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Date Posted: 18:49:15 02/16/02 Sat
2002 Miss Auburn Pageant
January 12, 18, 19, 2002
Auburn High School Auditorium
Auburn
Colette Michelle Garcia, a 20-year-old sophomore at Green River Community was crowned Miss Auburn 2002 on January 19 at the 40th annual pageant. Selected from a field of 20 contestants, Colette received a two-year tuition scholarship to Green River Community College valued at $1,500, a $2,000 cash scholarship and a $2,000 wardrobe for the upcoming Miss Washington Pageant in Tacoma.
The new Miss Auburn also received three other special awards – the $825 James Kramlick Memorial Award, the $500 Living Your Platform Award, and the $200 People’s Choice in Talent Award - for an additional $1,525. In 2000, Colette represented her hometown of Kent as Miss Kent Cornucopia at the Miss Seafair Pageant. She is a 2000 graduate of Kentwood High School.
In the talent competition, Colette performed an Italian operatic aria. Her platform is “Special Teachers, Special Children” which focuses on the importance of special education. Upon completion of her Associate of Arts degree at Green River Community College, she plans to attend Central Washington University to complete a B.A. in special education.
The first runner-up and winner of a $1,000 scholarship was Paulina Louise Carollo, 19, a 2001 graduate of Auburn High School now attending Highline Community College. She delivered a patriotic dramatic monologue in the talent competition. This was Paulina’s second year in the pageant; last year she was third runner-up. She also won an additional $400 for the Community Service Award.
For the second year in a row, Rachael Anne Reynolds, 20, was the second runner-up. A recipient of an $800 scholarship, Rachael is a 1999 graduate of Auburn High School attending Green River Community College. She sang Maybe This Time from Cabaret. Rachael also won the Finalist Interview Award for $500, the Directors’ Spotlight Award of $250, and the Miss Congeniality Award of $500.
The third runner-up and winner of a $700 scholarship was Janelle Monique Elrod, 18, a senior at Auburn High School who played a clarinet solo. She also won the $300 Timberland Savings Academic Award.
Selected as fourth runner-up was Tiffany Michelle Grosse, 19, a 2000 graduate of Kentlake High School attending Renton Technical College. Her talent was a lyrical dance.
Finishing as fifth runner-up was 17-year-old Megan Muldary, a senior at Riverside High School. The winner of a $500 scholarship, Megan performed a lyrical dance to I Hope You Dance by Leann Womack. Megan’s other awards included the $250 Because You Are You Award and the $300 Zell Fisher Memorial Spirit of Auburn Award.
The sixth runner-up and recipient of a $400 scholarship was Ann Cooke, 18, a 2001 graduate of Auburn High School who plans to attend Renton Technical College. Her talent was an original piano composition.
The seventh runner-up was Madeleine Cartwright, 17, a Riverside High School senior who sang the Broadway hit Big Spender. She won a $350 scholarship as well as the $300 Finalist Talent Award.
Mistylynn Alohalani Moniz, 18, was the eighth runner-up and winner of a $325 scholarship. A 2001 graduate of Auburn High school and Green River Community College freshman, she danced a traditional Hawaiian hula to My Yellow Ginger Lei. She also was awarded the $300 Posture Award.
A record total of $18,050 in scholarships – once again the most of any local in the nation – was awarded at the 2002 pageant.
Each of the 11 non-finalists was awarded $300 scholarships. They were Nicole Renee Leadbetter, 17, a senior at Riverside High School; Odessa Raquel Powell, 19, a 2001 graduate of Auburn High School; Rebecca Lynn Middleton, 17, a senior at Riverside High School; Keesha Owens, 17, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School; Katrina Julie Marie Burwell, 18, senior at Kentridge High School; Shirley Ann Delaney, 17, a freshman at Green River Community College; Mindy Jean Bye, 17, a senior at Auburn High School; Elizabeth Doherty Heutmaker, 18, a 2001 graduate of Kent-Meridian High School; Elizabeth Ruth Sabo, 17, a senior at Riverside High School; Sarah Marsh, 18, a senior at Auburn High School; and Kimberly Dawn Butler, 20, a 1999 graduate of Federal Way High School.
The $250 Non-finalist Interview Award was given to Rebecca Middleton. Katrina Burwell and Nicole Leadbetter shared the Amber Hamilton Most-Improved Award. They each were awarded $250 scholarships. The $250 Non-finalist Talent Award was given to Elizabeth Sabo. The $250 Because You Are You award went to Kimberly Butler. The People’s Choice Talent Award of $200 and the Future Potential Award of $250 went to Elizabeth Heutmaker.
The theme of the 2002 Miss Auburn Pageant was Movie Magic and it featured production numbers from musicals from the forties to the present such as Singing in the Rain, Grease, Footloose and Sister Act Two as well as the music of James Bond. The finale was a salute to New York and America.
Outgoing Miss Auburn, Holly Marie Strand took part in most of the production numbers and “rocked out,” as she said, in several solo numbers. The co-emcees were John Lynch; Miss Auburn 1989, Carleen Johnson Bohannon; and Miss Auburn 1996, Stephanie Sward. Featured vocalists included Miss Auburn 1986, Trish Kowalski Nielson; Miss Auburn 1990, Lori Ann Mullins Stocker; Miss Auburn Auto Dealers 1996, Elisa Ludviksen-Holman. The featured dancers were Miss Auburn 1999, Amy Fraser; Miss Auburn 2000, Allyson Morace; and former Miss Auburn runner-up, Jamee Matejka.
The judges were Lila Stephens, Charlie Curry Vantramp, Darrin Emerick, Ron Taylor, Beverly Anderson and Miss Washington 1973, Leslie Mays Polich.
The Co-Executive Directors of the Miss Auburn Pageant are Julie Poe and Nancy Karr Backus. For further information, you may contact Julie Poe at 253-833-8200 or jpoe@ammex.com and Nancy Backus at 253-887-1292 or nancy.k.backus@boeing.com.
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