"Usually, anticipation is a slow burn, but when you’re on stage in heels, under the bright lights, smiling nervously a…"

"Although it was my first time at this pageant, I grew up competing in various pageants in Colorado up until I left fo…"

"I grudgingly accepted my unspoken duty to my mom to do this thing that continues to be a significant part of my life …"

"I poured these feelings which have been stewing slowly for years into the regimen of restraint I needed to lose ten p…"

"The discipline naturally spilled over into my work and I had a productive start to my entirely separate and equally s…"

"A woman is never just one thing. She is strength and grace, fire and kindness, a dreamer and a fighter. Today, we cel…"

"I think that was enough time for us to learn the playing style that he wants us to play. I think we are all on the sa…"

"Gutted, heartbroken, disappointed and confused but as the saying goes, everything happens for a reason and I have fai…"

"I will continue to stay true to myself as a person and player and not let one person’s decision or opinion of me chan…"

"My story and experience involving the national team these past months will be shared soon when I feel ready and I hop…"