Lyndsey Scheurer, a senior at Century High School, is Miss North Dakota’s Outstanding Teen. She went to Orlando, Florida in August to compete at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen pageant. She says the experience was “fun, but exhausting.”

As part of her year of service, Lyndsey partnered with the North Dakota Homeless Coalition and Mid Dakota Clinic to start a Mercy Box project. She worked with businesses to collect over 2,000 pounds of travel size toiletries that were put together in “blessing bags” at a local church and given to people in the community who were in need of such everyday items. She has also participated in food drives to donate non-perishable items to charities like Carrie’s Kids, and she’s collected Beanie Babies for children at the Ruth Meiers Hospitality House.

Lyndsey says pageants have helped her gain confidence, poise, and stage presence. She’s also met many lifelong friends.

If you know of a girl who would be interested in being in the Bismarck-Mandan Scholarship Pageant on Sunday, October 9, at 4 pm at Simle Middle School in Bismarck, please email bismanscholarship@gmail.com or visit bismanscholarship.org. The registration deadline is October 3. Contestants range in age from 5 to 24 years old and participate in a private interview, talent competition, lifestyle and fitness, evening gown, and on-stage question. Winners will compete in the state pageant in Williston in June 2017.

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