Sunday, July 15, 2012
Newly crowned Miss Michigan, Angela Venditti, returned to St. Clair Shores Sunday for a Homecoming celebration for her family, friends and supporters.
It has been a whirlwind four weeks for Angela Venditti, the former Miss St. Clair Shores and current Miss Michigan. Venditti, of Shelby Township, has been traveling the state since being crowned at the Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts in Muskegon. Her travels, in a Chevy Volt donated by various Chevrolet dealers across the state, brought her to Rojo Mexican Bistro in St. Clair Shores for a homecoming celebration with family, friends and her fellow pageant contestants from across the region. The 24-year-old Oakland University graduate took a few minutes from the celebration to speak with Patch: Q. What has it been like the past four weeks being Miss Michigan? A. "It has been very busy. It has been a lot of fun traveling the state for …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Angela Venditti, a Shelby Township resident and current Miss St. Clair Shores, was crowned Miss Michigan on Saturday and has started preparations for Miss America pageant.
When the field of 31 contestants for Miss Michigan was whittled down to the final two Saturday at the Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts in Muskegon, someone from St. Clair Shores was guaranteed to receive the crown. Either Miss St. Clair Shores Angela Venditti or Miss Wayne County Shelby Gardiner, a St. Clair Shores resident, would be chosen to receive the title and represent Michigan in Miss America. "As one person kept getting chipped away and it was me and Shelby ... I couldn't believe it," she said. "Something I had been working on for so long and I was right there." After Gardiner's name was called, Venditti knew she won, but was "in shock" that she won. The preliminary for the pageant began Thursday and included a 10-minute …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Miss St. Clair Shores Angela Venditti was named Miss Michigan Saturday in Muskegon.
Miss St. Clair Shores Angela Venditti was crowned Miss Michigan Saturday at the competition held in Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon. The Macomb Daily said although she represented St. Clair Shores in the pagent, Venditti is from Shelby Township. Venditti is the first Miss St. Clair Shores to be crowned Miss Michigan since Sherry Agnello Colby in 1973. Her platform as Miss St. Clair Shores is "Above the Influence: Keeping Kids Drug Free." She also showcased her talent - tap dance - at the pageant. She will now represent the state in Las Vegas at the Miss America Pageant in January. St. Clair Shores was also well represented with residents Shelby Gardiner, Miss Wayne County, named first runner-up, and Sarah Suydam, Miss…
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Kelly Oles was first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Michigan competition three weeks ago.
Kelly Oles, named first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Michigan pageant three weeks ago, was crowned Miss Oakland County 2011 Saturday night at the Costick Center in Farmington Hills. Miss Oakland County was her first local pageant when she first got involved in the Miss America program in 2009. "I actually Googled 'volunteering', because I wanted to make a bigger impact in my community," the 23-year-old MBA candidate said. It has given her the opportunity to promote her platform, healthy living for kids, inspired by her concern over alarming rates of childhood obesity. But that's not all. "I love the friendships, I love all the girls," Oles said. As she works toward her advanced degree, Oles said she is looking for a job. "I've got two …
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Dan Bartold
1:05 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
OK, my bad. I guess you do not have to be from the city you represent. But it looks like SCS was well represented in the Miss Michigan pagent anyway. Would have been interesting is Miss SCS would have lost the Michigan title to one of the ladies from SCS... 2012 Miss Michigan runner-ups were: 19-year-old Shelby Gardiner of St. Clair Shores, 24-year-old Kelly Oles of Oxford, 22-year-old Sarah … more ›