Pageant Week Day 2

Miss Minnesota Pageant Week Day 2 Update:

After a somewhat restless night I woke up bright and early at 6:00am. I was able to squeeze in an early workout and skim some current events before we were loaded into stretch limos and whisked off to our daily activities. 

We started our day with a visit to Gillette Children's Hospital, our Children's Miracle Network hospital here in Minnesota. He had the pleasure of listening to the parents of Minnesota's CMN Champion Michael who was born with Apert syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects limb development. This family's story was so touching and Michael was such a joy to meet, he was a happy, silly and bursting with energy and life just like any other nine-year-old! For me its moments like these that are the most worthwhile. I want to thank everyone who has ever donated to CMN and had generously helped families like Michaels. 

Photo Credit: Sarah Morriem Photography

For more information on Michael and other CMN Champions please visit http://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/About/Champions/2014/MN

After a tour of the facility and some fun times interacting with the kids in the waiting room, we left Gillette and were back to the hotel for a full afternoon of rehearsing our opening number routine. 

Tonight we got to loosen up and have lots of fun at a St. Paul Saints baseball game! We sat along the third base line and had a great view. On our way back from the game we had an impromptu dance party/sing-along on the bus, even our chaperones and board members joined in on this lighthearted fun, this was the perfect end to our day, lots of bonding and lots of laughs!

Fargo Moorhead Ladies

Photo Credit: Sarah Morriem Photography

Sweet Dreams all! Until tomorrow.

Maren Goff 

Miss Moorhead 2013

Pageant Week Day 1

Hey there friends, family, fans, and anyone else who may stumble upon this! Its that time of year again…The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant is once again in full swing and 25 contestants from all corners of the state have come together to vie for the coveted title of Miss Minnesota 2014! For the past year I have had the privilege of representing Moorhead, Minnesota my lovely college town (GO DRAGONS!) and as the week progresses I will be blogging brief pageant week updates to keep everyone in the loop! Wish me luck! 

Miss Minnesota Pageant Week Day 1 Update:  

Today was check-in day, after arriving at our lovely sponsored hotel I was able to get settled into my surprisingly spacious room. After catching up with my roommate Miss Northwest, Chantal Wilson and all of the other great gals we made a quick wardrobe change into something more casual for a night of fun at Mall of America! During our tour of Barbie's Dream House I was tempted to stay; it truly was every little girls dreams…and most twenty-somethings if we're being completely honest. Now that my inner eight-year-old had began to surface MOA decided to fuel that fire just a little more by presenting us with wristbands for Nickelodeon Universe! I was plummeted to the ocean floor on the Spongebob roller coaster, whipped around on the Avatar ride and myself and a few others even braved the Log Chute. Lucky for us we emerged nearly completely dry, with the exception of a few drops. We wrapped up our night with a great meal, games and bowling at Skydeck! In true pageant fashion we were even able to catch some of the Miss USA pageant on tv while bowling, I think the glitz and glam got us all a little more excited for the week ahead.

Check-in!

Five lovely Brainerd ladies competing and Miss Minnesota 2013...Also from Brainerd!

See you tomorrow and make sure to check out the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant facebook for more great photos from our photographer Sarah Morriem!

Maren Goff

Miss Moorhead 2013