Spotlight Profiles

Spotlight: Piper Jai Pollard, Miss Iredell County’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: – Hometown: Pinnacle, NC Current Schooling: Senior at Stokes Early College High school What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? To graduate nursing school and work as a nurse practitioner in pediatric oncology Community Service Initiative (CSI): Wee Tai Chi: […]

Spotlight: Jaime Logan, Miss Iredell County 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Lyrical) Previous MAO Titles: Mount Holly ’23 Hometown: Cape Carteret, NC Current Schooling: Methodist University – Undergrad – Double Major in Business Administration and Sports Management. West Virginia University – Masters Degree – Sports Management What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? It is my

Spotlight: Morgan Eudy, Miss Lake Tillery’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Jazz) Previous MAO Titles: Miss Stanly County’s Carolina Princess ’17 Hometown: Stanfield, NC Current Schooling: Senior at West Stanly High School, Senior at Stanly Community College, Senior in Cosmetology School What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I plan to attend Wingate University to

Spotlight: Karie Grace Shields, Miss Lake Tillery 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Queen City ’22 Hometown: Albemarle, NC Current Schooling: Duke University Nursing Student (ABSN Program) What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? Obtain a Bachelor of Nursing degree that will allow me to serve as a labor and delivery nurse where I

Spotlight: AJ Thomas, Miss Catawba Valley’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Lyrical) Previous MAO Titles: Miss Blue Ridge Valley Carolina Princess ’16-’18 Hometown: Mars Hill, NC Current Schooling: I have grown up in the Madison County School System and am currently attending Madison Early College High School where I will graduate with my high school

Spotlight: Erin Emiroglu, Miss Catawba Valley 2024 Talent Category: Violin Previous MAO Titles: Gaston County ‘23 Hometown: Charlotte, NC Current Schooling: I earned my Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from Winthrop University in May 2022. I am a second-year graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte working towards my Masters

Spotlight: Kamryn Hollowell, Miss Statesville’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Clogging) Previous MAO Titles: Miss Rose Hill Carolina Princess ’16, Miss Thomasville Carolina Princess ’17-’18, Miss Cleveland’s OT Carolina Princess ’19, Miss Sampson County Carolina Princess ’20, Metrolina’s Outstanding Teen ’22, Zebulon’s Teen ’23 Hometown: Clayton, NC Current Schooling: A Sophomore at Corinth Holders High

Spotlight: Tiffany Lauren Smith, Miss Statesville 2024 Talent Category: Vocal Previous MAO Titles: Stanly County ‘17, Central Carolina ‘18, Raleigh ’19, Queen City ‘20-‘21, Blue Ridge Valley ‘22, Johnston County ‘23 Hometown: Albemarle, NC Current Schooling: Graduate of Pfeiffer University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership with a Concentration in Entrepreneurship

Spotlight: Savanna Holland, Miss Central Carolina’s Teen 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Lyrical) Previous MAO Titles: Garner’s Teen ’23 Hometown: Durham, NC Current Schooling: Junior at Eno River Academy High School What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? I am working to achieve a degree in Sports Broadcasting and obtain a career working in the ACC,

Spotlight: Keelie Jones, Miss Central Carolina 2024 Talent Category: Dance (Tap) Previous MAO Titles: Western Carolina’s OT ’18 (3rd RU), Emerald Ridge’s OT ’19 (Top 15), Gastonia’s OT ’20-’21 (3rd RU, Evening Gown / OSQ), Queen City ’23 (3rd RU) Hometown: Hendersonville, NC Current Schooling: Graduated from East Henderson High School in 2020, Started College