A Picture is worth a thousand words

Last Monday the 7th I spent an evening with Shannon Pratt photography and Danielle Ford. It was my very first photo shoot, and my first shoot for Miss Teen Southern Alberta 2012.

I started my afternoon off with Shanlee from Kenegdo salon. I didn’t know that this salon was located in Lethbridge but I am very happy i was sent there because ill be returning there for my grad hair. After Shanlee gave me amazing curls, i was off to Once Upon A Bride to meet my photographer and Danielle. Monday was the perfect day for this because it was plus 20 weather.

http://www.kenegdo.ca/

http://shannonprattphotography.com/

Ive never done this before so i was quite new to it. I was happy Shannon was able to guide me through it and we (Shannon, Danielle and myself) were all having a lot of fun with it. We started out down at the beautiful Lethbridge River bottom and took a few shots in a beautiful black gown. The second location we headed to was one of our local land marks the Lethbridge high level Bridge. Third we headed to our very own Lethbridge university and there were a few special spots where she took some photos for me.

Three hours later and we were finally finished! What a long and tiring night that was, but it was all worth it because i had such an amazing time. Here are a few sneak peek photos! I’m very excited to see the rest.

Thank you so much to Shannon for taking time to shoot these beautiful photos. Also to Danielle from Once Upon A bride who let me borrow five amazing dresses.

 

 

 

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Posted On:May 15, 2012 Categories:Miss Teen, photoshoot

Lets plaaaay ball!

Just last weekend May 4th and 5th our girls senior softball team headed to Vulcan for there annual Star Trek tournament. On Friday night we battled out with Cardston but fell short losing10-5. That same night we took home a victory win against Claresholm winning 19-0.

Saturday morning we headed back up bright and early to make the 9:00am game against Vulcan. We took home another win playing in terrible weather conditions. A big thank you to Brooklyn Gathercole who rocked another three home runs, Giving us the lead of 7-2. After that game we headed to a cute motel restaurant and waited out to get confirmation if the tournament would go on or be cancelled because of the snow. About an hour later we found out the the tournament would not go on.

I’m honored to be this years team captain and lead hit off. This will be my last year with these amazing pride girls and representing my school as I am graduating. My coach Kevin Holland has been amazing to me and pushed me to be a great athlete and leader. I wish him all the best with years to come of coaching.

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Children’s Festival 2012

On Saturday April 21st I volunteered at the Children’s Festival for the Meet and Greet with Barney, Jess and Olivia! This was my first event i attended to promote my title.

At this event which was held in Lethbridge at the Exhibition grounds in the Heritage hall. There were plenty of exhibits and activities

-Bike Inspections

-Bike Rodeo

-Helmet Check

-Car Seat Inspections

-Roll Over Simulator

-Displays

-Grab Bag for Participants

-Andi’s Petting Zoo
You can check out this link for more information

http://www.rock106.ca/events/more.jsp?content=20120402_182352_7396i

This event was so much fun and made me realize that I am now a role model to children. I would have little girls and boys coming up to me and asking to take pictures with them and say “what’s it like to be a princess?” This was a great day and even without my title next year i would love to volunteer again.

 

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Regional Skills Competition 2012

Yesterday was my third year competing in the Regional Skills Competition. I competed in the Intermediate Bridal hairstyle. Last year in the same category I was awarded with Gold, this year i landed silver and am happier then ever. Going into the competition is always a great experience, it also helps me learn for when I go into the hair styling industry after high school.

This years style was bridal but non-commercial. Basically it had to be above and beyond “weird” looking. A style that a regular bride would never be seen in. I competed against 4 other girls and the level of difficulty was very high because they all had their own unique design. I now have the opportunity to go to Edmonton and compete in the World Skills in May, ill keep you updated if i decide to go!

Here is my bridal up do.

Good luck to anyone in the future who has an opportunity to compete in the regional skills!

 

 

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Posted On:April 20, 2012 Categories:Fun, My Hobbies

Hello from Hailey Kloot, 2012 Miss Teen Southern Alberta

 

 

Hey readers! My name is Hailey, and I have the opportunity to not only represent my home town Coaldale, but all of southern Alberta. I am honoured to be taking over the blog of Miss Aly Mahovlic.

For starters I am 17 years old and am in my senior year at Kate Andrews High school. Attending Kate Andrews I have the honour of being one of the presidents of my school, along my side is Haley Van Rijn. We enjoy

Ha(i)ley Squared Presidents

planning all kinds of events and fundraise for many charities. At my school I love participating in all the sports. I’ve

Every year I was setter

                                      played volley ball and softball all through high school, and played basketball in grade 9 and 12. Being athletic and fit is one of my passions. Before playing high school sports I was in gymnastics at West Winds in Lethbridge. I was in it for 6 years, and then switched to competitive TnT(Trampoline and Tumbling) for 3 years. It was in grade 8 when I finally had to chose between school

Last year at finals we won 2nd place

sports and TnT, and school sports was the winner.

