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12A • July 10, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com Miss Oregon crowned in Seaside Pageant punctuated by love for retiring executive director Dana Phillips By McKinley Smith EO Media Group The Miss Oregon pag- eant Saturday, June 27 was all about family. Ali Wallace, of Portland, was crowned Miss Oregon the same night the organi- zation celebrated the retire- ment of Dana Phillips, the longtime executive director of the scholarship program. The pageant event came to Seaside June 24, with the Miss Oregon contestant winning her crown at the Saturday comptetion. “It’s crazy because I’ve grown up watching the pageant,” Wallace said. “So to be included in the sister- hood is just surreal, and it’s hard to fathom.” Wallace is the daughter of Tammy Fazzolari Wal- lace, who was Miss Oregon in 1987. “Now she’s my mom and my sister,” Wal- lace joked, referring to the sisterhood of the Miss Ore- gon pageant winners. Of the Clatsop County competitors, one girl from Seaside was honored in the top ¿ve for the Miss Or- egon’s Outstanding Teen pageant. Miss Columbia River Olivia Colburn, 15, was fourth runner-up in what was her second pag- eant. Last year, she got third runner-up but the pool of teen contestants was smaller. “It was nice to get in the top ¿ve again,” she said, and rewarding to know her hard work paid off. She got involved with the program last year as a way to test her dance skills against others’ talents. “I just really like the com- petition part of it, because I’ve done dance my entire life, and my studio doesn’t dance competitively,” she said. JOSHUA BESSEX — EO MEDIA GROUP JOSHUA BESSEX — EO MEDIA GROUP Ali Wallace, of Portland, reacts after being crowned Miss Oregon 2015 during the Miss Oregon scholarship pag- eant at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center Saturday. More photos at www.dailyastorian.com For the talent category this year, she performed a pointe routine to an in- strumental version of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me.” Besides the talent catego- ry, which gave her an op- portunity to perform and compete in front of a live audience, she also enjoyed the evening wear category. Alexis Mather, Miss Clatsop County, received a $1,500 scholarship as fourth runner-up in the Miss Ore- gon pageant. She received $3,250 total in scholar- ships from the Miss Oregon pageant. Mather excelled Wednesday in the lifestyle and ¿tness swimsuit prelim- inary and Thursday in the preliminary talent competi- tion with her operatic perfor- mance of “Nessun Dorma.” Her platform issue was be a mentor your own way. Miss North Coast Hannah Garhofer did not make it into the Top 10, but she did receive the Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award of $1,000. As a teen contestant, she automatically received an additional $200. The event was punctuat- ed with outpourings of love and support for Phillips from members of the pageant com- munity, including former Miss Oregons. “Every time I think about it I start crying,” Phillips said. “I thought I was out of tears, but I keep crying. “The outpouring was overwhelming to me and my husband,” she added. Now that she’s stepped down as executive director, Phillips will be able to devote time to the Oregon Schol- arship Foundation — she hopes to increase the amount of scholarships available from $60,000 to more than a $100,000 for contestants. Miss Happy Valley Hailey Kilgore was crowned Miss Oregon’s Outstanding Teen. Miss Clatsop County Alexis Mather walks across the stage during the evening-wear portion of the Miss Oregon at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center Saturday, June 27. JOSHUA BESSEX — EO MEDIA GROUP Miss North Coast Hannah Garhofer waves to the crowd during the Seaside parade Saturday, June 27. 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