Saving the world one Crown at a Time

"Kathy Morningside: 'They steal my life. They steal my beauty pageant!'
Gracie Hart: 'Hey! It is not a beauty pageant. It is a scholarship program.'
Kathy: 'Yeah, yeah.'
Gracie: 'YES!' "-Miss Congeniality

I don't really know what a superhero is. But, what I do know is that the thirty-four most qualified teens inside these state borders to be considered super, were the contestants of the MAOT Pageant. Everyone seems to think that girls that compete in "Beauty Contests" are shallow, have eating disorders, are airheads, and are completely fake. So, how many of the stereotypical pageant girls have I encountered? Well, let's see...if you carry the one, then...oh, yeah-NONE! For example, the current MAOT 2010 is Mackenzie Bryant. She is about to go into her senior year in High School. She has a four point GPA and got third place in the go green competition. She is healthy and beautiful. She has her own personal miracle story. When she was born, she was sent to Children's Hospital and was given a ten percent chance to live. They put her on ECMO and said that if she lived, she would have mental health issues. Today, she is brilliant, nice, and she has the best turns and leaps I've ever seen on stage. Well, those doctors were right about one thing, she definitely isn't normal. She's awesome. For the ECMO, they had to cut an artery in her neck. It wasn't supposed to ever be functional again, but it grew back together and is normal today. Mackenzie, isn't only a miracle, but she helps miracles such as her own happen everyday. She has fundraisers and makes speeches to gain support for ACH and everything that they do. She has poise, and class, and can definitely get an audience's attention whether it's by dancing or speaking, she's a master at both. And that was only ONE example of all of the fabulous teens competing in the MAOT pageants. I haven't even gotten started on my sister, or Rachel Harless, or Madison Watkins. Just remember this because all of the crazy pageant people are featured on TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras.