StandOut

On the weekend of January 22nd I headed out to Virginia to be apart of a StandOut Production retreat. Here I got to spend my weekend with many of the Miss and Teen USA contestants. All of the girls were so welcoming and warm hearted right away, I knew we were going to have a fun filled weekend. Chelsea Cooley Altman a former Miss USA, and At Dunn a health and fitness guru were the two amazing people who held the retreat and would be in charge of everything that would happen for all of the girls that weekend. Both of them had so many activities planned for all of us that would help make us not only a better contestant at Miss and Teen USA, but also a better person as a whole. Besides the horse back riding, rock climbing, bon-fire,roller skating, fitness with At, and walking class with Chelsea, my absolute favorite activity was the leap of faith! For this activity you had to climb a very tall, wiggly telephone pole, once you finally made it to the top you had to stand on two feet holding on to absolutely nothing and jump off it! At first I was very hesitant about doing this but Chelsea finally convinced be to do it by telling me two things, one, it is not that bad and two, that I would feel amazing after doing it. Once I completed this activity I only agreed on one thing Chelsea said and that was that it made me feel amazing, but when it came to being not so bad I couldn’t disagree more! It was very scary and challenging and not the easiest for someone who isn’t fond of heights! Sadly the weekend flew by and before I knew it it was time to go home. I learned so much from both Chelsea and At but I also learned so much from all the girls. I am so happy that I got to meet many of the girls I will go to Miss Teen USA with, I can confidently say that we have an amazing , beautiful group of young ladies!