Miss Mankato 2010 will be crowned today!

We had a very busy day! Contestants were guests at the Key City Sertoma meeting at noon, off to mock interviews, rehearsal, and we even had time for a game with prizes!

Fun to see our Miss Mankato 2007 Jennifer Hudspeth interview Miss Mankato 2009 Kelsey Malecha for the KEYC TV news!!

Two very special ladies that I adore!

Excited to crown the next Miss Mankato tonight!

3 Days until Miss Mankato!

Kelsey is looking forward to crowning Miss Mankato 2010!

Less than one week to Miss Mankato 2010!

10 Very beautiful , educated, and talented contestants
5 Celebrity judges
4 Local media hosts 2 in radio 2 in TV
1 Miss Mankato 2009
1 Miss Minnesota soon to be Miss America
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= One soon to be crowned Miss Mankato 2010!!!

Miss Mankato in 13 days!

Miss Mankato Scholarship Presents


" Miami Heat"


As 10 contestants via for the title of


Miss Mankato 2010





November 14th, 2009 at 7:00PM
Fitzgerald Theater
710 N. 5th. St

Tickets $10 in advance or $12 at the door

Tickets are $10 at the door if you donate an item or cash to the Mankato Food Shelf.

call or text for tickets 507-382-2388
Prepay will call only..
send payment to
Miss Mankato Scholarship
1408 Shoreway Dr.
Kasota, MN. 56050

Deadline is Friday

October 23rd is the deadline to get in your application to compete for the title of Miss Mankato 2010. The pageant is just a few weeks away.

contact Shelly @ shelraye@hickorytech.net

Miss Mankato Informational Meeting is October 4th

Miss Mankato 2010
Contestant informational meeting:

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 @1:00PM.

Location: Cityside Cuts
727 South Front Street
Mankato, MN. 56001

Any questions please email me at shelraye@hickorytech.net

Miss Mankato 2005 stopped by!!

Miss Mankato 2005 Liz Zappetillo Lewis stopped by my home for a nice visit! She was in town for a Gustavus leadership meeting. Liz and her husband Jeffrey reside in Stockton, California. This October they will be celebrating their anniversary.
One of the best things about being in the MAO is the friends that you cherish for a lifetime!
Thanks Liz! Really enjoyed seeing you! I am so proud of all your accomplishments!

Miss Mankato 2010

MISS MANKATO 2010
Miss Mankato 2010 Scholarship Pageant is set for November 14th @ 7:00 PM.
Fitzgerald Campus Theater
110 North 5th Street Mankato, MN. 56001

If you are interested in competing please contact Shelly Bartlett
@ shelraye@hickorytech.net

Miss Mankato was out for "Night to Unite"

" Night to Unite" Kelsey joined the Mankato Department of Public Safety for a night of fun, food, and laughter!

photos coming soon!

"Your Money" Your Miss Mankato!

Kelsey was on WCCO morning radio show "Your Money " LIVE this morning with Bruce Helmer!
She had sooo much fun! Well that's how many ooo's Kelsey had in her text!
I listened with a smile on the entire show!! It it was great tribute to Kelsey's hard work with her platform, and a nice compliment to our entire Miss America program from Miss America to Miss Minnesota to our Miss Mankato!
Thank YOU Kelsey for your continuing support of all the scholorship programs and representing the community of Mankato. You make Mankato proud!

Fun Days for Miss Mankato !

A couple thousand people came out for the beautiful Fun Days Parade!

Kelsey's driver was KTOE Radio personality Red Lewis (and one of her Miss Mankato judges!)






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"Your Money" with Bruce Helmer

PRESS RELEASE:

Miss Mankato 2009 Kelsey Malecha is scheduled to be on WCCO radio station “Your Money” with Bruce Helmer,
Live Sunday morning July 19th from 8:30-9:30am.

Miss Mankato’s Platform: Financial literacy - teaching children, teens, and adults the importance of saving money, investing for the future, and becoming financially independent, is the focus of Kelsey’s platform, as well as her passion for life.
For information on her platform, visit her website: www.understandingfinances.com.

Miss Mankato date is set for November 14th, 2009

All talented ladies ages 17-24 interested in competing for Miss Mankato 2010 please contact Shelly Bartlett at
shelraye@hickorytech.net
or call 507-243-4555

It is an OPEN pageant.
November 14th, 2009 at 7:00PM

Fitzgerald Middle School Theater
110 North 5th St.
Mankato, MN. 56001

Miss Minnesota is Brooke Kilgarriff

Congrats to Miss Twin Cities Brooke Kilgarriff the new Miss Minnesota 2009!
Kelsey our Miss Mankato 2009 was amazing! Making top 10 semifinalist, Quality of Life finalist,and won overall swimsuit award! We could not have asked for a better representative as our Miss Mankato 2009!
She made us very PROUD!
Monday morning Kelsey was emailing and setting up more appearances as Miss Mankato!
You ROCK Kelsey!
THANK YOU for being such an incredible strong and talented woman of today!

