PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Marina DeNunzio, Teen Miss Ohio Earth United States 2018

Marina DeNunzio, Teen Miss Ohio Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you: 

I have been dancing for 13 years and I have studied all different styles, including Irish!

Tell us about your platform. 

My platform focuses on keeping our waterways clean so everyone had access to clean water. I have partnered with many local organizations like Drink Local. Drink Tap., as well as, held my own beach cleanups to help promote my platform in my State.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone and coming away with 30 new amazing sisters if nothing else!

What is something you can’t live without and why?

I can’t live without chocolate since I have such a sweet tooth. However, I always try to have some in moderation.

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Rileigh Jones, Teen Miss Arkansas Earth United States 2018

Rileigh Jones, Teen Miss Arkansas Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

I have a birthmark in my hair!! It’s called an "angel kiss" which is one white streak of hair that can't be dyed or covered!!

Tell us about your platform. 

My platform is animal abuse, I am very passionate about the lives of every animal. I strive every day to make a difference for the four-legged creatures that can't make a difference for themselves. I will be their voice and do my best to save as many as four-legged lives as I can!!

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States? 

I am looking forward to the experiences that I will have throughout the week, including meeting all my sister queens, making lifelong besties and also watching everyone be confident in their own skin!!

What is something you can’t live without and why? 

Something I could not live without would be cherry tomatoes! I eat them every day and I could honestly say I can live off of just those!

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Emma Rhodes, Teen Miss Kentucky Earth United States 2018

Emma Rhodes, Teen Miss Kentucky Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

Something interesting about me is that I am a competitive ballroom and Latin dancer! I’ve been dancing since I was nine and I’ve been blessed to have placed first locally, regionally, and nationally! Dance allows me to be my creative and artistic self.

Tell us about your platform. 

My platform is all about advocating decreasing one’s plastic use. Specifically, items and activities that involve plastic daily. My "Think Global, Act Local" project is educating female business leaders for bamboo straws are the much better alternative than plastic ones.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States? 

I am excited for so many activities at Nationals. Specifically, finally meeting the faculty, staff, and delegates of this amazing organization. Also, to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the best of my ability!

What is something you can’t live without and why? 

It may be random, but my tennis shoes are my everything. I have had three air casts in the past, and my tennis shoes are the shoes that make me feel comfortable and confident!

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Jadyn Fraser, Teen Miss Alaska Earth United States 2018

Jadyn Fraser, Teen Miss Alaska Earth United States 2018

One fact about you: 

I can cross both of my eyes at the same time, I can cross one at a time, and, believe it or not, I can even make them vibrate!

Tell us about your platform.

My platform is based on telling people in my community the things they can do in their daily lives to reduce their carbon footprint. I explain that they can bring reusable bags to the store, bring reusable straws to all the coffee stands we thrive off of here in Alaska, and how we have 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans and counting.

I do my part by explaining there are simple ways they can contribute to make a huge difference and reduce their carbon footprint!

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

What I'm looking forward to most is meeting with the wonderful delegates and staff! We've all been talking for months leading up to nationals and we're all so close already, I can't wait to finally meet them and share this amazing experience in D.C with them!

What is something you can't live without?

Something I can't live without is, well other than water and oxygen, is my mom. She pushes me to be the best version of myself and I love and appreciate her more than anyone! Truly an amazing woman whom I look up to in every aspect of my lfe.

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Taylor Andrews, Teen Miss Illinois Earth United States 2018

Taylor Andrews, Teen Miss Illinois Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

On my bucket list is to go cage diving with Great White Sharks.

Tell us about your platform.

I am an ecowarrior through and through.

Both my platform and my future career are centered on cleaning up our oceans from plastic pollution.  Every year 16 billion pounds of plastic garbage is dumped into the oceans, which kills marine life, makes fish carcinogenic, and makes people sick. This trash also increases the acidification of the oceans making them less capable of removing carbon from our atmosphere and threatens ocean-based food chains.

