![]() To be crowned, girls must impress the judges intellectually in a private interview, perform a talent, answer an onstage question - generally about politics or current events - develop a healthy lifestyle and, most importantly according to Craig, create a year-long service platform. She had to exert consistent, daily effort on going to the gym, listening to current events, honing her skills on the violin and working on her service platform. 5, 2017.Ĭraig compared the year leading up to the pageant to preparing for a marathon. ![]() Her mom won Miss Utah in 1991 and trained other girls for most of Craig’s childhood.ĭespite growing up in the pageant world, Craig said she didn’t decide to compete until she turned 19.Ĭraig was crowned Miss Timpanogos on Aug. Breaking beauty pageant stereotypes, empowering other women and leading movements are the sorts of things that leaders continue to do forever, with or without the crown.Ĭraig graduated with honors from the University of Utah in 2018. However, according to Miss Timpanogos Jesse Craig, no one goes home empty-handed. 9, and the rest of the girls will head home. The winner will go on to compete in Miss America Sept. Every year each city sends its title holder to compete in the pageant, a week-long process where the girls surrender their phones and go head-to-head in a different event each night. (Sasha Sloan)Ī young woman’s year full of training and boots-on-the-ground service will be capped with a crown June 16 at the annual Miss Utah Pageant. Sasha goes into schools and teaches young women about confidence, sexual assault, empowerment and eating disorders. Sloan pours many hours a week into her service platform, an organization called Girls Empowered. After receiving it, she celebrated with her family and young niece. Sasha Sloan won the Miss Davis County crown in October.
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