Kelsey is Prelim Swimsuit winner!!

Kelsey looked fabulous tonight! She made Mankato so proud!

Kelsey won the prelim swimsuit award!!!

Another similarity! Kelsey swimsuit prelim winner...Jennifer prelim swimsuit winner!!!

You know what I am thinking!!!

Miss Minnesota 2010 Let the Fun Begin!!

I picked Kelsey up at noon..her mom could not drive her so I did! Same thing happened with Jennifer Hudspeth Miss MN 2008. ( Sorry mom's but I LOVE being mom for the day!)Got lost in Apple Valley and Kelsey had to direct me to her house over the phone! Funny but the same thing happened when I went to pick up Jennifer in Apple Valley two years ago!

Similarities !!!

Now I am hoping for another same thing ...a crown for this Miss Mankato to be the new Miss Minnesota!!!

Kelsey was waiting by her room, well everything that will go into her room!

Kelsey with neighboring Miss South Central Natalie Davis looking radiant!

The five Quality of Life Finalist before their interviews.

These five ladies look amazing, and there is a dozen more still to arrive!

Hope to get some pics of all of them soon!

Miss Mankato 2009 is a Quality Of Life Finalist!

Top 5 have been named for Quality Of Life Finalist and Kelsey is a finalist!!
Send off was Sunday...she is ready for Miss America!
I remember suggesting to Kelsey not to prepair for Miss Minnesota, but to prepair for Miss America!
Well she did just that! She is sooooo ready!
Kelsey has been an amazing ambassador for Mankato, and is ready for the job of Miss Minnesota 2010!
THANK YOU KELSEY FOR BEING THE BEST MISS MANKATO 2009!

Mankato Senior Expo 2009 Kelsey Did Shine!

Mankato Senior Expo was Tuesday May 19th. Kelsey charmed the hearts of many of southern Minnesota's senior population and many expo vendors. She was having so much fun she stayed a few hours longer!

Miss Mankato 2009 and Miss Mankato's director are quite the networking duo!!! We scored big for our local program and the Miss MN program!

Nothing but excellent comments came our way...here are a few, and I mean just a few, there were so many more!

" Miss Mankato you are so beautiful"

"Congratulations to you"

" We would like you to speak to our program"

"We could have her on WCCO when she wins the title of Miss MN...actually we would like to have her on WCCO very soon!"

" We need you to speak to our finance educational department"

"The Alltell Center is so happy Miss Mankato is here"

" Our financial group would be very interested in connecting you with our finance programs"

"Mankato is lucky to have such a excellent representative"

" We have Miss America at our Senior Expo?" ... No but close!

" I enjoyed seeing Miss Mankato because we hear so much about on the radio stations!"

THANKS KELSEY ! YOU ARE A EXCELLENT REPRESENT IVE FOR MANKATO AND THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION.

Viva Las Vegas! M.A.C.S. NITE style!

M.A.C.S. Nite was so much fun! Kelsey got a taste of Las Vegas so she will be ready for the real deal! All our sponsors and supporters came out for a night of fun and entertainment. Kelsey performed her Miss MN talent but no pictures allowed until Miss MN! She met many new people and saw many friends of the Miss Mankato Program, played heads or tails, then danced for everyone! Elvis needed to leave to perform in St.Paul but stayed to watch Kelsey's talent. Boogie Wonderland rocked the house too! Thanks to Jennifer( she performed last year as Miss MN and M.AC.S. had many requests for her return this year) she co hosted with Brad & Sarah and Nicole( this pasts years Miss Mankato Judge)

Thanks to All our Miss Mankato Scholarship supporters for helping make M.A.C.S. Nite a such a success!

A.B.A.T.E. Hot Dog Fundraiser was HUGE!

Thank you to A.B.A.T.E. for allowing the Miss Mankato Scholarship Program to feed your group after your annual parade on Saturday,May 1st. In less than 40 minutes we served over 210 Hot Dogs! The weather was perfect!

Thank to my mom Sandy, my son Jackson, his friends Joe, Josh, and Justin,and this years Miss Mankato judge Troy and his wife Lori for all the help! We were a little worried when the motorcycles started rolling in...it looked like 500 bikers and we did not want to run out of hot dogs! We made it and even had a few left overs for us workers!!!

Looking forward to next year already!