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Date Posted: 18:52:22 02/16/02 Sat
2002 Miss Thurston County Pageant
North Thurston High School, Lacey
August 18, 2001
Vanessa Melton, 18, of Lacey emoted her way to the Miss Thurston County 2002 title with a dramatic interpretation from the Meg Ryan film, When a Man Loves a Woman. A 2001 graduate of River Ridge High School in Lacey, Vanessa is the daughter of Barbara Melton Wallace and a freshman at Western Washington University where she plans to major in Business. Vanessa’s platform is Chemical Dependency Awareness & Prevention. As the new Miss Thurston County, Vanessa won a $3,000 scholarship and entry into the 2002 Miss Washington Pageant.
The first runner-up and winner of a $1,400 scholarship was Cassie Tucker, a sophomore at South Puget Sound Community College who is bound for St. Martin’s College. She performed a jazz/acro dance to Jennifer Lopez’s Let’s Get Loud.
The second runner-up scholarship of $750 went to Angela Lougheed, a 2001 graduate of Timberline High School who will attend South Puget Sound Community College. Her talent was a self-composed vocal I Feel You.
The Non-Finalist Interview Award and $200 scholarship went to Cassandra Robello, a sophomore at the University of Washington and 2000 Olympia High School graduate. The Non-Finalist Talent Award and $200 scholarship was awarded to April Blevins, a student at South Puget Sound Academy who twirled batons to Reflections by Christina Aguilar.
Selected as Miss Congeniality was Amanda Ollenburger, a student at South Puget Sound Community College. The other contestants were Anne Bosse, a 2001 graduate of River Ridge High School and Rachele Johnson, a 2001 graduate of Capital High School.
The theme of the 2002 Pageant was Celebrate Life. Returning as co-emcees were Vaude de Ville and Deborah Vinsel. Guest entertainers included Miss Thurston 1991 and Pageant Executive Director, Erin Burgman. Outgoing Miss Thurston County 2001, Kelly Gibbons entertained the audience with her Irish step dancing, both as a solo performer and with fellow step dancers from the Comerford Dance School.
Pageant judges were Patti Belik, Darrin Emerick, Trent Matson, Teri Plante-Dowell and Val Shinkle.
This was the 27th anniversary for the Miss Thurston County Pageant and more than $6,000 in scholarships were awarded to the eight contestants. Erin Burgman is the pageant’s new Executive Director with Karla Ostrander as Assistant Executive Director. For further information, you may contact Erin Burgman at 360-866-4552.
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