 

After High school I plan on attending LA hair design to pursue my passion in hairstyling, make-up, and nails. In 2011 I competed in world skills intermediate hair styling and won gold. I plan on

Me winning Gold at Skills!

participating in this event again on April 19th and hope to do as well as I did last year.

I follow a quote in life “live everyday as it might be your last.”In 2009 I woke up one September morning not knowing my life would dramatically change. This was the first significant tragedy in my life;

Daddy's girl <3

losing my dad due to alcohol. Before I go to bed each night I tell my mom “I love you, good night.” After my dads passing it made me realize you don’t know what tomorrow might bring. So tell your loved ones you love them as much as you can, and try something new as often as you can because you might not get that chance the next day.

Like mother like daughter

For those of you reading and who don’t know me very well I hope this next paragraph fixes that. The basics being my favourites.

Color: Blue

 

Animal: Bunny

Drink: Chocolate Milk

A Cinderella Story

Fears: The 3 S’s, Snakes, Spiders and sharks

Movie: Cinderella Story

Celebrity: Hilary Duff

Season: Summer

Sport: Volleyball

Music: Country

Team: Oilers

I love fashion and keep up with the latest trends. I’m not afraid to mix and match my clothing and look a little weird. Not going to lie I am a kind of a cry baby. Well I can just be very emotional, and shed some tears over probably anything, movies and the fact that I’m graduatingare two main ones at the moment. I’m very artistic

My acrylic nails and designs

when it comes to nail designs. I love being athletic but then its also nice to just lay on the couch with all the junk food I can find and watch my favorite shows. I’m a big fan of the outdoors, nature and all the activities that go along with it but only when its above 18 and I can wear summer dresses. My friends mean everything to me and they’re giving me something a person always needs in there life. MEMORIES.

My best friends

That about wraps it up, and I want to thank everyone for your love and support, it means so much. As busy as I am I’m going to do my best to keep you all up to date with this blog.

xoxo Hailey

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Posted On:April 12, 2012 Categories:High School, Miss Teen, My Hobbies

The Miss Teen Legacy lives on.

 
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The Ugly Truth

My Documentary

Stereotyping is the process in witch we either voluntarily or unconsciously attach expectation or traits to a person, what better way to dehumanize someone.

On CBC 7pm Tuesday

In today’s society with all the stereotypes, biaseses and prejudices its near impossible to truly understand what its like to walk in another persons shoes and understand their day to day difficulties. Have you ever thought about the daily struggles that homeless man on main street goes though? or the difference between the way an overweight person gets treated vs a supermodel? Have you ever wondered the different obstacles somebody in a wheelchair faces everyday?

 I am here to give you the inside look on unique peoples lives. I will be going under cover every week in a different body to truly capture the differences in ways that people are perceived and treated in their everyday life.

Breaking Boundaries

Rimmel London and Mark Jacobs I am asking you to fund my T.V. show “The Ugly Truth” It would be a half an hour long show once a week, documenting me in somebody else’s shoes. I would appreciate your help with your brands and ideas. The purpose of the show is learning more about people and better understanding of different living circumstances, to prove a point that nothing is really as it seems.

From the real hardships of being a model to the stress of fame, I will get the real deal behind the stereotypes and see the reality of work required to keep up with any lifestyle. I will take on the persona of a wide variety of individuals such as overweight, homeless, model, cheerleader, elderly, disabled, biker, singer, prostitute, football star, waitress ect.. We are trying to break the boundaries of stereotypes! This documentary would touch the lives of families everywhere and although there is strong content and harsh realities, I think that everyone should be exposed to the ugly truth.

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Making a Change

Free the Children

I am exited and proud to have the opportunity of raising awareness and money for the Miss Teen Canada-World charity of choice Free The Children.

Free the Children

Free the Children is the largest network of helping give education to children in third world countries. Free the Children has built more than 650 schools in Asia, Africa and Latin America providing education to more than 5500 children. 

Nelson Education Ltd connecting to Free The Children

 

Empowering Children

On September 2009 Nelson Education Ltd., partnered with  http://freethechildren.com. Free The children was founded by Craig Keilburger and is the worlds largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in education and development programs in 45 nations.  They are committed to improving the quality of life in third world countries through the education of children.  Miss Teen Canada – World Inc (http://www.missteencanada.com) is included among over 60 other companies that have become involved with Free the Children.

This is a inspiring video of Nelson Education http://www.nelson.com sending the popular band “headly” to help give communities hope http://www.facebook.com/video/video.pip?v=488367020305&oid=113580358603&comments

About Nelson Education Ltd

Nelson Education Ltd. is Canada’s leading educational publisher of products (books etc) for all ages.  They are very active in Canadian schools kindergarten – Grade 12 classes as well

Nelson Education

as higher education and industrial markets.  Nelson participates in the community through corporate donations.  They encourage employee participation in activities that help the communities in which they work and live and provide them with paid volunteer leave each year to donate their time, talent and energy to community and fundraising events.  As a business, they take their social responsibility very seriously. Nelson believes education is a valuable tool for the leaders of tomorrow, and so does Free The Children.

