Miss Show Me State Kelly Hooper of Mexico will be competing in the inaugural Miss Missouri Volunteer Pageant at the Ross Family Theatre Kirkwood Performing Arts Center in Kirkwood, Thursday through …
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Miss Show Me State Kelly Hooper of Mexico will be competing in the inaugural Miss Missouri Volunteer Pageant at the Ross Family Theatre Kirkwood Performing Arts Center in Kirkwood, Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 6-8. Miss Missouri Volunteer Pageant will be giving away over $25,000 in scholarships in its first year.
Hooper will be competing in the areas of interview, talent, evening gown, swimsuit and on-stage question. If she wins, she will go on to compete at the national Miss Volunteer America Pageant where even more scholarships will be awarded.
The Miss Volunteer America Organization is a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship program based in Tennessee that seeks to empower young women across the country. It focuses on the five points of its crown, S.E.R.V.E. which means service, education, responsibility, volunteerism, and empowerment.
“I am so excited to be involved and help empower these women who are doing so much for communities all around Missouri,” said Brooke Sydenstricker McCarty, board member from Columbia. “They are amazing role models and I am so excited Miss Missouri Volunteer has raised so much scholarship money to reward the women to further their education.”
In 2019, Miss Tennessee Volunteer left the Miss America program and founded their own statewide program. Allison DeMarcus, together with a group of dedicated volunteers, expanded that into Miss Volunteer America making it a nationwide service-oriented, scholarship program in early 2021. Through educational scholarships and extraordinary opportunities, the program seeks to empower young women across the country. With philanthropy and scholarship at the forefront, each young woman must have a cause or charity of her choosing that she will champion should she be selected as a titleholder.
Miss Volunteer America motivates contestants to create their own unique definition of beauty, the firm belief that nothing is more beautiful than that of a good heart. That belief system is the inspiration and bedrock for the volunteer program.
For more on the Miss Missouri Volunteer visit missmissourivolunteer.com, Facebook @missmovolpageant or on Instagram @missvolunteeramericapag.
Pageant tickets can be purchased each night at the door.