I am advocating for the reduction of single-use plastics around the world. I am working to change the way people, companies, and government think about plastic.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

I look forward to meeting the directors and sponsors to thank them in person. I can't wait to meet the other Beauties for a Cause and make new lifelong friends! I am also excited to finally participate in the various competitions and hopefully, take home the national title!

What is something you can't live without and why?

My beauty sleep, clean water, and chocolate!

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Amorelle Upton, Teen Miss North Dakota Earth United States 2018

Amorelle Upton, Teen Miss North Dakota Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

One fun fact about me is that my parents have always pushed me to be my best from early on, so much so that I was walking and talking in about 9 months.

Tell us about your platform.

My platform focuses on two things that humans would have difficulty surviving without and that our environment would fail without.

My motto is "Plant the trees, Save the bees." As many people could guess, the trees in our forests, backyards, school courtyards, and businesses actually have a purpose. They provide oxygen for us to breathe, make our air cooler than it normally would be, and multiple other important purposes.

However, if we continue to see deforestation occur and not rebuild it or save it, our lives could change tremendously. The same situation would happen with the bees, if we don’t conserve them, our main source of pollination is gone and our food sources are greatly harmed.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

I’m most looking forward to meeting all the girls and getting to make memories with them. This is an opportunity that I will remember forever and am so grateful for.

What is something you can’t live without and why? 

Something I can’t live without is music. No matter what mood I am in, whether it be mad, stressed, happy, sad, music will always cool me down or put me in an even better mood.

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Teen Miss North Dakota Earth United States


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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Caitlin McDonald, Teen Miss Nebraska United States 2018

Caitlin McDonald, Teen Miss Nebraska United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

Sorry to my vegetarian friends but I once ate frog legs thinking I was eating crab legs, I was mortified!

Tell us about your platform.

"Conservation Social Work" is my platform.

I am advocating for environmental responsibility, sustainable agriculture, humanitarian aid, and animal preservation through the use of social media, public appearances, volunteering, and mission work to educate and bring awareness to these causes.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

The whole experience of representing my state of Nebraska and the Miss Earth Organization, finally meeting everyone in person, taking part in a community clean-up, seeing all the sights, and of course, dancing and being on stage!

What is something you can’t live without and why?

I definitely could not live without my family. I love my parents and my siblings immensely, they are my biggest fans and my main support system!  I am really close to my brother Zach, who is a United States Marine and one of my best friends.

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PageantLIVE Red Carpet Highlight: Alexa Arzillo, Teen Miss Virginia Earth United States 2018

Alexa Arzillo, Teen Miss Virginia Earth United States 2018

One fun fact about you:

I am super involved in school between color guard/winter guard and environmental clubs.

Tell us about your platform.

My platform is saving our oceans from waste and pollution.

Living so close to the beach and Chesapeake Bay I have been fortunate to work with such active environmental organizations such as the Surfrider Foundation, Better Beach Project and Lynnhaven River Now.

I have even been able to create a bunch of my own cleanups. Other than cleanups, I have been visiting Environmental Centers, such as the Brock Environmental Center, where I was able to educate others on the importance of keeping our waterways clean. At their showing of the Straws Documentary, I was able to bond with others who share my passion on stopping the use of plastic straws.

Right now, as humans, we are the number one predators towards our planet, and education whether at Environmental Centers, beach cleanups, school gatherings or just being out in public is the key to keeping our waterways clean and improving our environment.

What are you looking forward to at Teen Miss Earth United States?

Definitely just getting to know everyone at a better level for a whole week, as well as watching my sister queens compete!

What is something you can’t live without and why?

Definitely my friends, family, and mission work. These are people that have had such a great impact on my life. We have been able to support each other and appreciate what we want to accomplish in life.

With mission work, I have been able to see how people that are not in the best living conditions and still live life the best way they can. I have honestly come to see that they enjoy and appreciate so much more than we do.

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Teen Miss Virginia Earth United States


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