SO LOCAL YOUNG WOMAN HAS BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT CLAY COUNTY DURING THE MISS FLORIDA,
TEEN USA COMPETITION WHICH IS
NEXT MONTH.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ERICA CAR AND
HE WAS SELECTED BASED ON HER
ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
AND ALSO HER GOAL OF EMPOWERING
OTHER YOUNG WOMEN, ERIC IS
JOINING US THIS MORNING AHEAD
OF THE COMPETITION, GOOD
MORNING, THANKS
FOR BEING.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU’RE THANK
YOU SO MUCH DELAY SHOULD SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH SO ON AS IT
WOULD TURN OUT YOU ALSO WERE A
POSITIVELY JAX WINNER FOR
SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT AVM
WHICH YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS
YES AN AVM IS IN OUR 2 OF THE
IN A SMALL FORMATION, IT’S A
RARE DISEASE THAT AFFECTS LESS
THAN ONE PERCENT OF
THE POPULATION. I LIKE TO
DESCRIBE IT AS A BALL OF YARN
IT’S A BALL OF BLOOD VESSELS
AND VEINS THAT APPEAR ANYWHERE
ON
THE BODY. USUALLY IN THE BRAIN
AND MIND WAS UNDER MY LEFT EYE
AND AFTER YEARS OF BEING
MISDIAGNOSED. I FINALLY GOT MY
DIAGNOSIS WHEN ABLE TO HAVE
SURGERY AND THAT’S WHY I’M AN
ADVOCATE BECAUSE SO MANY ISIGHT
KNOWS EVERY YEAR YEAH BECAUSE
HIS PERSONAL CONNECTION THAT
YOU HAD
TO THIS. I LOVE YOU USED
PAGEANTRY, YOU KNOW AS A WAY TO
SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THIS.
I’LL BE HONEST. WE DO A LOT OF
MEDICAL STORIES I’VE NEVER
HEARD
BEFORE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT IT AFFECTS
SO LITTLE PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD. I SPIED COUNTRY AS A WAY
TO EXPAND MY PLATFORM AND REACH
OUT TO A NEW AUDIENCE,
NOT JUST PEOPLE INSTAGRAM OR
FACEBOOK BUT TO THESE PAGEANT
QUEENS. YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT
TO THEIR AUDIENCES AND JUST GET
MORE PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW SAYS SO PEOPLE DON’T GO
UNDIAGNOSED OR MISDIAGNOSED
BECAUSE THERE ARE SUCH SERIOUS
SYMPTOMS SUCH
AS STROKES SEAGER’S ANEURISM
AND MORE THAT CAN AFFECT
EVERYONE’S LIVES AND WHAT YOU
HAD YOUR CORRECTIVE SURGERY YOU
ACTUALLY STARTED. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: YOU KNOW UP AT GOING TO PAGEANTS COMPETING
IN PAGEANTS HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN THAT HAPPENED WHAT MADE
YOU WANT TO COMPETE
IN PAGEANTS.
>>EMILY BOYER: ACTUALLY MY
FIRST TIME IN 2016 AND THEN
TOOK A BREAK ONCE MY SYMPTOMS
OF THE ABM STARTED
TO GET MORE AND MORE FREQUENT
BUT AFTER MY SURGERY, I JUMP
RIGHT BACK IN
THE PAGEANTRY AS A WAY TO GET
MYSELF FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE
WORK ON INTERVIEW SKILLS
AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF
THINGS MY MOM ACTUALLY DID PADS
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
AND SO YOU YOU HAD SOME HELP BECAUSE SHE KNEW KIND OF HAVING THE YEAH I LOVE THAT.
