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Meet the 2011 Illinois Coed Queens!
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Denyla Bissic
Princess, ages 3 to 6 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Princess
DeNyla, aka Nyla, is 7 years old and very excited about entering the second grade in the fall. Nyla enjoys ballet, playing the piano, and has been involved with competitive cheerleading since the age of 5, she currently cheers for Team Illinois Allstar Cheer in Plainfield IL.
Nyla has done print advertising for Dillard's and Bergner's department stores, as well as One Step Ahead magazine.
She enjoys participating in Girls Scouts and volunteering throughout her community. Her volunteer activities include participating in the Color A Smile program where each month she colors and decorates pictures that are then distributed to residents in nursing homes, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers.
She also collects socks and mittens to be donated to a local women's shelter, assists at food pantries, and collects pet supplies to be donated to a local animal shelter. DeNyla has a love of animals and aspires to be a Veterinarian.
She is honored to be your 2011 Miss Illinois Coed Princess Queen.
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Chandlyr Davis
Sweetheart, ages 7 to 9 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Sweetheart
Chandlyr Davis is a 7 year old 1st grader from Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Tandria Collins, and has a younger sister.
Chandlyr volunteers at the Children's Place Association, an agency dedicated to helping children affected by AIDS/HIV. Chandlyr promotes literacy by donating books to children who's parents are unable to provide them.
In her spare time she loves to read books, write stories and play with her younger sister Chayce. Chandlyr's goals include becoming a hair stylist to the stars and owning her own hair beauty spa.
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A'Maiya Allen
Preteen, ages 10-12 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Preteen
A'Maiya is thrilled to represent the state of I as your 2011 Miss Illinois American Preteen! A'Maiya will be a 6th grader this fall and is excited about her first year in Middle School. During the 2010 school year as a straight A student, A'Maiya gained recognition as a Pop Warner Little Scholar at both the regional and national level. She takes her studies seriously but also finds time for FUN! She enjoys cheerleading in which she has been cheering for the past 4 years. She also loves reading and writing creative short stories. She has recently developed a passion for creating duct tape crafts and launched her own business - "Duck Creationz" along with her friend.
A'Maiya has spent a lot of her time supporting community service activities. She has taken toys to the pediatric ward at a local hospital, distributed
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food at a church food pantry program, packed food at "Feed My Starving Children", and participated in Cancer and AIDS Walk-a-Thons around the Chicagoland area. A'Maiya is also passionate about her devotion and service at her church.
As a result of her own personal experience, A'Maiya has decided to take on the subject of BULLYING and recently started a "SAY NO TO BULLYING" campaign where she has spoken to kids at her school, youth program at church, and a community function. She has engaged well over 1000 kids and encourage kids to take the SAY NO TO BULLYING Challenge!
A'Maiya's future goals are to attend Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and one day own a chain of hair salons. But for now, she's just excited to represent the State of Illinois and serve with Team IL and her sister state Queens to hopefully win a national title. |
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Makayla Mizser
Junior Teen, ages 13-15 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Junior Teen
Makayla Mizser is very active in her school and community. She participates in 8 clubs one she has been vice president of student council for 2 years, and next year she is the president of the key club. She loves to play badmiton and is on her school team.
She is very active in her community, especially helping out her elderly neighbor and reading to kids at the local daycares.
She loves to model and act and hopes to one day be a newsbroadcaster. She works very hard to maintain 4.0 grade point average so she may attend the college of her choice to pursue her dreams for the future! |
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Lynzi Misuraca
Teen, ages 16-18 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Teen
Hello my name is Lynzi Misuraca and I was recently Crowned "American Coed Miss Illinois Teen 2011"....such a huge honor for me, words cannot describe... it means to me that I've been trusted again by American Coed Pageants with this amazing Queens Title. Previously, Miss Illinois Princess in 1999 and Miss Illinois Junior Teen in 2008 had been my honor and pleasure to represent such an Amazing Pageant System and the state that I call home, Illinois. I started with American Coed Pageants when I was only 3 1/2 and have this system to thank for many amazing things my life, many great friends, amazing memories as well as being my foundation in Pageantry for these past 15 years. I'm just a Tomboy who also loves Pageantry, I guess it's the Competitive Bone that I have been blessed with.
