was the Windy City queen until she won at Miss IL competition at the end of June beginning of July 2011.
Then Hannah was kind enough to send us a note saying Sheridna will alway be her preteen.
Hannah and Sheridan
they had a great night together signing autograph cards and raising money for CMN
Miss IL is great system promoting community service and charity, scholarship, and mentoring.
Hannah and Sheridan
Sparkling Beauties Luau Pageant
Last weekend was the Sparkling Beauties Luau Pageant.
the Director is Melissa, she is great, i think very fair
this pageant consisted of beauty and outfit of choice OOC and then an optional of talent and two photogenic optionals, once glitz and one natural. Pictures are submitted a certain date before the pageant to be judged.
there were 19 girls competing. The higher titles to win are Grand Supreme; Mini Supreme; Talent Supreme; Most Beautiful; Best photo natural and Best photo glitz and then each division has a division queen and if you win none of that you are a princess. everyone leaves with a crown, only queens and higher titles get sashes as well. If you participate in optionals you can be double or multiple crowned, or at least multiple sashes and trophies.
there are also mini optionals at the door, best eyes, best smile, personality, and two others.
Sparkling Beauty pageants are semi glitz,so you can wear make up, not sure if you can wear flippers and hair pieces, but her rules tell you. She has a pageant every month or two.
This one was held at the DoubleTree hotel in Mundelein, a hop, skip, and jump from where I live.
On pageant day last weekend Sam rolled Sheridan's hair at home and I went and checked in and then i went to pick up our friends whose daughter was crowning, from the Libertyville Train station.
We got to spend time with our friend Alison who is 9 and was competing (she is in NISP with Sheridan) and her mom Jodi, and then our friend Mia was crowning and so was our friend Kassie P.
Sheridan was amazing. But it was a tough competition. Her division was originally 11-14 but because there were 8 girls in this division they split it to 11-12 and 13-14. Our friend Francine was competing, she is 13 and amazing. She can dance ballet, pointe so amazingly and i dont even like ballet, but when she dances it, you cant help to enjoy. Her mom makes her costumes and does a fabulous job.
Last time Sheridan and Francine competed was a Sparkling Beauties Snow Pageant and Sheridan won Talent in that one and won Mini Supreme and Frances won Supreme.
Frannie and Sheridan in Outfit of Choice
In this pageant, Frances again won Grand Supreme and Sheridan won Mini Supreme, but sheridan also won Talent, (she and Frances were tied and they broke the tie with the facial beauty score and sheridan won). Sheridan also won best Natural photo and then in her division one personality and smile.
Sheridan with all her awards and crown
Very Exciting and fun day.
after the pageant they all came and hung out at the house before Sheridan had to go to a fund raising event and I had a family party to attend.
the Director is Melissa, she is great, i think very fair
this pageant consisted of beauty and outfit of choice OOC and then an optional of talent and two photogenic optionals, once glitz and one natural. Pictures are submitted a certain date before the pageant to be judged.
there were 19 girls competing. The higher titles to win are Grand Supreme; Mini Supreme; Talent Supreme; Most Beautiful; Best photo natural and Best photo glitz and then each division has a division queen and if you win none of that you are a princess. everyone leaves with a crown, only queens and higher titles get sashes as well. If you participate in optionals you can be double or multiple crowned, or at least multiple sashes and trophies.
there are also mini optionals at the door, best eyes, best smile, personality, and two others.
Sparkling Beauty pageants are semi glitz,so you can wear make up, not sure if you can wear flippers and hair pieces, but her rules tell you. She has a pageant every month or two.
This one was held at the DoubleTree hotel in Mundelein, a hop, skip, and jump from where I live.
On pageant day last weekend Sam rolled Sheridan's hair at home and I went and checked in and then i went to pick up our friends whose daughter was crowning, from the Libertyville Train station.
We got to spend time with our friend Alison who is 9 and was competing (she is in NISP with Sheridan) and her mom Jodi, and then our friend Mia was crowning and so was our friend Kassie P.
Sheridan was amazing. But it was a tough competition. Her division was originally 11-14 but because there were 8 girls in this division they split it to 11-12 and 13-14. Our friend Francine was competing, she is 13 and amazing. She can dance ballet, pointe so amazingly and i dont even like ballet, but when she dances it, you cant help to enjoy. Her mom makes her costumes and does a fabulous job.
Last time Sheridan and Francine competed was a Sparkling Beauties Snow Pageant and Sheridan won Talent in that one and won Mini Supreme and Frances won Supreme.
Frannie and Sheridan in Outfit of Choice
In this pageant, Frances again won Grand Supreme and Sheridan won Mini Supreme, but sheridan also won Talent, (she and Frances were tied and they broke the tie with the facial beauty score and sheridan won). Sheridan also won best Natural photo and then in her division one personality and smile.
Sheridan with all her awards and crown
Very Exciting and fun day.
after the pageant they all came and hung out at the house before Sheridan had to go to a fund raising event and I had a family party to attend.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Lake County Fair and democrats
come to the lake county fair and visit the lake county fair booth and see what they are up to. There is also the county clerk booth and you can see all the redistricting too.
Libertyville Township Meeting
Tomorrow is the LIbertyville Township meeting at township office at 7pm. Come see what the township is working on.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Miss IL Oustanding Preteen Photo contest
hi All, please vote for my daughter Sheridan Hurtig for Miss IL Oustanding PreTeen most photogenic.
here is the link
http://www.missillinois.org/preteen/photogenic.html
She is the last one of the pictures.
you vote at the top of the page. You can vote one time per IP Address. please vote for Sheridan and have your friends vote too.
the Contest is based 50% on the most votes and 50% on the judges choosing the best photo.
Here is the photo to look for;
here is the link
http://www.missillinois.org/preteen/photogenic.html
She is the last one of the pictures.
you vote at the top of the page. You can vote one time per IP Address. please vote for Sheridan and have your friends vote too.
the Contest is based 50% on the most votes and 50% on the judges choosing the best photo.
Here is the photo to look for;
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