Miss South Central 2009 is Aja Majkrzak. Aja is a 20 year old Music Performance Major at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She has studied the violin since the age of four. After spending a lifetime with music realized that it has helped her to develop intellectually and emotionally and most importantly music has created the foundation for strong friendships in her life.

This was the inspiration for her platform, "Enriching Lives through Music." During her year as Miss South Central Aja wants to support public school music education programs through benefit concerts and recitals that the students themselves would perform in. Music is such an amazing subject for students because they can learn something in a classroom, study it on their own, and then showcase it in an entertaining way! The same cannot be said for math or history. (Science can be kind of cool to watch, but not as cool as music!).

In addition to helping public schools with their music programs Aja wants to enrich the lives of others by performing music for them. Beginning at the age of 5 Aja has performed for PALS, a group for developmentally disabled adults. They remember her every year and thoroughly enjoy listening to her play. She wants to perform for them as well as nursing home and hospital residents.

Outside of music and pageants Aja enjoys cooking (and watching Giada de Laurentiis on the Food Network), shopping, reading, watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and watching live theater.

"If music be the food of love, play on."--William Shakespeare

For more information about Aja, visit wasecapageants.com/misssouthcentral.aspx

Miss South Central is an open pageant. To compete, you must be a resident, student, or employee in the state of Minnesota.

Contact Information
Jennifer Burt - burt_jennifer@yahoo.com
Christy Stewart - christina.stewart@mnsu.edu
Website - www.wasecapageants.com

Committee
-Jennifer Burt & Christy Stewart, Co-Directors
-Natalie & Rick Priebe, Judges Coordinators
-Sharri Rocca
-Amanda Kanewischer
-Beth Krause
-Val Rose
-Bethany Imdieke
-Molly Conway