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UK to host Miss UK/Lexington Friday Top two contestants will go on to compete for Miss Kentucky By Colleen Kochensparger news@kykernel.com
Delta Tau Delta will host the annual Miss UK/Miss Lexington pageant Friday in the Singletary Center for the Arts. The pageant will benefit the Chlidren’s Miracle Network and the Makenna Foundation, as well as provide scholarship opportunities to two of the twelve contestants who will go on to compete for the title of Miss Kentucky. “It’s a preliminary for the Miss Kentucky pageant that will happen in June this year and it’s in the Miss America system, but it’s more of a scholarship system,” said last
year’s winner Ramsey Carpenter, a special education/LBD senior. Contestants can compete for the title of Miss UK if they are current UK students or for Miss Lexington if they are non-students from the Lexington area. Both Miss UK and Miss Lexington will go on to compete at a state level, said event director Dana Peddicord. Miss Kentucky will spend the year after winning the crown touring various schools and “promoting mostly self-esteem” and related issues, Peddicord said. “It’s important for girls who are competing to keep in
mind that it’s not just a crown, you basically work as a service to the state,”she said. “It’s kind of a job.” In order to win the title of Miss Lexington or Miss UK, contestants will take part in a swimsuit round, an evening of private interviews with the judges, a round of onstage questions, an evening gown round and a display of a particular talent, said Thomas Bardenwerper, a finance and marketing sophomore and Delta Tau Delta member. Bardenwerper is the promoting and marketing director for the event. “I really like the talent part because some of these girls, when they get on instruments, it’s amazing,” Bardenwerper said. In order to become a competitor, one must have a specific philanthropic plat-
form. “I had to write an essay on my platform; mine is prenatal care (and) what we can do to prevent premature births,” said current contestant Hope Zils, a pre-nursing sophomore. “At this level, everyone’s required to raise a hundred dollars” for the Children’s Miracle Network in order to compete, Zils said. The required donation is increased for all Miss Kentucky competitors to compete, and again at the national level. The Miss America pageant system “joins forces with the Children’s Miracle Network on a national level” to raise money and awareness for the charity, Peddicord said. This particular level of the pageant will also be rais-
If you have any pictures or videos from the State Street and University Avenue celebrations during the national championship run last March and April that you would like to share, please email them to tlighty@kykernel.com. Your pictures could be used in a video for the Kernel.
Students have alternate way to pay for DanceBlue By Morgan Eads meads@kykernel.com
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‘Shameless,’ ‘Ripper Street’ and three more series get renewed
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The contestants visit children in hospitals during pageant week to cheer them up and provide support. Despite all the fundraising, tough questions and “dreaded swimsuit round,” the pageant is far more rewarding than it is stressful, Carpenter said. “It’s kind of stressful but, honestly, not so much that it isn’t fun,” Carpenter said. “It’s not just based on your looks, it’s your personality and your platform.” “The best part of each event is the talent; each girl has the opportunity to showcase a talent or craft, something they’ve really honed and worked on, there’s lots out there but you usually see singing, dancing, girls playing piano,” Peddicord said. “It’s a way to see who these girls really are.”
Dancers can pledge money
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ing money for Delta Tau Delta’s philanthropy, the Makenna Foundation, which is also of the Children’s Miracle Network. “We have a couple of sponsors — Miss Priss, ecampus, Kennedy’s, Cane’s, Whitaker Bank, and a few others — that are getting spots in the program and a shout out from the emcees,” Bardenwerper said. The sponsors helped pay for flyers and other aspects of hosting the pageant, so all ticket sales will directly benefit the Makenna Foundation, Bardenwerper said. “The Children’s Miracle Network is important because it’s hospitals spread out across the nation for kids who are going through a really tough time medically; there’s actually one on UK’s campus,” Carpenter said.
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Those interested in dancing in UK’s annual DanceBlue marathon that have been unable to raise the required funds may be able to join the event after all. Since DanceBlue started, there has been a little used option of payment that could open doors for some dancers. Team members who were not able to fulfill their fundraising requirements can pledge a monetary amount on DanceBlue’s website. (danceblue.org) Family science senior and fundraising chair for DanceBlue Tressa Neal explained the pledge system for the event. “A pledge is essentially an IOU, you pledge a donation and you pledge you will pay for it at a later date,” Neal said. Not many utilize this method, Neal said. “Not a lot of people use it because they don’t fully understand it,” Neal said. ISC junior Haylei Benton would not have been able to dance in the upcoming marathon if it weren’t for the pledge option. “I wasn’t able to get the donations that I needed, but now I know I can dance and
pay it back,” Benton said. Elementary education sophomore Katie Ballew said she would not have considered doing DanceBlue if it were not for the pledge option. “I actually wasn’t planning on dancing until I found out about pledging,” Ballew said. “I think pledging will make it easier to raise the money.” The fact you can choose to pay monthly, quarterly or yearly will help students hoping to dance, Ballew said. “I think with college kids it is hard to ask for large sums of money,” Ballew said. “We get money through our jobs slowly and blow it quickly.” Benton also said that spreading out the payments will ease the burden on the pocketbooks of university students. “It’s a good way for people who can’t afford it right now to be able to dance in a way that is better for their budget,” Benton said. The real advantage will go to the beneficiary, DanceBlue KCH Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic, Benton said. “It makes it so people can donate as much as they want and be able to pay it back,” Benton said. “It doesn’t matter how much, even if
it’s five dollars, every little bit helps.” Some teams have gotten corporate sponsors this year and the pledge system will help those sponsors bring in more money for the cause, Neal said. “The companies often have to wait to donate the money because of technicalities,” Neal said. “This wouldn’t be possible without the pledge option. Though some may think issues could arise with people not fulfilling their pledges, Benton doesn’t think it will be an issue. “People know what they are doing when they pledge,” Benton said. “It explains it really well and you choose how much you want to pay at a time. It shouldn’t be any problem.” Neal said she hopes it will not be an issue. “We definitely want to stress that it is something you are expected to fulfill,” she said. “It is a financial contract.” The pledge system could be very advantageous to the clinic and to those hoping to dance, Neal said. “We think it’s an awesome system that can really benefit teams,” Neal said. “But this is for the kids so we want everything to be fulfilled and for it to go straight to the clinic.”