Local Pageants
Miss Coon Rapids
Miss Coon Rapids 2011 is Megan Ehlert!
Education: University of Minnesota Twin Cities – College of Food and Animal Sciences
Platform: “Tails of Independence” in conjunction with Can Do Canines
Scholastic/Career Ambition: Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and operate a pet food nutrition store
Talent: Baton Twirling
Accomplishments: Raising and training the first Autism dog (Reno) in the State of Minnesota; trained over fifty service dogs for Can Do Canines to help the disabled lead a better life. Represented, raised funds and visited orphans in Honduras. Lived and thrived in a foreign country, China, for five months not knowing any Mandarin upon arrival!
Interesting Fact: I brought a cat home with me from Beijing – his name is “Lao Hu”, but he is learning his English name of “Tiger”. I can twirl three batons and a fire baton; however, only three at a time! I have been twirling since the age of seven.
About the Pageant
Miss Coon Rapids is an open local pageant. Contestants must live, work,
or attend school in the state of Minnesota to be eligible.
Pageant President: Teda Staricha
Phone: 763-670-8212
Mailing Address:
4086 119th Lane NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Email: pbsteda@gmail.com
Website www.misscoonrapidspageant.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Teda Staricha - President
Tina Vande Vrede - Vice President
Jessica Marsh - Secretary
Libby Huebner - Treasurer
Teda Staricha - Parliamentarian
Megan Torgerson Vitko- Production Director
Roberta Ziegler - Ways & Means Director
Tina VandeVrede - Administrative Director
Theresa Leggate- Queen's Committee Director
WE LOVE OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!
Jeff & Kirsten Comfort
Will & Phyl Erickson
Monte & Nancy Mahowald
Marcia Carlson
Terry Peterson
John & Sue Leggate
Jerry & Sue Koch
Mike Bucy
Jason & Jessica Marsh
John Ziegler
PAGEANT HISTORY
The Miss Coon Rapids Scholarship Program is proud to be home to three Miss
Minnesotas since our inauguration in 1965: Susan Erickson, Miss Minnesota 1978, Julie Richardson, Miss Minnesota 1991, and Megan Torgerson, Miss Minnesota 2003
The Miss Coon Rapids Pageant began as a community service project of the Coon
Rapids Jaycees, it has always been a part of the Coon Rapids Snowflake Days
celebration.
The Miss Coon Rapids Scholarship Pageant was incorporated in 1986. We have
always had a strong program thanks to our dedicated volunteers, many who have
been with our program for over 20 years! We have many new volunteers with our
program this year who are very excited to produce the best Miss Coon Rapids
Scholarship program ever!!
