What are your Hobbies?
I enjoy singing and dancing and hanging out with my friends. I collect things with cows, particularly black & white cows. I enjoy making jewelery from unusual items for my friends and for myself. I also love blowing bubbles.
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What makes you special and unique?
I am the smallest of all of my friends, but I have a big personality. My friends all call me "tater tot" or anything else they can think of meaning "short."
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What is the best advice you have ever received?
The best advice that I've ever received is to know who my friends are and to keep them close.
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Name one thing you cannot live without.
Like most teenagers, I cannot live without my phone. I also cannot live without my friends, and of course, chocolate!
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What's the most valuable lesson you've ever learned?
The Golden Rule is to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Always treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
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Who is your most valued role model and why?
My friend, Joy, is amazing. She's graduating early and is in the top of her class. She is an awesome person and is very talented. She knows exactly what she wants to do with her life and what she has to do to achieve her goals. I really admire her for being a strong, goal-oriented woman.
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What was your most unexpected moment?
When I was 9 years old, I competed in a talent competition. I won the Grand Overall award with the highest score possible out of lots of kids of all ages. That was quite an unexpected and happy moment.
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What is your workout routine?
My mother and I are members of Fitness Lady in Madison. We try to go as much as possible with our crazy schedules.
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What has been your biggest accomplishment to date?
I am honored to be representing Madison County in the Outstanding Teen Mississippi Competition. I'm so excited to be competing in the state pageant.
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What is the best compliment you have ever received?
The best compliment that I have ever received is that I am a good listener. That makes me happy because I enjoy beign able to listen to my friend's problems and help them when I can.
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What is your secret wish?
I would have to say that my secret wish is to one day become the "American Idol."
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What was your most embarrassing moment?
One time during a hip-hop dance with a show choir, my pants fell down around my ankles. Luckily my shirt was long so not many people in the audience noticed. Still, I was so embarrassed.
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What is your biggest guilty pleasure?
Chocolate is my biggest weakness and guilty pleasure. I think I could eat it every day!
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What is your favorite movie and why?
My favorite movie is "How to Lose A Guy In Ten Days." It's funny and mushy. It's a total chick flick!
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What do you like to do for fun... relaxation... recreation?
I love getting dressed up to go see musicals at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson. I also love vegging out on the couch and watching television with my friends.
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What would be your dream vacation or destination?
I have always wanted to go to the Fiji Islands.
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What do you like best about the state of Mississippi?
I love the fact that Mississippi is the Hospitality State. Mississippians are very homey with Southern style cooking.
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
In ten years, I hope to be finishing college with a degree in dentistry.
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What extracurricular activities do you participate in?
I am a third year member of the Focus Show Choir. Before that, I had been a member of the Mississippi Showstoppers for three years. I am also beginning tennis lessons this summer.
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Who am I?
I like my school because there are so many people in it. Everyone has an opportunity to make friends with people that are just like them and people who are completely different. I like being in a big crowd, and I like meeting new people. I like any reason that gives me a reason to get all dressed up and go hang out with friends or meet new people.

I love to eat. I really like mexican food. Empanadas are my favorite, but the only restaurant that sells them is On the Border. I like anything with cheese or chocolate, but I don't like any kind of nuts. I think they ruin chocolate!

I really love to sing! One day I want to be on American Idol. It is my goal to be in the top 12 and perhaps even win. If that doesn't work out for me, I want to do something in the medical field. I'm always getting different ideas for a career, but I think that what I really want to be is a dentist.
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Tell us about your platform.
My platform is Raising Awareness Against Bullying Girls. It is my goal to raise awareness to not only the teens, but parents too. Sometimes parents do not realize what a serious matter this can be. They sometimes think that it's not a very big deal, and we would wait until we get into the "real world", and then we will have "real" problems. I don't think they realize how harmful just simple words can be. I'm sure everyone has heard the phrase "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." I disagree with this statement completely. Simple words that girls say to other girls to their faces or behind their backs calling them fat or ugly, can really hurt them and bring down their self-esteem a lot.

I love my school because there are so many people and opportunities, but there are downsides to having so many people. They form "cliques", groups of people that hang out with each other and nobody else. This causes a lot of unecessary girls drama and fights. There are some girls that just talk about everyone. They make jun of girls they don't like, call them names, boss them around, give them nasty looks, and make them feel less than they really are. Sometimes things even lead to physical fights, and girls actually beating up other girls. I recently saw on the news where girls were getting in groups and ganging up on a single girl and beating the girl up. This is a major issue that I feel needs to be addressed to the public more.
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