Pageant Week Kickoff - Bowl-a-thon!

Pageant week is here! The 15 local titleholders arrived this afternoon at the Holiday Inn Select in Bloomington. After settling into our rooms, we headed over to Brunswick Zone in Eden Prairie for pizza & bowling! We were greeted by Eden Prairie's mayor, Phil Young, who presented me with a proclamation in honor of my year as Miss Minnesota.

The fabulous bowlers of lane 23: David Shepardson (Co-Executive Director), me, Amanda Murphy (Miss Midwest), Cindy Neseth (Miss Twin Cities), Jennifer Hudspeth (Miss Mankato).

We played three games and improved our scores every time... during round three, I bowled a TURKEY!!!

Lacey Gebeke (Miss Frazee), Danielle Refsland (Miss Perham), Cori Shellum (Miss Coon Rapids), and Karissa Kujak (Miss Winona) pause to smile for the camera.

Kasandra Meehl (Miss Northwest), Colleen Meyer (Miss Anoka County), and Mackenzie Ross (Miss Brainerd Lakes) anticipate a... strike, maybe?

Tina Rosenthal (Miss Austin), Lauren Demming (Miss South Central), and Kathryn Knuttila (Miss Heart of the Lakes) model our matching T-shirts.

Tomorrow, we'll be visiting Gillette Children's Hospital (Minnesota's Children's Miracle Network-affiliated hospital), enjoying lunch at Santorini in St. Louis Park, then beginning work on the SHOW!

Stay tuned - I'll be posting updates and photos (including some group shots - I promise!) nightly.

Love,

Nicole