Where In The World?

Where is the world has Mrs. Global United been??? I have been everywhere in my crown and sash!!!

I have had so many amazing opportunities to meet incredible people and volunteer with organizations that are just amazing! I have golfed with blind and disabled veterans at the National Veteran's Tee Tourney, worked at the Stand Down for homeless veterans event, spent time at Dillard's Dept store promoting their clothes.....Dillard's has been very supportive of me and I buy many of my appearance clothes there! I have attended Honor Flight ceremonies and was even blessed to be a guardian to 2 Korean vets on a trip to Washington D.C. to see the WWII and many other memorials. I have volunteered at senior citizen expos, Birdies for the Brave, chaperoned the Miss Iowa/Iowa Teen USA and Miss Colorado/Colorado Teen USA pageants, have been a guest speaker at events to honor our military and veterans and dressed up to attend the Veteran's Day banquet.
Joe and I had the great privilege to travel to California and judge the NAM Nationals!! What an experience that was!!! I have never seen so many talented, well spoken and beautiful young ladies at once!! This experience taught me, that while judging, we really do just look for the best you!! We spent Thanksgiving with 100s of girls and their families and had some very delicious food! I hope to go back some day!!
For Christmas, my husband took me and all 5 of our kids to Cozumel! It was so fun to visit Mexico and take beautiful photos on the beach. I was so happy I was able to visit at least one other country as the International Queen!! The staff at the hotel also had fun.....they were all in awe of my gorgeous crown!! Who knows......maybe someday we will have contestants from Cozumel, I volunteer to do the recruiting!!!
Some of my favorite times have been spent time with my Princess Izzy, we had a great time attending parades! When I met her, she was so quiet and shy and now this spunky 11 year old can out talk me!!! And that is hard to do! Thank you to Global United for extending the opportunity to our youth, to gain self confidence and life skills they might not have had the chance otherwise.
Rounding out my time as Mrs. Global United, I celebrated the 4th of July attending the Voices of Hope concert, a parade of course, I attended a fundraiser for vets Fly-In breakfast at the airport, was a special guest at the Riverside, Iowa Blues Fest and after a hot day playing with the kids I found myself working at the beverage tent while the community danced the night away! Something I never thought I would do in a gown, heels and my crown and sash!! But it was so much fun!!

What can I say...... I have spent the last year doing so many things in my crown, sash and heels I never dreamed possible........guess that saying..."give a girl the right pair of shoes and she will conquer the world" is true!! This has been a year full of excitement......and I am not done yet!! One more week as your Mrs. Global United......... tick tock, making every minute count!!!