Miss Michigan Katie LaRoche Performs at Miss America Pageant

Announcing, our Little Sweetheart Princess Program!

We are so excited to announce our newest addition to Miss Heart of Michigan!

Welcome to our First Annual Little Sweetheart Princess Program!

Please email j701@freeway.net for details and the application.

Hurry, the deadline for applications is January 31.

We are only accepting twenty applications, so don't wait!

Message from Kaley to Katie!

Well Miss Katie has arrived in Vegas and has already made her mark. Congratulations to Katie for being selected a finalist for the Quality of Life Award. What an honor! I wish Katie my Miss Heart sister and good friend the VERY best in Vegas. I so wish that I could be in the seats with some of my Miss Michigan sisters cheering her on but I will be with her in spirit and "heart" no pun intended hehe. I know that her genuine nature, talent and kindness will shine through in the interview room and on the stage. GOOD LUCK KATIE!

Signing off from the Heart,

Kaley :)

Katie it Top Eight for Quality of Life Award!

It was just announced that Katie LaRoche from Michigan is one of the eight finalists for the Quality of Life Award at Miss America!


This year’s Quality of Life finalists were announced yesterday at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas during the 2011 Miss America Pageant Arrival Ceremony.

The Quality of Life Awards were introduced in 1988 to recognize contestants who excel in their commitment to community service. In order to be considered for the Quality of Life Award, contestants must submit an application describing their involvement with Children's Miracle Network, the national platform of the Miss America Organization, and their own personal platform issue.

The winner of the Quality of Life Award will receive a $6,000 scholarship, the first runner-up will win a $4,000 scholarship, and the second runner-up will win a $2,000 scholarship. Winners will be announced at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on January 14 during the 3:00 p.m. (PST) press conference.

Katie is in Las Vegas!

Hello Everyone:

I have reached Las Vegas and will begin rehearsals, interviews and appearances tomorrow afternoon. I am sending out one last reminder about the Voting! Please remember to vote ALL FOUR WAYS.

Thank you everyone!

Katie

The Public has been given the opportunity to pick one of the finalists for the Miss America Competition that will be broadcast live on ABC on January 15th at 8pm. Please fell free to pass this information on by way of Email, FaceBook, twitter, word of mouth, etc.

1. Facebook

Step One: Go to the “Miss America Organization” Facebook page

Step Two: Click the "Like" for the Miss America Organization

Step Three: Click the “Like” for Katie’s video submission.

2. Cell Phone: text MAMI to 24470

3. The Miss America Webpage: www.MissAmerica.org/VideoContest

4. YouTube (you must have a Gmail account or YouTube account to vote. If you do not have one it only takes 2 minutes to create one)

Step one: Go to http://www.youtube.com/MissAmericaOrg#p/c/5E70361E9BA9B04B/23/-nr5qqdlZLM

Step Two: Click "Like" below and to the right of the video

Step Three: Click the Sign in (if you have a Gmail or YouTube account) or Sign up (if you need to quick create one)

Step Four: Go back to the video and click “like”

Katie Lynn LaRoche
Miss Michigan 2010

Contestant Information

To all prospective contestants, please read...

I have received paperwork from contestants with the wrong contract. Please, please make sure you use the Miss Heart of Michigan contract that is emailed to you. Since we are a 501c3, our contract is different than Miss America's local contract. If you send the incorrect contract, you will need to resubmit the correct contract (and have it notarized again) to be considered an official contestant.

Please make sure all of your Childrens Miracle Network funds are raised. There have been over forty prospective contestants who have requested a contract and we only accept thirty entries. The first thirty will be the official contestants. All CMN money must be raised and all paperwork must be complete to be considered as a contestant.

The deadline is approaching, so get your paperwork to us as soon as you can! We have a deadline with the Casino to get the program printed, so we cannot make exceptions for late entries.

It is going to be another great year. I look forward to seeing our Miss Heart "daughters" again and gaining new "daughters!"

No Internet

In case you tried to contact us via email in the past four days and did not receive a reply from us, our internet was shut down. We discovered it on Friday morning.

Since we are moving, we have to disconnect one internet service and open another (since the first one is not available at our new location). We have new service at the new facility, but had not moved the computers yet. We were not going to disconnect the first service until we had all equipment moved. However, someone in sales decided that Friday was a great day to end our internet. When I called to find out what happened, the sales department was closed for the holiday.

All this comes down to...we have no internet connections and may not have them for a few more days, until we can make the switch. You will hear from me as soon as I can respond.

I also had the Miss Heart contract ready to email all prospective contestants on Friday, but that will have to wait until we can be up and running. I have the list of all who have contacted me so far, but if you want to be included on the list, please email me after Monday and I will send a contract to you.

If you have not signed up for CMN yet, please make sure all of your funds are raised. There have been over forty prospective contestants who have requested a contract and we only accept thirty entries. The first thirty will be the official contestants. All CMN money must be raised and all paperwork must be complete to be considered as a contestant.

Sorry for the inconvenience! We hope to be full speed ahead very soon!

P.S. I am at a remote computer so I can write this, but have no access to our email accounts.