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Andie's January Blog

I still can’t believe I’m actually Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen! But I must say, each day it’s beginning to sink in more and more. I have a big month ahead of me though, and for that fact an even bigger year! I am so excited for this upcoming year. I can’t just forget about the past three months though. On September 19, 2009 I was crowned Miss Atlantic Shore Outstanding Teen. The “Shore Family” helped me a great deal to get ready, and I owe them a huge thanks, especially to Tony Patrizzi, my old director. You were the best first Outstanding Teen director I could’ve asked for, thank you for everything.
Also, thanks to everyone who helped make the NJOT pageant as great as it was. Joan I am truly excited to be your girl and spend this next year with you. You did an awesome job putting together the pageant! Lou and Sil, you are two of the most dedicated and supportive people I know. You both really go out of your way to make each girl feel special. Trish and Mike Dowling, thank you for your generosity of donating our opening number dresses. They’re adorable! And a huge thanks to all of the volunteers and hostesses who helped make everything “behind the scenes” possible. All the contestants were so great back stage. I have to say they are the funniest and most talented group of girls I know.
While we are talking about amazing girls, I am so excited to have Ashley as a big sister. Ever since she was crowned Miss Columbus Day I knew there was something special about her. Some friends and family came over just last night to watch the Miss America pageant. She looked beautiful and I can’t wait to hear about it when she comes back.

This past month was great. The day after the pageant my family and I stayed in our pajamas the WHOLE ENTIRE DAY! I know it’s crazy. The following weekend my dance studio finally had our performance of The Nutcracker. (It had gotten cancelled due to the snow storm we had in December.) Although it was delayed, it still was awesome and tons of fun. Richard actually came and took some pictures between the shows and it was a blast, but more about that later.

Another project I just started was Shoes2Share. This is an organization that was founded by a family who was two adopted children from Haiti. What they do is collect gently used shoes and send them to Haiti. After the earthquake, help in Haiti is needed even more! So I started a collection to send to Shoes2Share to help. This ties into my platform of going green great, because it promotes the reuse “R” or the “3Rs” of the environment (reduce, reuse & recycle). If you would be interested in making any donations please let me know!

So again I’m thrilled to be your sixth Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen. The past NJOTs left me HUGE shoes to fill, and I look up to each one of them as a role model. Two of them, Brenna and Katharyn came from my very own dance studio, Tricia Sloan Dance Center. Brenna passing down the crown to me gave us the “three-peat” we had been hoping for. Like I mentioned before Richard came to our Nutcracker performance and took pictures of Katharyn, Brenna, and me all in tutus with our dance teacher Miss Tricia. I owe another big thanks to Miss Tricia and Miss Patty for all the advice and support they provided me with.
Wow! I can’t believe I just wrote my first blog! I hope to see everyone soon.

With Love,

Andie

Green Suggestion: First read Green Chic by Christie Matheson, it’s definitely an eye-opener.

Quote of the Month: “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” (Paul Valery.)

-Being able to compete in pageants is a dream come true to me; winning Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen is like living the dream. So always follow your heart and chase after your dreams, anything is possible.

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