Strike a pose.....4. Compete in the Mrs. Missouri pageant

The main purpose of my bucket list is to push my limits, try something I may have been too scared to do in the past.  Well I think I have found the perfect to-do.  #4 on my 30 by 30 bucket list is to "Compete in the Mrs. Missouri Pageant".

1.  Start a blog
2. Go to the Presidential Inauguration / visit DC
3. Run a destination 1/2 Marathon
4. Compete in Mrs. Missouri pageant
4. Eating a raw oyster
6. Ride a mechanical bull
7. Cook a traditional Thanksgiving dinner by myself
8. Shoot a gun/target shooting
9.  Go Mushroom hunting
10.  Learn to sew / make something I can wear
11. Visit a state I have never been to
12. Ride in a hot air balloon
13. Learn to play craps
14. Eat at Oklahoma Joe's BBQ
15. Complete one Pinterest craft project
16. Take a walking tour of a Civil War Battlefield
17. Learn to make a pie from scratch
18. Make Grandma's kolache cookies correctly
19. Take a shot of Jack Daniels
20. Take a cake decorating class and then decorate my own cake
21. Do at least one pull-up
22. Visit Graceland
23. Take a train ride/ weekend trip to Herman, Mo.
24. Make homemade pasta
25. Run a 8 min/mile 5K
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Why?  Well, why not?  I meet all of the qualifications:
1. Natural born US citizen
2.  Resident of Missouri
3.  Married and living with my husband
4. Over 21 years old.

If I am going to do something I never would have done before, this is it.  After a little Internet research, I found out that the Mrs. Missouri USA pageant is held in Saint Joseph in March 2013.  With the pageant being held in my hometown how could I say no?  And unlike the Miss Missouri USA & Miss Missouri America pageants, I don't have to actually win and/or compete in a pageant to participate in this state pageant.

After applying to be a contestant online I found out that the cost of the pageant was a bit more than I had expected [total $800].   Finding out the expense was so disappointing.  As a newbie to the pageant scene I did not realize you could be sponsored and/or sell advertisements to help off-set the costs.   I began contacting a few friends and family and have been able to come up with enough to cover my initial registration expense.   I hope to find a few more people to sponsor me (wink, wink) and also sell a couple ads to local businesses.  With the pageant taking place in St. Joseph I am hoping local business would be interested in the advertising.  

If anyone reading this is interested in sponsoring me as a contestant please email me at  abbydennis83@gmail.com or send a Facebook message.  Anyone can be a sponsor at any dollar amount [no minimum].   Businesses can write-off the expense as an advertising deduction.   The best perk is that your name will be listed as my sponsor in the pageant program!!!!!   : )

Tomorrow I will be submitting the paperwork to become an official contestant for this year's pageant.  I have 2 1/2 months to get my booty in shape for the swimsuit competition.  WISH ME LUCK!

My official contestant paperwork to be faxed in tomorrow

P.S.  This will definitely not be the last blog post regarding this pageant and I wouldn't cross it off my list until after the show.  Stay tuned for more details as the pageant weekend gets closer.

XOXO,

Abby