Spotlight Profiles

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

Spotlight: Ella Marks, Miss Dunn’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: American Sign Language Previous MAO Titles: – Hometown: Wilson, NC Current Schooling: I’m a freshman at Hunt High School! What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? To graduate from Clemson University with a degree in journalism! Community Service Initiative (CSI): Educate and Elevate: The Power of Inclusion What are some

Spotlight: Katie Brown, Miss Dunn 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Spivey’s Corner ’22 Hometown: Fremont, NC Current Schooling: In 2020 I graduated from Wayne Community College with an Associate in Arts and had plans to continue my education at a university to pursue a degree in psychology. Now, several years and one major career move

Spotlight: Michael Peterson, Miss Charlotte Mecklenburg’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Lyrical) Previous MAO Titles: – Hometown: Charlotte, NC Current Schooling: I am a graduating Senior at Merancas Middle College What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? After graduating, I plan to attend a 4 year University with a major in Biology on the Premedical Track.

Spotlight: Kate White, Miss Charlotte Mecklenburg 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Stanly County ’22, Thomasville ’23 Hometown: New London, NC Current Schooling: Senior at UNCW studying Theater and Business as an Interdisciplinary Study What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I will be graduating December 2024 and will pursue acting as a career