Jazz Tunes: Miss Amazing

A couple weeks ago Jazz made her grand re-appearance into the pageant world by participating in the first annual Southern California Miss Amazing Pageant. This is a pageant program that was created by a former pageant queen, who wanted to introduce the world to pageants catered to girls of all abilities. The contestants were girls of all ages with all different types of "disabilities." Except for this one day, where they got to just be beautiful and talented young women for their families.

The first part of the day was a workshop type of experience in which each contestant was paired with a partner of a similar age who was a typically developing beauty queen from other pageant circles. This girl served as the coach and buddy for the contestant, a brilliant idea for our girls because they are always having to be bossed around by grown ups. This way, they just felt like a kid playing with new friends.

Through out the day all we heard from Jazz was, "I'm having so much fun!" and, "This is the best day ever!" Given all the hard stuff Jazz has been through lately, this brought warmth, relief, and joy to our hearts.

The second part of the day was the actual pageant. This was awesome to watch the girls perform their unique talent routines that each of them had created on their own, as well as perform introductions for themselves on the stage. Earlier in the day, they had to perform individual interviews with 3 different judges! It was a day filled with triumph as the girls learned how to hold themselves with confidence and command respect from everyone, despite whatever challenges they have in everyday life.

Each of the contestants was awarded an individual title, and watching them receive their crowns and sashes was amazing. They all beamed with pride and got so excited when they heard that they won. Jazz was crowned California Miss Amazing Pre-Teen 2012. She will have the opportunity to attend various events through out the year with this title, including parades, volunteer activities, and more.

Say what you will about pageants, but this day was about breaking barriers that we have been fighting her entire life. Watching her joy and excitement through out the day also brought us a sense of relief about what the future holds for our truly amazing girl.

Much Love!

For more information about Miss Amazing please visit: http://www.missamazingpageant.com/

The interview portion where Jazz introduced herself stating that this was her return to her pageant career. (one of the judges told me this after falling in love with her)