January 31, 2020
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Six compete for Miss Clatsop title
Nine teens face off for outstanding youth
The Columbia Press
Six young women are vying
for the titles of Miss Clat-
sop County and Miss North
Coast.
The women, two of them
from Warrenton, will com-
pete Feb. 29 at the 2020
Miss Clatsop County Schol-
arship Program at Seaside
Convention Center.
In addition to the Miss
Clatsop County and Miss
North Coast titles, nine
teenagers will compete for
Clatsop County Outstanding
Teen and North Coast Out-
standing Teen.
The scholarship program is
the official preliminary com-
petition for the Miss Oregon
pageant and is part of the
Miss America organization,
the world’s leading scholar-
ship provider for women.
The women who will com-
pete for Miss Clatsop County
will show off a variety of tal-
ents from dance to singing to
drama. Each will get an op-
portunity to speak and an-
swer questions about issues
that are important to them.
M iss Contestants
Madison Kadera, 19,
of Warrenton, a student at
Clatsop Community College.
Her platform is positive role
models for young athletes
and she’ll do a monologue
for her talent portion.
Riley Mitchell, 18, of
Warrenton, a student at As-
toria High School. She’ll
speak out for women in busi-
ness and her talent is sing-
ing.
Savana
Aliciyah
Emmy
Haylie Moon, 24, of Sea-
side, a University of Portland
graduate. Her platform is
“Speak up, Reach out,” and
her talent is lyrical dance.
Nicole Ramsdell, 18, of
Astoria, a student at Asto-
ria High School. She’ll talk
about STEM (science, tech-
nology, engineering and
mathematics) involvement
and her talent is guitar and
vocal.
Caitlin Hillman, 18, of
Seaside, a student at Seaside
High School. Her platform
is impacting adverse child-
hood experiences and her
talent is lyrical dance.
Riley Mae Gardner, 19,
of St. Helens, a student at
Portland Community Col-
lege. Her issue is the youth
homelessness crisis and
she’ll present a monologue
for the talent portion.
t een Contestants
Savana Pedraza, 13, of
Hammond. She is a student
at Warrenton Grade School
who’s interested in water
safety and will perform a lyr-
ical dance.
Aliciyah Miguel - Clo-
nonger, 13, of Astoria. She
is a student at Astoria High
School who will advocate for
overcoming anxiety through
dance. She’ll perform a lyri-
cal dance.
Emmy Huber, 15, of As-
toria. She attends Astoria
High and is interested in
STEM education. Her talent
is theatrical vocals.
Josie Morinville, 15, of
Knappa, a student at Astoria
High School. Her platform
Josie
Gracie
Brooke
Miss Clatsop County
Pageant
• Saturday, Feb. 29
• Seaside Civic & Conven-
tion Center, 415 First Ave.
• Admission is $15 online
through Brown Paper Tick-
ets or $20 at the door.
• Info: 503-717-3501
is achieving dreams despite
disability. She’ll perform a
jazz dance.
Gracie Weaver, 15, of
Seaside, a student at Sea-
side High School. Her topic
is asthma awareness and her
talent is vocals.
Brooke Blankenorn, 17,
of Seaside, a student at Sea-
side High. She’ll talk about
drug and alcohol prevention
and sing for her talent per-
formance.
Annabelle Long, 17, of
Seaside. A student at Seaside
High, she’s a promoter of In-
ternet safety and her talent
is singing.
Milly McCalmon, 13,
of Clatskanie, a student of
Clatskanie Middle School.
Her platform is Tourette’s
Syndrome awareness and
her talent will be a tum-
bling/dance routine.
Sidney Sullivan, 13, of
St. Helens, a student at St.
Helens Middle School. She’ll
talk about promoting phys-
ical fitness in schools. Her
talent is jazz dance.
A benefit dinner will be held
the night before the pageant.
Tickets for that are $50 and
include a $25 reserved ticket
to the show Saturday night.
Annabelle
Milly
Sidney
Madison Kadera
Riley Mitchell
Haylie Moon
Caitlin Hillman
Nicole Ramsdell
Riley Gardner