10 Things I Wish I Knew Walking into my First State Workshop
Pageant workshops are the biannual pageant family reunion that sets the stage for the summer competition. For a newcomer, however, they can be pretty intimidating. Here are a few things …
October Recap as Miss Utah 2018
October 2018 has been a BLAST as Miss Utah. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and so celebrating this spooky season through volunteerism has been so much fun. Here’s …
Failure in Pageants: Why It’s so Difficult and How to Overcome It
This post covers the difficulties of failure in pageants, how failure is relative, how I personally dealt with failure, and how it can be positive if dealt with correctly. There …
The Making of “Get Up and Serve”
The Miss America organization helped me to truly appreciate service but it wasn’t always my platform. Initially, I had a different platform issue. I went from school to school presenting …
To Boyfriend or Not to Boyfriend… That IS the Question
Generally, pageant women and SO’s (significant others) have largely been a taboo topic at least in the public sphere. That means no posting, no promoting, or PDA while in the …
Miss America 2019: Living My Dream
Walking into the 2019 Miss America Competition, I didn’t really know what to expect. But even though my 50 sisters and I were blindly walking into the experience, we had …
Good Things Utah: Miss America through the eyes of Miss Utah
Miss Utah 2018 Jesse Craig has been back from the Miss America 2.0 competition for a week and joined us to share her experience. She walked away with the Non-finalist …
Miss Utah Receives Non-Finalist Talent Award at 2019 Miss America Competition
On Sunday, September 9, 2018, the Miss America Organization awarded Jesse Craig a Non-Finalist Talent award. She received a $1,000 scholarship for her self-arranged violin performance of “Misirlou and the Bee,” …
Once Upon A Time in Orlando: My Experience at Miss America Orientation and MAOT
Where do I even begin? I think the best way to describe my time was that it felt similar to the way I felt as a seven-year-old visiting Disneyland for …
16 Facts You Might Not Know About Miss Utah 2018
Hello Utah! I am Jesse Craig, your Miss Utah 2018. Becoming Miss Utah is something I have prayed and hoped for on each 11:11 PM and visualized coming true for …