Miss Moorhead 2024
Grace Henderson

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​​COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE: 
​ Be Heard: Advocating for Those with
​Chronic Disease


Hello Everyone! My name is Grace Henderson, and I am your
​2024 Miss Moorhead!
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I am from Fargo, North Dakota but Moorhead is my collegiate hometown! I am a Pre-Physical Therapy student at Concordia College Moorhead double majoring in
Biology and Exercise Science.

On campus, I am involved in Sonder, Students and Alumni Linked Together (SALT), Cheer, Choir, Habitat for Humanity, and Exercise Science Club!
Recently, I just accepted a new job at Sanford as a Therapy Aide. I also work as a Youth Attendant in the day care at Courts Plus. In my free time I love to play the piano, work out at my gym, and spend time with my friends.

My CSI is Be Seen, Be Heard: Advocating for Those with Chronic Disease. Six in every ten Americans are living with a chronic condition. At the age of ten, I was diagnosed with severe Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s is a chronic illness that impacts
my daily life but is unable to be seen from the outside. We must make holistic
health a priority as well as providing safe and supportive environments for
those fighting chronic conditions.


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​Who is Miss Moorhead?
The Miss Moorhead Pageant is an organization to encourage positive achievement by helping to build the scholastic achievement, creative accomplishments, healthy living and community involvement of our young professional women. This competition is intended to encourage and reward the talent, communication skills, community service, and academic achievements of women.

Miss Moorhead may be called upon to appear at a variety of functions throughout the community of Moorhead, where she will be asked to speak, possibly perform her talent, and interact with people of all ages. At all of these appearances, she must be gracious, well spoken, attractive and well groomed, approachable and friendly in order to meet the public’s expectation of a titleholder. She must also set an example of someone who has passion and initiative regarding her chosen
​Community Social initiative Issue. 

Miss Moorhead must also conscientiously prepare to compete for the State title of Miss Minnesota in 2024. She should consider her preparation her duty to represent all the young women in her state to the absolute best of her ability. She must make the time in her busy life to hone her skills in Interview, Talent, and Evening Wear presentations, as well as keep up a healthy lifestyle and fitness program. She should be sure her State paperwork is thoroughly and correctly completed, and submitted on time.  She must be able to undertake all of these responsibilities while she continues to maintain her scholastic and/or professional commitments. while making time to enjoy her family and friends.

A Miss Moorhead’s Year of Service should be an exciting, busy, and important year in her life. She is an exceptional, charismatic young professional woman who leaves an inspiring and enduring impression on everyone she meets.

Eligibility Requirements
Miss Age Requirements*
MISS Candidates 18-28​ Birth year:  1996 - 2006 for 2024 state & 2025 national  competition​
​MISS Candidates must be high school graduates or have passed the high school equivalency examination (G.E.D.) by the date of the finals of the State Pageant of the year in which they would
be eligible to compete in the National Finals
of the Miss America Pageant.

Residence
Rules for Residency 
1) Reducing the six-month residency requirement to thirty (30) days prior to a local competition and ninety (90) days prior to a state competition without locals;
2) Eliminating the requirement to complete at least one semester and allowing college/university acceptance and enrollment to physically attend classes; and
3) Reducing the twenty-six weeks of full-time employment to sixty (60) days of continuous full-time employment.  

Citizenship
Must be a citizen of the United States of America at the time she enters her first competition.

Education
Must be a high school graduate or have successfully completed the GED testing program for high school equivalency or have successfully completed the academic requirements for entry into a college/university degree program by July 30th immediately preceding the National Finals.

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