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Van Buren: 2008 Miss Maine USA gets hometown welcome
by Outspoken on Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:23 am
Van Buren: 2008 Miss Maine USA gets hometown welcome
By Tim Devaney
Special to the News
Bangor Daily News
The New Year’s celebrations started four days early here at a reception Friday evening for Kaetlin Parent, the newly crowned Miss Maine USA.
Congratulations and accolades were offered at the Van Buren High School gathering for the 19-year-old Parent, who was named the 2008 Miss Maine USA on Nov. 25 after a two-day competition at the Sheraton Hotel in South Portland.
"This means the world to me," said Parent, a Van Buren High graduate. "I appreciate everyone being here. I can’t express how much this means to me. It is very nice and heartwarming for everyone to be here."
Parent, a sophomore at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, will represent Maine in the 2008 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas in April.
"The [Miss Maine USA] competition this year was a lot more competitive," Parent said at the event hosted by L’Heritage Vivaut, the Living Heritage Society, "but I was just really confident and I was relaxed. I’ve been competing since I was 6, and I’ve never cried when I won a title, but I cried this time."
With the state competition completed, Parent is preparing for the national title.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=158361&zoneid=500
By Tim Devaney
Special to the News
Bangor Daily News
The New Year’s celebrations started four days early here at a reception Friday evening for Kaetlin Parent, the newly crowned Miss Maine USA.
Congratulations and accolades were offered at the Van Buren High School gathering for the 19-year-old Parent, who was named the 2008 Miss Maine USA on Nov. 25 after a two-day competition at the Sheraton Hotel in South Portland.
"This means the world to me," said Parent, a Van Buren High graduate. "I appreciate everyone being here. I can’t express how much this means to me. It is very nice and heartwarming for everyone to be here."
Parent, a sophomore at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, will represent Maine in the 2008 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas in April.
"The [Miss Maine USA] competition this year was a lot more competitive," Parent said at the event hosted by L’Heritage Vivaut, the Living Heritage Society, "but I was just really confident and I was relaxed. I’ve been competing since I was 6, and I’ve never cried when I won a title, but I cried this time."
With the state competition completed, Parent is preparing for the national title.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=158361&zoneid=500
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