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Portland Girls Share Dreams in Twin Pageants
B y M ichael L eighton
P ortland O bserver
Tw o girls from northeast Portland
have a lot in com mon this fall.
They are cousins who are both
com peting for national titles in the
Miss Pre-Teen and Miss Pre-Teen
is the daughter ofKell i Ross and Steven
G unn. H er co u sin , A n n w an n ette
McKenzie, 8 is the daughter o f N.
G ra c e M c K e n zie an d L eo n D.
McKenzieJr. Tamta attends Beaumont
Middle School where she is involved
in gymnastics, the Y AGO youth anti-
designer Anntwannette is a member
o f the Sabin Drill Team, com peted in
the 2000 Run for the Arts and is the
foim erM iss 1999 Sweetheart USA.
Her goal is to go to college to be
come a great singer and dancer.
Both will be challenged andjudged
academics and achievements, as
well as poise, appearance and per
sonality.
I he state pageant system pro
vides both girls with the initial
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Tanita Ross (left photos) and A nntw annette M cKenzie (right) will com pete for national titles in Novem ber.
Petite pageants in Orlando, Florida.
T he girls are also the first African-
Americans to represent Oregon in their
respective categories. TanitaRoss, 12,
gang organization; DARE program,
GREAT program and Police Activities
League. Her goal is to become a gold
medal Olympic gymnast and a fashion
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in many different events during the
national pageants, Nov 17-26. The com
petition includes categories in talent,
modeling, writing, speech, interviews.
fare, food and other expenses.
Local residents are being asked
to help. Please call 503-284-8828
formore information.
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On June 7, 1998 James Byrd Jr.
was beaten then chained
by his ankles and dragged
three miles behind a pick-up
truck until he was dead, all
because he was black. Yet
when Byrd's daughter,
Renee Mullins asked
Governor George W. Bush
to support hate crimes
legislation, Bush
said "no?
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