Author name: Miss NC Org

Spotlight: Isabella DiFiore, Miss Blue Ridge Valley’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Miss Statesville’s Carolina Princess ’16, ’18, ’20, ’21, Miss Asheville’s Carolina Princess ’17 Hometown: Statesville, NC Current Schooling: I am currently a freshman at Statesville High School in the IB program. What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I plan to

Spotlight: Hannah Welborn-Lewis, Miss Blue Ridge Valley 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Clogging) Previous MAO Titles: Miss Thomasville’s OT’s Carolina Princess ’09, Miss Race City’s OT ’12, Miss Rowan County’s OT ’13, Miss Thomasville’s OT ’14, High Point ’18, Sandhills ’23 Hometown: High Point, NC Current Schooling: I received an Associate of Arts from Randolph Early College before

Spotlight: Marin Beesley, Miss Asheville’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: HERStory Previous MAO Titles: – Hometown: Greensboro, NC Current Schooling: I go to Northwest Guilford Highschool. What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I plan to become a labor and delivery travel nurse. Community Service Initiative (CSI): Stronger Together, Pink Forever What are some objectives you have as

Spotlight: Sophia Kellstrom, Miss Asheville 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Miss Metrolina’s OT ’16, Miss Gastonia ’18, Miss Metrolina ’19, Miss Mecklenburg County ’20 Hometown: Kings Mountain, NC Current Schooling: Musical Theater Graduate of UNCC, currently in the Harvard Business School Online studying Entrepreneurial Essentials. What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I

Spotlight: Mia Geter, Miss Lake Norman’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Tap) Previous MAO Titles: Charlotte Mecklenburg’s Teen ’23 Hometown: Charlotte, NC Current Schooling: A Senior at Northwest School of the Arts dually enrolled at Central Piedmont Community College. What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? To attend a four-year university double majoring in Dance

Spotlight: Julia Walsh, Miss Lake Norman 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Rose Hill ’18, Henderson ’19, Zebulon ’20, Wilson ’23 Hometown: Raleigh, NC Current Schooling: Cum Laude Graduate of William Peace University with a BFA in Musical Theater What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? Perform in a leading role on Broadway and study at the