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Posted On:March 1, 2012 Categories:Uncategorized

My Graduation

Hey everyone,

So as I promised, I am posting some photos from my graduation ceremony, even if it is a bit late. My grad was held on the weekend of June 3rd and 4th, 2011 at my high school and the ceremony and dance was held at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper. The weeekend was defiently one of the best weekends of my life! All the planning that went into the grad paid off! My fellow classmates and I worked extremely hard to plan our grad.

Grad in my town of Jasper is a big deal, at the ceremony you can always find many locals watching. We had the Cap & Gown Ceremony at our school on June 3, 2011 where anyone from town can attend plus of course everyone’s family and friends. Then there is a tea afterwards at the school for graduates and family plus in the evening a barbeque is hosted by the school’s teachers. On June 4th, us girls were all busy in the morning getting our hair done and getting dressed for the walk-down which was again at Jasper High School. We were announced and presented to the community, family and friends. We had a class picture done to the beautiful backdrop of the Rocky Mountains of Jasper! Cocktails and a fantastic graduation dinner were held in our honour at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge with numerous speeches. After dancing, most of the graduates left to go to the safe-grad party held outside at a local campground. We had so much fun that night until the early morning hours! We all celebrated finishing this stage in our lives; high school! Let the next chapter begin!

: Making a speech

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Posted On:October 22, 2011 Categories:Fashion, Fun, High School, My Home Town

My Experience at the Miss Teen Canada-World Pageant

Hey everyone,

I am sorry for not posting anything recently! I have been extremely busy throughout the summer, working and such!

As many of you already know, I recently competed at the Miss Teen Canada -World pageant which was held in Toronto, Ontario on July 9-17, 2011. My experience at the pageant was truly life changing! I am so happy to have been given an opportunity like this. I had the chance to meet extremely nice, smart and talented girls from all across the country, whom I can now call true friends of mine. They were also very happy to be representing their own area of Canada whether from the city, small towns or the country. All of them came from unique and diverse backgrounds and all had different stories to tell.

The pageant week was July 9^th – 17^th and during the week we were very busy preparing ourselves for the competition aspect of the pageant but also we were very fortunate to get to do many fun things such as meet many inspirational people and celebrities along the way. We also got to be interviewed by ET Canada and Breakfast Television Toronto. The rehearsals seemed long at times, but they were long for a good reason, to get practice and look good for the final show.

The Preliminary night was held on July 15^th, 2011 and that was where the judges would determine who the top 20 would be. Prelim night was lots of fun and we got to model our bathing suits that were given to us by Baltex Swimwear, and also our evening gowns, which were our own selections.

Evening gown

The talent night was held one night before the final night. I did not compete at the talent completion but as I watched I felt a bit relieved because I would have been competing against some really tough performances. There were so many interesting talents from dancing, acting, singing and even lifting weights. I was so proud and enthralled watching my fellow pageant friends competing as they were all extremely talented and offered something interesting and unique!

The Final night was held on July 17^th, 2011. Everyone seemed to be quite nervous but also extremely excited to get the show going and later hear who the next Miss Teen Canada World would be. I had a lot of fun performing the opening number but also modeling in the Evening gown and Bathing suit presentation. After we were introduced, the top 20 were announced, unfortunately, I did not make the top 20. But I am not too worried as I am just happy that I got to be there in the first place. I always like to think of the quote “Winning isn’t everything.” In life you can’t always win, as long as you do your best.

The beautiful Lauren Howe

The final girl who received the title of Miss Teen Canada – World was Lauren Howe from Toronto, Ontario. Lauren is an extremely kind hearted, beautiful girl, I am so happy for her and look forward to following her journey as Miss Teen Canada – World 2011/2012.

I felt so honored to be able to represent my beautiful region of Canada, Jasper, Alberta. I really hope I made the people of my area/town proud! Through the pageant I have met many new people and have learned so much about myself. Thank you Miss Teen Canada- World for this opportunity, I can’t thank you enough.

XOXO

Natalie

Here are some photos from the pageant:

My MTCW Photo Shoot Portrait

Us contestants at the musical, "Billie Elliot"

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Posted On:October 21, 2011 Categories:Miss Teen, Miss Teen Events, Toronto

The life of A Canadian Teen

Ever wonder what life is like for a Canadian teenager?

