Miss Rodeo Idaho. Wow, you look absolutely
fantastic. And thank you
for joining us. Thank
you for having me.
I want to know all about
this competition about this pageant
because it's very unique, right?
You're riding a horse, so tell us
what is the competition like and
in what areas do you compete? Yes,
so I was Mr Rodeo Idaho.
There are rodeo state titles
all across the nation.
We compete in a variety of areas,
so of course we do have horsemanship,
which makes us a little bit different
than your Miss Idaho that you might see
wandering around without the cowboy hat.
But in addition to riding horses
that we have never seen before,
we also compete in a variety of other areas.
We have a series of interviews,
media rodeo knowledge and personality,
as well as giving an
extemporaneous speech were given.
10 minutes to prepare and then we
we hop on stage and go ahead and
give a speech for an audience.
We also have to compete in areas of modeling.
We have a written test so it's a
very comprehensive pageant system
that you'll see to show all of
the different skills that we might
need as a title holders.
We travel across the nation.
Wow, OK, that is a lot
that is like you mentioned,
quite extensive and I had no idea that
you were riding horses that you have never
met before because that is a huge deal.
For anyone who has ever ridden a horse,
right? That's that that that's a big note.
I had no idea how did it feel though
when you won at Miss Rodeo Idaho. It
was truly life changing.
I had decided I had just graduated
from college and I always thought,
you know, I want to take a gap year.
I want to pursue something of
that I'm super passionate about.
I've been riding horses my whole life.
I've been involved in the rodeo industry
and I really had this one shot before I
chose to move on to pursuing my career.
And so I thought, you know,
I'm going to give this Miss Rodeo Idaho
competition ago and see how it turns out
and then winning the crown was surreal.
I I wasn't really expecting it.
And in that moment, it's just it's
shock and disbelief and excitement.
So it was it was truly a phenomenal
moment. OK, so now you're getting
prepared for that national
competition that you had mentioned.
There are state title holders
all across the country,
so you're all culminating
in this big competition.
What are you looking forward
to most when it comes to
that national moment? Apart
from the competition aspect,
I have traveled the nation these past
two years with all of these girls from
across the nation that are really my
near and dear friends and this is the
last opportunity where we will all
be together in one place and we are
all competing against each other.
But we truly are friends and having the
opportunity to go through this really
exciting moment in all of our lives together.
That is probably the part I'm most looking
forward to, great. And what's the
national title? Remind us of that.
Miss Rodeo America. OK.
And then what do you do as Miss Rodeo
America? You continue your national tour.
Yes, so basically Miss Rodeo America
as she is described as the official
spokesperson for the Professional
Rodeo Cowboys Association.
So her role she will travel about
100,000 miles across the country and
into Canada and she will be representing
the professional sport of rodeo.
Basically, as this PR piece.
But she also gets to ride a million
different horses along the way.
She gets to meet all of the different
fans of rodeo and really promote
our sport and Western way of life.
Well, that's absolutely
fantastic and a big role.
But you seem so prepared for it.
When is the national competition and where?
So I will be headed to Las Vegas
November 28th through the December 5th
for the Mystery America pageant will
be hosted at the South Point Hotel and
Casino and then the National Finals
Rodeo is also going along at this time,
starting in mid week for us,
but it'll go for 10 days so we
will be there for the entirety of
the National Finals Rodeo and the
new Miss Rodeo America will get to
represent starting in December.
All right? Well, we're all cheering
for you and is it proper for me to say
cowgirl up absolutely alright? Get him.