Jewell Moore, 17, is entering her first Miss Juneteenth ICT contest in the hope of finding a stage for her creativity and personality.

The Northeast Magnet High School student says she wants to reach โ€œteens like me who want to do more than what people tell them to.โ€

โ€œI plan to grasp the audience of teens who are struggling mentally and get them better outlets  for their mental battles,โ€ she said.

She said she enjoys dancing, cheer, art and baking and hopes someday to attend an HBCU out of state and study Bio-Medical Sciences with the goal of becoming a traveling nurse.

The Miss Juneteenth pageant is Thursday, June 13 in the CAC Theater on the WSU campus. Doors open at 6 p.m., pageant starts at 7.

P.J. Griekspoor is a semi-retired veteran journalist with 55 years experience in writing and editing in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina and Wichita.

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