Doing My Part

Children helping Children

As Miss Teen Southern Alberta I have the opportunity to work closely with Free the Children and help to raise funds for this worthwhile cause.  I have been doing many bottle drives and will be hosting a Car Wash to raise awareness and funds. This has been both educational and a fun experience for me. I have enjoyed getting out and meeting my community one door at a time. I look forward to continuing raising awareness for Free The Children.

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Welcome to Lethbridge!

Volunteering in my community

Exhibition Grounds 

Meeting Down With Webster

Exhibition Grounds on the Southside of Lethbridge hosts a lot of bands and events from all over Canada. The events I have appeared at being “Down With Webster” , “Fight Night” and the horse races that happen every weekend in the spring and fall with racers from all over. Whoop Up Days in August is another big event in Southern Alberta, also held at the Exhibition.  It’s also home to one of my sponsors “Rocky Mountain Turf Club “.

 Spitz Stadium

 

 Spitz Stadium is located in South Lethbridge near Henderson Lake and Recreation. Spitz is home to the Lethbridge Bulls along with little league teams. I have had the priviledge to pitch as a guest at special games. I like to go cheer on our team without my crown and sash in my spare time.

 
Pitching At The Bulls Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henderson Lake

 

 

Steps for Life

Henderson lake is a beautiful part of Lethbridge.  It is host to many charity walks, weddings, and other special events. It was my pleasure to attend “Steps for Life” charity walk with the crew from one of my sponcers “Work Place Safety” We raised over 22 thousand dollars for people affected by work place injurys. I also got to hand out awards.  Henderson offers alot of activitys weekly for the whole family.

http://www.safeworker.ca

 River Bottom

 
 
Path in River Bottom

 

A popular place to go is down in our very own coulees. There are many paths, the Oldman River, and of course the beautiful “High Level Bridge”  one of the main attactions, with its length of  1,624 m and height of 95.7 m tall. A beautiful place for picniks and floating down the river on hot summer days. The history of the area is knows as “indian battle ground” 

 

 

 

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Lethbridge seniors ‘Rock The Block’

 Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization organizes events all over Lethbridge such as, Pink Shirt day and Rocks the Block.  At Rock the Block I was lucky to introduce the bands and dance with seniors and children.  I also worked at the concession selling treats and eating a few while raising money for the seniors.
 
 http://www.shelleyforsbergphotography.com -official photographer
 

 

Steps for Life

 

Pink Shirt Day

 

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Posted On:June 19, 2011 Categories:Events, Miss Teen

Imperfection Is Beauty

October 10th 2009, the day I made a life changing decision to live a painless life. On that day I was given a choice to live my life with the tragic pain of Severe Femoral Antivertion in my legs for the rest of my life, or to get every bone in both of my legs re-located. That’s a hard decision for a fourteen year old girl to make in my opinion.

Later that afternoon heading on our way back into Lethbridge my mom got a call with my surgery date, after that everything started to feel real. The doctors had been talking about doing surgery on my legs since I was a little girl and I have had to make adjustments to my daily life to make it as pain-less as possible. When I got home I cried until I fell asleep.

November 19th came up pretty quick and I built up my strength and with my family by my side I had faith that I would come out stronger.

When I came out it was the most excruciating pain I had ever felt, luckily the Epidural masked some of that pain. Just as I thought that after the first couple days things would get easier, then I started to realize that one day I’m going to have to move. The pain escalated, day by day the pain got worse but in the back of my head I knew that every time I moved my torso I was one move closer to getting better. Eventually I was strong enough to sit in a straight-legged wheelchair for a limited amount of time. That meant freedom to me, the feeling I got when I finally got to get out of that hospital bed was incredible. But day by day the tasks got worse and finally  was able to move one of my legs. After that they sent me home.

Once I started to get more feeling back into my legs we started to realize that I couldn’t feel my feet, everynight it would feel like my feet where getting torn apart and I couldn’t even help it beacuse of all the casting that was in my way. One week later we where back at Calgary Children’s Hospital.

This time I started to realize the people around me, and I felt less sorry for myself and felt more guilty for crying as the days went on, my perspective on my life completely changed from “why is this happening to me?” to “why do all these kids have to hurt so bad” seeing young girls going though chemotherapy, seeing babies that may not ever get to see there first birthdays. After that couple of weeks I avoided the pity that people put on me, I was thankful to be alive and to have my legs, I was thankful to have the family that was there with me though everything.

It was about a year later that I was able to walk again, I don’t talk about my scars or what happened to me very often because I felt that it changes peoples perspectives on me. And to this day I am so thankful for what many people take for granted, walking. I feel that my scars are beautiful because they show me the lessons I have learned and the strength I have gained, my scars show me that  my past is very real and gave me the courage to show girls, that imperfection is beauty and flaws are what make you real. I hope to share this message that you are all truly beautiful, and to never cover up your scars.

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Posted On:May 11, 2011 Categories:Uncategorized