Spotlight: Carrie Rader, Miss Thomasville’s Teen 2024 | Miss North Carolina Organization

Talent Category: Vocal

Previous MAO Titles: Miss Mecklenburg’s Carolina Princess ’15, Miss Mount Holly’s Carolina Princess ’16, Statesville’s Outstanding Teen ’22, Queen City’s Teen ’23

Hometown: Statesville, NC

Current Schooling: Currently a Sophomore musical theater major attending Northwest School of The Arts.

What are your scholastic and/or career ambitions? Obtaining a juris doctorate and becoming a prosecution attorney.

Community Service Initiative (CSI): Carrie Cares: empowering the youth through volunteerism

What are some objectives you have as a titleholder? My community service initiative, Carrie Cares: empowering the youth through volunteerism will give you the “where” and “how” to start volunteering. My goal is to connect teens with volunteer opportunities. Ive created a website database for teens, to bridge the gap between wanting to help and actively serving your community. I want to raise significant amounts of money for homeless shelters around the state, and attend schools to preach the importance of volunteering to the younger generation.

What are some interesting facts abut you? I can deadlift 130 pounds, I’m the oldest of 3 kids, I’m half Trinidadian and a 2nd generation American, I love Marvel & Star Wars, My favorite books are Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm.

What do you enjoy doing for fun? Building Legos, Reading, attempting to do my nails, writing poetry, listening to music, performing.