Miss Cary/Fox River Grove Pageant Has Plenty of Competition

 The Cary Grove Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that 16 dynamic young women will be competing for the crown in the 2011 Miss Cary and Miss Fox River Grove Business Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m.at Cary-Grove High School. 

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students/seniors and can be purchased at the Chamber offices at 445 Park Avenue, through the contestants, or at the door the evening of the pageant.

The Miss Cary/Fox River Grove Pageant will be the final farewell to 2010 Miss Cary, Kalee Ryan, and Miss Fox River Grove, Tara Lauritsen, who both received a $1,000 scholarship award from the Chamber at last year’s pageant. 

The Scholarship Pageant is sponsored by True Value Manufacturing and Wickstrom Auto Group.

This year competing for the crown of Miss Cary will be Erin Alleva sponsored by Kojak’s, Samantha Berrafato sponsored by Sage Products, Inc., Alexandra Johnson sponsored by Cary-Grove Performing Arts Centre, Jessica Lehnhard sponsored by Jimmy Johns of Cary, Roxanne Neubaum sponsored by Malooley Sport & Family Chiropractic, Shannon O’Connor sponsored by Lee’s Martial Arts, Sarah Panko sponsored by Safari Childcare, Brooke Senger sponsored by Dolce Day Spa, Katherine Stryker sponsored by Jewel/Osco, Kristina Terry sponsored by Angel Adoption, Inc., Shannon Tryon sponsored by Frisch & Barrett Insurance Agency, and Megan Ulmanis sponsored by Dunkin Donuts. 

Competing for the crown of Miss Fox River Grove are Margaret Busch sponsored by Merle Norman Cosmetics, Abbey Koenemann sponsored by Wickstrom Auto Group, Christine Lombardino sponsored by Stone Hill Center, and Leslie Michaelchuck, sponsored by Don’s Upholstery and More.

 The process leading up to the Miss Cary/FRG Pageant is designed to provide the contestants with valuable communication and speaking skills and knowledge about local business. 

They are formally introduced to the business community and area leaders, get involved in community service, and are trained in speaking and presentation skills.

The evening of the Pageant the contestants participate in an evening gown competition, an interview session and give a live presentation on their business sponsor. Miss Cary and Miss Fox River Grove as well as runners up receive scholarship money.

 The Pageant Committee consists of Lisa Raupp of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Sandra Nies of Harris Cary, Ellen McAlpine of Woodfield Planning Corp, Kelly Miller of Coldwell Banker Primus Realty, 2005 Miss Cary Alison Knaak, and former Pageant Contestants Annie Gleason and Claire Kelly.  Photographs of the contestant were taken by Wendy Veugeler of Cellar Portrait Studios.

This story was submitted by the Cary-Grove Chamber of Commerce