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 …
My Farewell as Miss Utah 2017
I used to think What wouldn’t I give For a moment like this? This moment this gift! Now look at me and this opportunity Is standing right in front of …
Fox13 News: 3 Questions with Bob Evans – Miss Utah JessiKate Riley talks pageant success
For the past year, JessiKate Riley of Beaver, Utah has been very busy. The BYU Senior has been serving as Miss Utah, and last fall she competed in the Miss …