The girls examine their beautifully polished finger nails, and each considers the intricacies of her own particular situation. A red carpet is rolled out on the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. This is where the actual beauty contest is supposed to be held, at the International Conference Center. Welcome to God’s own country!” booms Jerry Gana, Nigeria’s information minister, when the girls finally arrive in Abuja, the normally tranquil capital. “The necklace, 63 francs from Bon Marché- pas mal, n’est-ce pas? And the bracelets? France points to a host of delicately beaded bangles floating from one milky arm-“a gift from Meees India.” And France, a Catherine Deneuve look-alike, proudly shows off her jewelry-proudly because none of it has set her back by much. Chile agrees to share her electric eyelash curler. Colombia carefully ministers to Ecuador with layer upon layer of bright peach blusher and Chanel lip liner. Generous grooming, the contemporary woman’s sedative, becomes, in this charged and lonely atmosphere, practically a philanthropic activity. That, by the way, is how the 90 contestants refer to one another-they leave off the “Miss,” so that during downtime, of which there is plenty, you hear cries from what sounds like a shrill oral primer in modern geography: “Hey, Czech Republic!” “Hey, Slovakia!” “Over here, Latvia and Kazakhstan!” Or still better-this from Germany, a small, scrappy model who favors running pants that read “NYC” across her small bottom-“South Africa, thank God you’re here!” And with that, South Africa, a willowy blonde with a long tangle of curls, and a gentle smile, and wearing an incredibly tiny jeans skirt, patiently proceeds to apply a perfect coat of makeup to her charge-an application that takes a good hour.īeauty competition though this is, rivalry is rarely in evidence among the girls. In high school, Canada used to play tackle football on a boys’ team and coach a boys’ soccer team. “We were basically in isolation for 10 days,” Miss Canada reports, and this perturbs her because she is by nature inquisitive. There are seditious toilets and arid showers, mute telephones, a total absence of newspapers, and-in every room-a television set that features only one station, and that one devoted to music videos exclusively.
Lively Miss Canada, her thick blond hair swept into a ponytail, is startled by the meager hotel accommodations in Calabar, Nigeria, where, deprived of a fitness center, the young women have to run laps through the halls. Pageant director is Emily Leffelman Zimmerman, 2002 Miss Amboy.It isn’t turning out to be the usual sort of beauty contest.
Retiring queen, Rayven Wehling, did an excellent job this past year by going above and beyond her duties by attending things that weren't required of her, such as visiting royalty in other communities, and nearby events like the Sublette Toy/Tractor show. Miss Amboy 2017 duties for next year will evolve into being more "present with our region." Miss Amboy 2017, Abril Vazquez-Tapia, escorted by Guillermo Vazquez and sponsored by Teen Turf and sponsored by Gittleson Farms.Ĭhloe Schamberger, escorted by Randy Schamberger and sponsored by Leprechauns,įirst runner up is Molly Ackert, escorted by Tom Ackert and sponsored by Woodhaven Lakes And they had no easy task this year.Īllana Gittleson, escorted by John Bonnell Sr. Judges for the pageant were Brandon Miller-Guss from Bettondorf, Iowa, Angela Shippert from Dixon and Cassie Ellis from Franklin Grove.
The other half of their scoring is done Thursday evening at the pageant The four Miss Amboy Contestants also had round one of interviews on Tuesday night, half of their scoring is actually done on Tuesday. Junior Miss Amboy: Kaylee Scanland, sponsored by Long Branch Saloon Little Mister Amboy: Landen Jackson, sponsored by Bonnells General Store.
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Participants were asked a series of age appropriate questions, and their scores were tallied up that night and the winners were determined.Ĭrown winners were: Little Miss Amboy: Bella Daly, sponsored by Sterling Motors. The little miss/mister age range was 5-7 years old and junior miss was 9-11. All of our Little Miss/Little Mister and Junior Miss interviews were done in a private setting on Tuesday evening at the Amboy Community Building. AMBOY - The Amboy Depot Days Little Miss/Mister and Junior Miss pageants had a total of 22 participants this year.
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