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Bucket List #34

#34 Break a world record When I first put this goal on my 10 year list, I had assumed that it would be more of a long-term goal. Lucky for me, it’s the seventh item completed on my list. Josh Dueck, a Paralympic silver medalist, partnered with Worksafe B.C. set out to break the world record…

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Merritt

My very last pageant, my own retirement pageant, took place this past weekend in Merritt. I drove up early on Wednesday, my first time driving on the Coquihalla highway. The 2010 B.C. Ambassador candidates had already been up in Merritt all week rehearsing and preparing for their events on Friday and Saturday. Wednesday evening, I…

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Penticton

This weekend was my last pageant as a B.C. Ambassador: in seven days I will be passing on my crown and banner to another deserving individual. On Friday, I travelled to Penticton with the newly crowned White Rock youth ambassadors and Miss White Rock 2010/2011, my sister, @ChloeWoodin. My mom chaperoned us, and we met…

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Kelowna and Oliver

Friday morning I drove up to Kelowna with six of the White Rock youth ambassadors, including Miss White Rock and White Rock Friendship Ambassador. For once, we were on time with plenty of time to spare. The pageant was held that evening at the city’s theatre. It was a lovely gala: the visiting royalty were…

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Lake Cowichan

When the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, it means that pageant season has finally arrived. This weekend I travelled to Vancouver Island to take part in the Lake Cowichan Lady of the Lake pageant with my fellow B.C. Ambassadors. We caught an afternoon ferry on Friday so we would have time to…

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