Creighton Troutwine and Bellame Rush were Little Mr. & Miss Defiance Friday evening to kick off festivities. Bellame had a magic trick to show everybody, while Creighton’s special hobby was fishing and working with his dad, Clayton Troutwine.
Other contestants included Lilyann O’Grady, who wanted to be a teacher; Logan Jones, who wanted to cook, and Alessia Surrell.
The event was emceed by NEN grad Alicia Smith, who gave a talk in memory of the late Brit Fisher. In Spring 2017, Alicia was competing in a Teen Miss USA contest when she got a call from an unknown number. But it was a local number, and it turned out to be Brit, who had just been chosen to head up the contest, loved working with kids, and was really excited about it, but she needed help. “I don’t really have a plan,” said Brit at the time. Alicia came home from the competition and worked out a plan with Brit and went through all the prizes. “I didn’t sleep for 48 hours,” said Alicia.
Alicia said she had no idea how Brit had gotten her cell number, but the two formed a fast friendship over the years, with Brit texting Alicia out of the blue with random ideas for future competitions. In October, Brit had all sorts of plans for this year’s competition and was ordering stuff for it back then.
After the competition was over, everyone got popsicles as a reward.
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