IT WAS SOMEWHAT WHAT WE DO WITH
OUR MOTHERS AND THEIR ADVICE
RIGHT. SO
TELL US A LITTLE BIT IF YOU
WILL FOR OUR VIEWERS ABOUT YOU
WHEN YOU GRADUATED WHEN YOU’RE
17 YOU WENT TO FLEMING ISLAND
HIGH SCHOOL YEAR OBVIOUSLY FROM
THE FLEMING LOT ISLAND AREA NOW
YOU’RE IN
COLLEGE. YES. I GRADUATED AT 17
WITH MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE DUE
TO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
I’M
JOINED I’M JUST FINISHED MY
FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE I ABOUT
TO GO IN AS A 19 YEAR-OLD
AS A JUNIOR BECAUSE OF THOSE
CREDITS I HAVE AND I’M A DOUBLE
MAJOR WITH A MINOR IN
HUMAN RESOURCES. AND I’M JUST
SO EXCITED FOR ALL THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT I’VE ON
EARTH DO YOU HAVE BE TIM
PADGETT SO TELL US WHAT YOU’RE
GOING TO DO TO PREPARE FOR
NEXT MONTH. SO I GOT A LITTLE
BIT UNDER 3 WEEKS NOW WE’VE
BEEN PAGEANT SHOPPING FORWARD
JOEY PRACTICE INTERVIEW, ALMOST
EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS
INTERVIEW, ESPECIALLY AS
HELPING ME, I’M SO EXCITED
JUST RELAX A LITTLE BIT KIND OF
TALKING YOU KNOW JUST TO ME AND
ALSO TO OUR AUDIENCE ABOUT OUR
VIEWERS JUST
PRACTICING PRACTICING TRYING ON
THE SHOES WALKING IN VACUUMING
DOING CHORES IN THE MAKING SURE
THAT I’M AS PREPARED AS I CAN
BE BECAUSE THIS IS THE
BIGGEST 5 TONIGHT COMPETED IN
SO FAR IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS
THAT YOU DON’T ACT IS FOR
RIGHTLY YOU’RE GETTING IN HEELS
AS AN A LOT OF YEARS A LOT
LONGER THAN US SO I GET IT SO
THAT
SAID HOW YOU HOPE YOU KNOW
THINGS GO WELL FOR YOU A NEW
WINE THIS. HOW DO YOU HOPE TO
USE YOU KNOW YOUR PERSONAL
CONNECTION WITH A B YOU KNOW,
AND THE TITLE TO HELP MAYBE
INSPIRE OTHER
YOUNG WOMEN. I WANT PEOPLE TO
OUT THERE AND JUST BE
COMFORTABLE WITH THEMSELVES
WHEN I STARTED PAGEANTRY I WAS
VERY QUIET. I COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN UP HERE TODAY WOULD NOT
BEEN TALKING. I WANT EVERYONE
TO KNOW NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
WHAT YOU THINK YOU’RE CAPABLE
OF DOING ANYTHING AND PAGEANTRY
IS DEFINITELY A BIG STEP YOU
CAN TAKE AND IMPROVING YOUR
SELF-CONFIDENCE AND JUST
GETTING YOURSELF OUT THERE
AND THIS IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE
WE HAVE A PROCESS YOU GO
THROUGH YOU LOOKING FOR
SPONSORSHIP AS WELL
I AM LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIPS
ARE SO MANY THINGS BEHIND THE
SCENES THAT PEOPLE DON’T THINK
ABOUT LIKE WARDROBE SHOES
MAKEUP HAIR EVENING DOWN.
THANKS FOR THE WEEKEND THAT YOU
MIGHT NEED AND
PAGEANTRY JUST REALLY REVOLVED
AROUND COMMUNITY
AND PEOPLE SUPPORTING YOU MAY
BE DOING DONATIONS SPONSORSHIPS
AND FOR MISS FLORIDA.
THEY HAVE A WEB SITE IS FOR THE
USA DOT COM SLASH SPONSOR AND
THAT’S RESPONSES CAN GO TO MAKE
DONATIONS FOR ANYONE IN THE
PAGEANT. I WOULD VERY LIKE YOU
SO MADE A DONATION
TO BE BECAUSE IT IS EXPENSIVE