Jeanette Morelan's résumé is quite the spectacle. At a mere 14 years old, Jeanette won the monumental honor of Miss America's Outstanding Teen - a tremendous feat encompassing trips to the White House and speaking to thousands at a time. Since, Jeanette has been admired as a role model for countless women. The recent graduate of Belmont University is the current titleholder of Miss Nashville, gearing up for the coveted Miss Tennessee crown in one short month.
If you're unfamiliar with the legendary DawnCheré Wilkerson, consider the content of this article an early Christmas present with a big red bow tied neatly on top. DawnCheré is arguably the most distinguished, publicized, and influential pastor's wife of our generation. The petite blonde is married to Rich Wilkerson Jr, the acclaimed, noteworthy author and prodigious preacher of Vous Church in Miami, monumentalized for performing the marriage ceremony between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
College isn't always easy. There's classes to choose and majors to finalize, tests to study for, and for some - the crippling worry over getting a bid from the right sorority. Overcoming cancer, however, is not on the typical docket.
Professional fitness instructor and personal trainer Charlotte Mooney is an inspiring young woman. The mid-twenties Los Angeles beach bombshell has kept fitness a major priority in her life, effortless transitioning the hobby into a successful career. Mooney's instagram alone renders enough motivation for an Average Joe to spontaneously sign up for a local marathon. Fitness is not a chore for Mooney, it's an exciting, stimulating lifestyle.
For almost every young woman in the country, any notion of the Miss America pageant immediately floods the mind with vivid memories of watching the coveted showcase year after year. Messy pigtails, fuzzy pajamas, and the sweet aroma of stovetop popcorn from the kitchen accompany thoughts of the electrifying event. The serendipitous narrowing of women constitutes the spectacle to be as unpredictable as a Superbowl overtime.
Have you ever met a woman who immediately inspired you? Where you saw something captivating... a glow from within? Coupled with a contagious spirit? A woman true to herself, exuding charisma galore, capturing a room with her radiance? And most of all, with her heart beaming the joy of Christ? Cue, blogger Bailey Hurley.
It's no question that Britani D'Alie is strikingly beautiful. When D'Alie walks (or glides, rather) into a room, eyes tend to linger a while on the tall, gorgeous blonde.
D'Alie was crowned Mrs. Wisconsin 2015, filling her agenda with appearances, parades, banquets, and events. She competed in Mrs. United States in Las Vegas and won the title of second-runner-up against all fifty women.
The Palo Alto-based beauty Sarah Lipps is young (mid-twenties!), uber healthy, and incredibly business oriented - having founded the successful health shop Bare Bowls. Sarah is as calm as a cucumber, but don't underestimate her determination. She is motivated, and she gets things done. Well.
Sarah has been interested in health, fitness, and well-being as long as she can remember. It's no wonder, therefore, why her two acai-bowl cafes are not only successful, but thriving.
Grace Runk is a real-life Malibu Barbie. Grace is gorgeous from the inside out - with her name fittingly describing her lovely character. Having grown up minutes away from the paradise of the Malibu beaches, Grace has grown up in the heart of America's fitness capital. With juice shops, raw food cafes, and Whole Foods grocery stores around every SoCal corner, it can be a confusing web to untangle health-wise. Everyone tries to answer the million dollar question: what's the healthiest, best way to feel good and get fit?
It's pretty safe to say (just about) every girly girl has had a dream at one point or another to become a Disney Princess. Cinderella... Belle... Elsa... they're chic and glamorous and alluring in every way possible. From their gowns to their glass slippers to their tiaras to their (charming) grit, they are, well, perfect.