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I've been playing Soccer for as long as I have been doing pageants & as a Freshman at Trinity High School for girls, I was the only Freshman to make the Varsity team and this year as a Senior, I was names Captain and received the "IHSA All Conference" Award as well as the IHSSCA "All Sectional Honorable Mention Award" for the State of Illinois Girls High School Soccer Players, which was probably the high-lite of my 15 years of playing soccer as well as being scouted to play for Benedictine University where I've received almost a Full Scholarship. I'll be majoring in Sports Communications in the Fall as well as Playing Soccer with the Eagles. I guess I chose this major because of my love of sports and because of my *Gift to Gab*!!!!
My Hobbies include, of course Shopping, Dinning-out, Traveling, Talking on the Computer and my all time favorite hobby is TEXTING!!! (Those who know me, wouldn't be surprised by that at all!)
Because of my involvement in Pageantry, it has opened many doors of opportunities for me with so many different organizations & events as well as many worthy causes, such as The MDA/SMA Association, The American Cancer Society, The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society and of course my own Non-for-profit organization called *Lynzi's Locker*. Seeing first hand the Soccer needs of inner-city children who play Soccer under poor and dangerous conditions, is why I started collecting and distributing new & gently used soccer equipment to those less fortunate 7 years ago & over the past 5 years, I have Volunteered over 1,500 hours and raised over $3,000 for worthy causes. I can only hope that I've made a small difference and at the same time inspired others to get involved.
I'm so excited to be once again representing American Coed and Illinois and look forward to a year full of many blessings, new opportunities, new friends and hopefully this year being my 3rd trip to American Coed Nationals will be my "3rd Time Charm".
All My Best,
Lynzi Misuraca
American Coed Miss Illinois Teen 2011 |
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Jasmine Guy
Coed, ages 19-22 years
2011 Miss Illinois American Coed
Jasmine is 20 years old, and is honored to be the 2011 Miss Illinios American Coed. Jasmine enjoys playing sports, such as basketball, volleyball, and softball; but her favorite sport of all is dance. She was on a competitive dance team for four years in high school, which earned her three state championships. She also danced at Lynette's Studio for three years and for the last year took up spanish dancing, such as, salsa, bachata, and merengue. She also enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures. In the fall of 2011, she will be on a path to a new journey by attending Columbia College.
Jasmine attended John Casablanca's School where she took up classes for acting and runway modeling. By doing this it opened up new doors for her which included: modeling for NasCar racing and a photoshoot for Andre, a big photographer in Europe. Two years ago she entered the Miss Illinois USA Pageant where she placed top fifteen both years and that's how her love for pageants came about. She plans to go back to compete when she is older.
She loves doing volunteer work and has volunteered working in a school for disabled children and donating clothes and toys to homeless shelters. She volunteered to be in a fashion show for breast cancer and recently were in Fashion for a Cure, a foundation for leukemia/lymphoma.
Jasmine's career ambition is to become a sports broadcaster for ESPN center.
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Tamara Anderson
Ms. Coed, ages 23-29 years
2011 Ms. Illinois American Coed
Tamara Anderson is thrilled to be the 2011 Ms. Illinois American Coed. Tamara is a seasoned Actress and Singer. Having performed with Chicago's Clark Johnson Orchestra, along with being in productions at many Chicago Theatre's Including Women's Alliance Theatre, Prologue Theater, Livewire Theatre and more.
Tamara's passion for pageantry is evident as she is a coach, along with Krystal Williams and their company; Skyy Potential Pageant and Talent Coaching in Chicago, IL.
An avid reader she enjoys promoting literacy by volunteering with the non profit organization, Open Books in Chicago, IL.
Her hobbies include Reading, Camping, playing with her Furkids Chihuahuas Shelby and Kavik and spending time with her Husband of 2 years, Marvin Anderson. One of her favorite quotes is by Mary Kay Ash. "Don't limit yourself.You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."
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June 15–17, 2012
Crown Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conferene Center
5440 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
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We strongly suggest that you stay at the host hotel, but provide changing areas for the contestants if you are not able to secure a room.
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