Our Miss Minnesota 2007

Miss Mankato 2007 Jennifer Hudspeth

Go to http://www.missminnesota.org for more photos.

Photos by Paula Preston @ http://www.paulapreston.com/

MISS MANKATO IS THE NEW MISS MINNESOTA 2007!!

I know every person in Mankato who has had
the opportunity to meet Jennifer in the last six
months as Miss Mankato, knows why she is the new
Miss Minnesota 2007!!
I was not able to take any crowning pictures because my eyes were so teared up I could not see! Also what pictures I do have,are blurry from all the jumping and hugging. What a tremendous feeling to BELIEVE in someone so much and watch her be crowned before your eyes! Miss America here we come!



Team Mankato Justin, Josh , Miss MN 2007 Jennifer, Jasmine & Shelly Miss MN 2006 Nicole with Miss MN 2007 Jennifer

Top 5

Miss MN 2007 Jennifer Hudspeth Miss Mankato

!st runner up Megan KuzniaMiss Marshall County

2nd runner up Mackensie Ross Miss Brainerd Lakes

3rd runner up Kathryn Knuttila Miss Heart of Lakes
4th runner up Cori Shellum Miss Coon Rapids

Pageant morning brunch with family and committees

These girls look excited and ready for a fun evening. Mankato, Marshall County, and Winona.

Three Generations of Beauty!

Jennifer very proud Mom and Grandma.

Jennifer thanks for being part of the Miss Mankato family. What an honor to have you represent the community of Mankato!

Miss Mankato and Miss Minnesota

Jennifer with Nicole Swanson Miss Minnesota 2006.

Taken after Friday nights competition! Two very beautiful ladies!!

Jennifer wins Prelim Swimsuit award!

Jennifer Hudspeth and Mackenzie Ross tied for top swimsuit honors! Then the judges re voted and they tied again! So both Miss Mankato and Miss Brainerd Lakes received this award.

Jennifer worked very hard and it shows!!

I Love Mankato on the golf course

"I Love Mankato"
The two Mankato golf teams did an amazing job out on the Dwan Golf Course in Bloomington!
Between the two teams they took home 3 awards!!
They also raised scholarships for a great program.
It was fun to hear everyone ask "what is up with all the Mankato shirts?"
Which gave me an opportunity to educate them all about the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program.

Miss Minnesota Week

Received a phone call from Jennifer, she is having a great time. This picture was Tuesday at the MN State Capitol.

Roommates

Roommates Miss Mankato Jennifer Hudspeth and Miss Heart of Lakes Kathryn Knuttila meet up at check in. They will be sharing a room for the pageant week.

Things should go great, neither is a morning person!

I might add, they both look beautiful!

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Will the real Santa please stand up!!
Miss Minnesota check in was today, the host hotel was also hosting a Santa Clause convention!
Jennifer was busy chatting with the the Santa crew while waiting for hotel rooms to be ready.

One Santa promised to give one lucky girl an early Christmas gift, a new crown!

KTOE 1420 AM and KDOG 96.7 FM YOU ROCK!

There is a reason they call these guys radio personalities! These guys all ROCK! What a way to send Jennifer off to Miss Minnesota! After being on Spotlight in the morning with Don and Red, it was on to the morning show with Brad and Sarah. Jennifer was laughing continuously.
Everyone should start everyday this way!!
Thanks guys for supporting Miss Mankato!

Tune in to KTOE Radio

Jennifer will be on KTOE Radio Spotlight in the morning this Friday,June 8 at 8:20 AM.
Tune in to 1420 am or visit http://www.ktoe.com/ and listen live.
Red Lewis and Don Rivet will spotlight Jennifer and her upcoming competition to
Miss Minnesota 2007.

Royal Family Kids Camp Fundraiser with Governor Pawlenty

Miss Outstanding Teen, Miss Mankato, and Miss Austin volunteered for an exhausting evening of serving. They served chair tables that donated $10,000 to royal Family Kids Camp. The event was highlighted with Keynote speaker Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Natalie, Jennifer & Tina; Thank you for the big hearts you have!
Three of your four points on your crown stood out SERVICE( serving hundreds of salads, desserts and salmon) , and of course you all did it with STYLE, and the fundraiser was a SUCCESS because you sacrificed your evening for a good cause.
Royal Family Kids Camp is a camp for neglected and abused children ages 7 to 11.
The event funds will be used to start more camps across the state of Minnesota.