Miss Payson Scholarship Pageant Contestants Announced

Current Miss Payson, Heather Bolz (center), with Attendants Malley Ballard (left) and Julia Waterman (right).  See  photos of the 2012 Miss Payson contestants in this week's print edition of The Payson Chronicle.  Photos courtesy of Memory Lane Photography, Payson, Utah.  See website at http://www.memorylaneutah.com/.

Ten beautiful and talented young women will go head-to-head on Saturday, April 21, 2012, as they vie for the crown and title of Miss Payson. The Miss Payson Scholarship Pageant will include interview, lifestyle & fitness, artistic expression, and presence and poise phases.  The young women have worked for months to make this a special event.

The pageant will begin at 7:30 PM at Payson High School, 1050 South Main. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased from the contestants or from Trading Talents, located at 20 West 100 South, Payson. Doors will open at 6:45 PM for those who have purchased tickets before the evening’s performance. Tickets will go on sale that evening at 7:00 PM.

The ten young women who will compete in this year’s Miss Payson Scholarship Pageant are as follows:

Malley Ballard, 18, is the daughter of Ed & Mary Jane Ballard.  Malley will perform a piano solo etude tableaux in G minor Op. 33 No. 8.  Her Little Miss will be Taysia Warmsley.

Stefanie Diamond, 17, daughter of Joe & Wendy Diamond, will perform a piano solo Third Prelude-Spanish Prelude. Isabel Richardson will be Stefanie’s Little Miss.

Samantha Ellis, 17, daughter of Daniel Ellis & Charlene Ellis, will perform a cello solo, Bach Prelude Suite 1. She will be accompanied by her Little Miss Marquessa Ellis. 

Emily Hayes, 17, is the daughter of David & Marianne Hayes.  Emily will perform Prelude in G Minor on the piano.  She will be accompanied by her Little Miss Kirsten Dodgen.

Mercedes John, 18, is the daughter of Kip & Joan John.  Mercedes will present her photography talent.  Her Little Miss will be Jasmine John.

Ysabella Matta, 18, daughter of Todd & Elizabeth Matta will perform a dance solo to The Love Cats. Genevieve Morgan will be her Little Miss.

Megan Morley, 18, is the daughter of Dave & Shannon Morley.  Megan will present a dance solo to Body Language.  She will be accompanied by her Little Miss Grace Kalmar.

Nancy Pratt, 17, is the daughter of Carl Pratt & Lauri Baadsgaard.  Nancy will present a vocal solo Diamond in the Rough.  Her Little Miss will be Addison Roberts.

Kylee Swenson, 17, is the daughter of Cody & Nicole Swenson. She will present a vocal solo Gimme Gimme.   Reese Yama will be Kylee’s Little Miss.

Julia Waterman, 20, daughter of Jack & Janet Waterman, will be playing the Orange Blossom Special on her fiddle.    Julia’s Little Miss will be Brenna Mayfield.

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