RSS Feed
|
|||||
|
Mill Basin Teen’s A Finalist In State Pageant
Miss Alyse Yolanda Brandt, age 14, daughter of Pauline Spinelli-Brandt of East 65th Street, has been selected as a state finalist in the Miss New York American Jr. Teen Pageant to be held August 5-6 at the New York Marriott at the World Trade Center. The pageant is for girls ages 13 through 15 with the winner receiving a $1,000 cash award, an official crown and banner, a bouquet of roses and air transportation to compete in the national pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida. Other pageants are held for the state to include girls of other ages. Thousands of dollars in cash awards, scholarships, trophies and prizes will be awarded during the state pageant weekend. According to pageant officials, since 1983 the Miss American Coed Pageant System has awarded more than ten million dollars in scholarships and awards to deserving young ladies. All activities are age-appropriate and family-oriented. The pageants are for "Tomorrow’s Leaders." They are open to girls with goals and dreams based on inner beauty, as well as poise, presentation and an "All American spirit for family, fun and friends." Emphasis is placed on the importance of gaining self confidence, learning new skills, learning good attitudes about competition and setting and achieving personal goals. The pageant seeks to recognize the accomplishments of each girl while encouraging her to set goals for the future. Along with competing for the standard pageant awards, Alyse will also be competing for the talent, modeling and most photogenic categories of the pageant. Brandt who lives in Mill Basin, graduated from St. Bernard’s School in June and will be attending St. Edmund’s Preparatory High School in September. She is very interested in the performing arts and has been dancing since age 2 — most recently at ‘Take a Bow Performing Arts Center’ in Bergen Beach — and also takes voice lessons. The young lady is grateful her mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, the Serrantonio family and the Graziano family, as well as the generous sponsors who are making this event possible for her.
|
for larger version       |
||||