This new exciting drama brings you directly into the lives of Canadian teenagers across the vast country of Canada. The series will cover many topics from teen-agers growing up with the downsides of cold Canadian winters to the perks of beautiful sourroundings within Canada. It deals with the typical relationships, troubles, ups and downs of modern-day teenagers, situated in different locations across Canada. Each week’s episode will be located in a different area of Canada with a different story line, but all relating to the angst of teen life but just with a Canadian backdrop. The season will make you cry, laugh and enjoy all at the same time.

Canadian teenagers have many different things they have to deal with besides just being a teen. Such as how to get that late assignment handed in when there is a “snow-day”, or trying to avoid wildlife as they bike to school or having to play soccer outside and the field is full of mudholes and mosquitoes. The first pilot show of the series revolves around Jenni, played by Natalie Allin, a Western Canadian teen actress, who has just finished off her first summer job as a camp counsellor in Northern Ontario and is torn between the hot co-worker or rugged tree-planter. Another program in the series is about a 17 yr-old hockey player who is trying out for his town’s AAA hockey team only to please his parents, when he really wants to be a dancer.

Its these kind of themes that should appeal to Billy Elliot, the musical, for sponsorship as Billy Elliot is a similiar kind of story where a young British boy prefers dance to boxing in his blue-color English hometown. Even though this series is to take place in Canada, teenagers all over the world are dealing with issues – their relationships with their friends and family, making the right choices, and dealing with stresses of teen life. The company, Jeanne Lottie would also be a good choice to sponsor this TV drama, as its a Canadian business that is very tuned in to Canada’s teens.

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Posted On:July 9, 2011 Categories:Blog Assignments, Fun, Miss Teen Events

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Hope you all had a great Canada Day, celebrating our country’s 144th birthday. I sure did, even though it was extremely busy for me!

Nicole, Anslie & I at the Jasper Canada Day Parade

The day started off with me waking up at 6:30 am to get ready for my first parade that I was in which was in Hinton, about an hour away from home. My dad drove me down and we arrived there at 9:00, just in time for the 9:30 am parade. I sat in a convertible and rode with my region’s, MLA (Member of Parliament), Rob Campbell. In Hinton, I also had the chance to meet the mayor of Hinton, Glenn Taylor. The parade was really fun as there were lots of people. I also got to talk to other girls who were crowned in our region as Miss Rodeo Hinton & the rodeo princesses.

In the Hinton Canada Day Parade

Back in Jasper with our MLA, Robin Campbell

After I finished the parade in Hinton, I had to rush home so that I could be in my second parade of the day – here in Jasper! the parade here was really fun. There were many cool floats in the parade and lots of spectators as Jasper is a tourist town and lots of tourists are here visiting Jasper.

As soon as this parade was over, I had to rush home to grab all my baked goods for my bake sale that I was holding as a fundraiser for “Free the Children” at Centennial Park here in Jasper, which is a very busy location. I made lots of cupcakes and cookies and then was lucky to have many deserts donated from Sysco Foods, which is also one of my sponsors. Sysco Foods is a food supplier to Jasper, which provides alot of food, meat, desserts, and other products to many of the restaurants and businesses in Jasper. Everyone loved all their desserts that came from Sysco Foods & liked my home-made baking as well.

My girlfriends and I sold from 3:00 – 6:00 and then I had to go straight to work where I worked from 6:00 until 11:00 pm. I work at a local restaurant but also do some shifts at a vegetarian cafe, Coco’s Cafe and on the front desk at my parent’s resort, Alpine Village.

After work, I just had enough time to get to Centennial Park again to watch the fireworks with my friends. Jasper puts on a great show and hundreds of people were in the park to watch the fireworks, again lots of tourists. They’re always amazed at how late the fireworks start (around 11:30pm), but Jasper is quite far north in our country, so our days are VERY long in the summer, especially around Canada Day.

Canada Day was great but I was extremely tired after my long day!

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Posted On:July 9, 2011 Categories:Events, Holidays, Miss Teen Events, My Home Town

Photoshoot!

Hey everyone,

Here are some photos of my photo shoot that I had with “A Different Angle Photography” from Jasper in early May. The photo shoot was alot of fun as we got to take the photos all over Jasper’s beautiful landmarks. Peggy Plato and Dave Turcott are the photographers and they are so much fun and made it easy for me to relax. They do great photos and specilize in mostly wedding photography. If you are ever in Jasper, and want a photographer, go to www.dapweddings.com. They truly are the best in town!! I am extremely happy with how my photos turned out.