See you at the Miss. Ohio stage!

This last Thursday night, I was honored to attend a send off party to the Miss. Ohio stage. The pageant is less than one month away! I can't believe it!!!!!! At the send off party, Miss. North Central Ohio, Ohio River, Mansfield, North Central Ohio's Outstanding Teen (me ;) ), Richland Country Outstanding Teen, were all at attendance at this dinner. The food was amazing! So yummy!! I ate way too much! I took my friend Emily and my mom with me to the dinner which was a great idea! It was so much fun to have them around!

Our director Laura with the girls at the dinner 

My rock, my mom :) Love you Mom! Thanks
for coming!

After dinner, Miss. Mansfield sang to the crowd. She did such a beautiful job! Then my sister crown Miss. North Central Ohio sang to the group as well. My director Laura kept asking me if I wanted to sing and preform as well, but I wasn't quite ready yet! Plus, I want my performance to be a surprise to everyone! 

Finally Em made a picture appearance!

All of us together!

Miss. Richland Country, Abigail, It was great
to see her!

The night was fantastic, full of laughs and good times. I can't wait to be on the Miss. Ohio stage this summer!

It's a Greek-fest

This last weekend, there was a Greek-Fest down in Mansfield for the pageant girls to come down to. At the bowl-a-thon, I bowled terribly!! Not the lowest score there, but definitely not putting bowling as my talent for the pageant!! After everyone was done bowling, we had an amazing Greek dinner and then learned a Greek dance. It took me a minute to get good at the dance, but it was really fun to learn about a different culture!
One of my favorite things to do it learn about different cultures, I love the history and the uniqueness of each culture. I think it's really important for everyone to learn about the different cultures, because it might actually give everyone a better understanding of who we are around. Being Miss. North Central Ohio's Outstanding Teen, it's really important that I know a lot about the different cultures and understand everyone else's.
Next time you have a chance, ask someone about their culture and listen to them tell you all about what makes them unique.


(I'll add some photo's soon!!)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's day to all the mom's out there! I am so thankful for my mom and everything she does for me. She is my rock and I'm not sure what I would do with out her! One of my favorite saying's is this one :

I truly believe this saying above, I believe that God spends the time every day to choose the mom for you, every mom is special to everyone.  I want everyone to take a second out of their day, everyday, to tell their mom they love them. One day, before you know it, you won't be able to. cherish everyday you have together and be thankful for your own mom.

Here is to the best mom in the world
I love you with all my heart mom.
I thank God everyday I get to share
with you.

 No matter what your story is, wether you are adopted or biological, everyone has a mom, some people in the world are lucky to have more than one. Remember to thank your mom for everything and it really never hurts to hear I love you.  As a final note, I want to say to my mom : "I love you so much and I can never thank you enough for all you do for me!" 

Welcome to Miss.Ontario, Miss. North Central Ohio's Outstanding Teen

This last Saturday I had the opportunity to preform my Miss. Ohio's talent on stage. I played a piano arrangement that I have been practicing with my piano teacher.

You'll have to wait till after the pageant so I can post a video of me playing. I attached my piano performance from the Miss. Mansfield's Outstanding Teen pageant that I preformed. Since then, I have changed the song and have been practicing like crazy!!

Watch my video here!

MaryKay all the Way!

With the June pageant coming up so quickly, I am ALWAYS looking for some new make-up/appearance advice. I am so lucky to have some close to help me out!! My piano and voice teacher Sharla sells MaryKay, so we set up a "party". It was very last minute so all who could make it was my friend Emily. Sneaky her, she managed to dodge all photos!! Anyway, Sharla came over to show us new products from MaryKay. It was so much fun to learn about all the MaryKay products!

The before photo! Of course the crown and sash were
necessary! Hello, I am Miss. North Central Ohio's
Outstanding Teen!

Sharla and I!

I love all of these MaryKay products! 

                                             

                                                            It takes work to be Miss. North Central
                                           Ohio's Outstanding Teen!

If you want to get in touch about how to host a MaryKay party or are interested in buying some MaryKay products, please contact me! You can follow me on Twitter at -@MissNCOOT or follow my Facebook page - Miss. North Central Ohio's Outstanding Teen. You can also e-mail me at melanie.drews396@yahoo.com

Family is so Important

Sitting here on a rainy cold day, I want to make sure everyone appreciates their family. Families are the biggest support systems around and I am lucky to have an amazing one. I thank God everyday for the amazing family he has blessed me with. We have struggled together and came out even stronger. Take a minute today to tell your family that you love them.

I love you guys! 

An Unofficial Appearance "Post-Secret"

For those of you who follow Post Secret you know what it is about, and no, I wasn't part of this event, but I was lucky enough to be able to go to the most recent Post Secret event at CSU this last week. For those of you who don't know what Post Secret is, let me tell you!
Post Secret started with one man named Frank Warren. He encourages people to send in their secrets anonymously where he post them on his website. To visit his website click here There is more information about him and his message on his site.

I have been following Post Secret now for a couple years and have always wanted to go to one of his events! Finally he came close enough for me to go!! It was such a treat to be able to hear him speak!! Since I had never been to one of his events, or even seen on online, I had NO idea what to expect! I could not believe the crowd that was there as well! The show was sold out, so I knew it was going to be good!

Frank Warren sharing some of his favorite secretes
with everyone

After the show, we were lucky enough to actually get books and tickets signed by Frank himself. It was so awesome that he stayed and signed everything for everyone! That is something I really admired about him! He seemed really excited when I told him I was Miss. North Central Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2012!

Here are some of the things I got Frank to sign for me

One of the reasons I love Post Secret is because I love the message from it. Post Secret has a strong message on that everyone has secrets, both good and bad. If we all keep things inside and don't share with others, then nobody can help. Part of my platform WINGS is bringing young girls and women together to talk about the peer pressures and the struggles they are facing. Much like how Post Secret is everyone else's outlet. I look up to Frank Warren to the message he as so strongly lived by and how he has believed in this program so much that it is now a national site and message.