miss orem.

family, friends, dogs, cats, cousins, roommate, and all living humans:

first. i want to thank you all for your support throughout all my life in clogging, school, and so so many other things. i've gotten so far in my life and had so many opportunities because of the amazing support system i have. i am truly blessed and beyond grateful for that.

next. i would like to ask you all a favor. i am running for miss orem. i know i know who would have thought? i didn't think i would be doing this either but i am and its been an incredible journey. my favor is this. i need votes! it is a dollar per vote and you can give as many votes as you want! all the money collected is put toward the scholarships given to the royalty. but i want to tell you first what i am doing for miss orem and what i hope to get out of it to make your vote seem a little more meaningful.

1. how did you come across doing miss orem?

well you see first i was trying to decide what i wanted to do with my life. you see, like most girls in the LDS church, after i heard about the mission change my whole plan of what i thought was a perfect idea for my future i wasn't sure what to do. i was praying, asking my parents for their advice, praying, and praying to know what to do. after weeks of doing this without really getting an answer i had a project that i was doing for a class where i needed to look up something in orem. so i googled orem. miss orem came up and i clicked on it and well felt really good about it. so i started the application and i am so glad i did.

2. what am doing now that i am in the runnins?

well you see a pageant is a lot more work than i thought. i have had to become very informed of government happenings, political stances, strong opinions, and if you know me you know that i was never really into that kind of thing and just tried to be a god citizen. but after practicing interview questions with family, friends, and sometimes even random strangers i have really had to think fast and step out of my comfort zone. i'm growing so much from it though and enjoying it a lot.

3. what is my platform?

first the platform is something you do service and get involved in the community with. its something that you think the community would benefit from and something you feel is important. so i chose aware to care: suicide prevention. i have had to do a lot of research and it has really opened my eyes and become something so important to me. i have never wanted to help people so much and i feel i have become so much more aware of those around me and doing little things that i feel may make a difference to someone. i just started volunteering at the utah county crisis hotline and holy moly. what an incredible thing! i have come to love volunteering and reaching out to others and i want to share that with others! i want people to realize that it is little things like saying hello, thank you, commenting on a picture, reaching out, and just being nice. to everyone. just think. by coming all together with this i believe together we can make a huge difference. i know this subject is hard and to many of you its been a daily challenge. i wanted to do something to maybe try and help and i think spreading awareness holds hope.

so mostly here is why i am doing it. though becoming queen would be an amazing opportunity, i love all that i have learned a long the way no matter what i place. i want to spread the love i have found to serving and reaching out to everyone and how blessed i feel to live where i live. i have been raised in orem and served my community but most of all i have been served by so many and want to give back.

whether you live in orem or not, i would still really appreciate you vote. so here is how you do it:

first go to missorem.com 
next click on peoples choice award
next scroll to my picture and hit add to cart.
here you can put in however many votes you want.
like i said, each vote is $1 and all money goes to the scholarships given out.

thank you again for reading and supporting me! i hope you all find a little way to try and reach out to those around you. it just takes something little. and really you're vote really counts.

thank you all again! much love.