Cream of the Crop

The last of the 2009 Miss Washington Contestants were crowned yesterday afternoon during the Sweeper Pageant. The pageant was highly entertaining and filled with well qualified girls.

The new Miss Northwest is Tonie Duchemin

Miss Tahoma is Cara Rudd


Miss Liberty Felicia Rouston

First runner up is Brenna Gardner-Brown and second runner up is Zandra Dennis.

The lineup was full of energetic dances, opera, show tunes, and some truly lively showmanship.

I was thoroughly impressed with all the young ladies and the counties they represented. Miss Washington 2008, Janet Harding was a wonderful M.C. even in a crunch and the audience was highly entertained. Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen Tori Knight sang 3 wonderful pieces of entertainment.

Charlotte Smith-Shores entertained us with a funny and on point performance.



On stage questions were answered with poise, intelligence and skill.



The evening gowns were marvelous and the young women truly wow'ed us.





I was particularly proud of my younger sister Tonie who entered the competition as a new comer, and first runner up to Miss Pierce County this year.

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Another exciting aspect to this pageant was the amount of involvement and attendance by the class of 2007. Liz Lamb-Ferro helped with production, Charlotte Smith-Shores performed, I am currently the Pine Cone Princess Coordinator, and there were many others in attendance and supporting this program at their local levels. Devanni Partridge is Miss Seattle 2009, Angie Lewis is Miss Clark County 2009, Kelly Backous is a volunteer with Clark County, Kara-Anne Pedrini, Sarah Rosborough-Talbot was in attendance and is still in close contact with the program. It is so cool to see girls returning to support this program.

What a show this was! Congrats to Felicia, Tonie, and Cara for a job well done.