Thank you so much for joining
us here on Idaho today.
Just last week, a new Miss Idaho USA,
Miss Idaho Teen USA 2023 were crowned.
And we're lucky enough to have both
title holders with us here today.
So we have Hannah Linsner and
she's actually joining us via zoom.
You're going to see her
right here over our studio.
Hi, Anna. Can you can you
hear us? Yes, yes, I can. Excellent.
And here in studio,
we also have Angelina Ryan.
Congratulations to you both.
Super exciting.
Now we're going to go ahead and
start with Angelina really quick.
Tell us about your moment
when you were crowned.
How excited were you when
they called out your
name? It felt like such a sigh
of just relief and content.
I've been working for that
for over 4 years now and it
was such an amazing feeling.
Truly like a once in a lifetime feeling.
And I watching the videos back,
you just relive it all over
again and it's just so nice.
OK, so a big moment for you and Hannah.
I know you are a former Miss Idaho teen,
right? So this is kind of a process
that you're somewhat familiar with,
but it must have been really exciting
though to hear your name called.
As Miss Idaho, USA tell us about that.
Well I I won Miss Idaho Teen USA
about 8:00 or nine years ago
and it felt exactly the same.
You're just hit with this overwhelming
sense of joy and I've competed
for Miss Idaho USA a few times
someone have come really close so
to finally kind of get it in my
last year of eligibility has been
really really life changing and
and such an exciting moment for me
and and two now you guys are both
going to be working together going
forward with your year in rain.
So Angelina what are you
looking forward to the most?
I plan on focusing on Idaho's
future a lot this year,
so making a lot of appearances
at elementary schools and
getting a really talk with kids,
especially working with the Saint
Lukes Children's Hospital a lot.
That's something that I'm super excited for.
Excellent. And then what about you, Hannah?
What are you looking forward to now
as Miss Idaho, USA? Well, my personal
platform and cause that I care about
is suicide prevention education Idaho.
I started my initiative project Idaho
that aims to teach Idahoans about how
to spot the warning signs for suicide.
So I've established partnerships with
the Speedy Foundation and the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
I'm really looking forward to
partnering with them this year to put
on some education programs and get
out in the Idaho community to fight
the stigma against mental health.
All right and such a, you know,
a timely topic as well to a
mental health really was.
Brought forward during the
pandemic always has been a really
important topic and an issue,
but I think really a spotlight was put
on it during that time when we were
all dealing with such major stressors.
So I think that's great, Hannah,
that you're really taking the time
to focus even further on that.
And also to Hannah,
this is a really unique year and an
unprecedented year from Miss Idaho,
USA, the USA system in itself,
because this is the first year that
they've kind of changed the rules.
They've opened it up to allow
certain women who otherwise might not
have been able to compete before.
How do you feel about that?
Yes. So this was the first pageant where
women who have been married or have children
could compete for the title of Miss Idaho
USA and then Miss USA and Miss Universe.
So it's a huge rule change that just went
into effect, and I think it's great.
It means that more women can compete
and participate in this organization.
That has truly changed my life in the
past nine years that I've been involved,
for example, at the our pageant in Idaho,
we had a woman who had been divorced
for the very first time,
and she wouldn't have been allowed
to compete with the old rules.
I'm so excited she got to participate and now
has the chance to pursue the title as well.
Great. And then too, I mean,
there's a lot that goes into this.
You know, Hannah,
you had mentioned the past nine
years this has been something
that you've been involved in,
Angelina, you had mentioned for
years you've been working to have
this opportunity to be a title
holder and to be a positive role
model here in our community.
All while doing this, though,
you're both juggling school, right?
So it's it's not 100% every
day that you're able to dedicate
to this because you're human
beings and you have lives, Hannah.
That's why you're joining us via zoom.
Right. Aren't you at school right now?
Yes. I just got back from
statistics class this morning.
So I'm I'm doing everything I can to kind
of juggle it all. Yes.
And Angelina, how do you how do you
manage your time schedule between your
personal commitments and also what is
required of you to be a title holder. Our
pageant directors do a really good job of
making our appearances strictly weekends
and unlike today I'm able to get most
of my stuff done outside of school,
after school, in the afternoon
as far as in social media and.
Everything. It's super easy to balance.
Our program directors are so
helpful and so sweet.
Great. So you guys have a really
great support system then, right?
That allows you to be successful
in both arenas, right? Right.
And we greatly appreciate
you taking the time, though.
I know that it's a little over a week,
so we appreciate the concession
to come out here and join us
and Hannah to squeeze it in.
And you're busy school
schedule today statistics.
I hope you focused and you did well
on whatever your lesson was because I
know that sometimes when you know that
you've got a media event coming up,
your mind's thinking a little forward, right?
You're you're like, oh, I gotta prep.
Plan for that.
So I hope we didn't impact
your learning today.
All right, ladies though,
so you have a lot ahead of you.
A big year coming up.
If people want to follow you and see all
the amazing things that you're up to,
what can they do?
Angelina, let's start with you.
You tell us how we can follow you.
We have a social media.
It's called Miss Idaho, Teen USA.
And you can follow us on Instagram,
Facebook also Tik, T.O.K,
all sorts of platforms.
We have the same.
I think Hannah is Miss Idaho, USA.
That's how you can follow her.
Excellent.
And then. Anything else in
addition you want to add to that?
Yeah, just give us a follow on
Instagram at Miss ID USA and on Twitter.
I will be at the Treasure Valley out
of the darkness walk on October 8th
for to promote suicide prevention,
so would love to meet as
many people there as I can.
And Angela, do you have anything else
coming up that you want people to join you
at? I will be at the Miss Teen USA
pageant the first week of October,
which will be super exciting.
There'll be a lot of faces there if
you are watching it on the TV. Super.
So you got your national pageant
coming up in a matter of days,
then I am just attending
it. You're I will be.
I will be competing in about a year.
Yes. OK, good.
So you still have time ahead of you.
I I got nervous for you for a moment.
I'm like, you just won and
I'm going to nationals.
We're suprep.
OK. Yeah. You get to go and
observe, right. So good.
This is a data seeking mission.
I love that. All right,
so it's further preparation,
so then we can cheer you on in about a year,
both of you. Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
You look so forward to a very
bright year for both of you.