Miss Michigan 2022 is Oakland County’s Melissa Beyrand

MUSKEGON, MI – Underneath glittering lights of the competitors stage, a brand new Miss Michigan now wears the crown.

Miss Oakland County Melissa Beyrand received the 2022 Miss Michigan scholarship competitors on Saturday, June 18 at Orchard View Excessive College in Muskegon.

Twenty ladies representing communities all through Michigan vied for the title throughout two nights of competitors.

Associated: Miss Michigan 2022 first awards go to Miss Oakland County, Miss River Raisin Pageant

Candidates confirmed off their information, expertise and stage presence through the preliminary spherical on Thursday, June 16. The competitors continued Saturday evening with the highest 10 finalists gracing the stage to share their social affect initiative, reply an on-stage query, carry out expertise and mannequin night put on.

Miss Michigan 2021 Vivian Zhong then topped her successor.

Along with the crown and the Miss Michigan title, Beyrand earned a $10,000 scholarship and the chance to compete for the 2023 Miss America Scholarship pageant.

Beyrand, 22, from Milford, talked about the advantages of integrating artwork into science, know-how, engineering and arithmetic schooling (STEAM) for her social affect initiative. For her expertise, she performed the “Ultimate Countdown” by Europe on her violin.

On opening evening, Beyrand obtained an award for her response to an on-stage query about how she would assist younger ladies obtain equal alternatives as males if she had been named Miss Michigan. She additionally obtained an award for finest expertise for her violin efficiency together with Miss River Raisin Pageant Laurel Hammis for her opera tune.

This 12 months’s judges had been Holly Barraclough, Jason Paul Bertoia, Sarah Ledtke McCann, Tom Joppie and Jason Timothy Robinson.

The ultimate rating was composited of 25% from the preliminary rating together with new scores of 30% from expertise, 20% for pink carpet and 25% for the on-stage query and social affect.

Associated: See Miss Michigan 2022 expertise competitors, high photographs from opening evening

Winners of the scholarship competitors obtain scholarship funds of $10,000 to the title winner, $4,000 to the runner-up, $3,000 to the second runner-up, $2,000 to the third runner-up, $1,500 to the fourth runner-up, $1,000 to the opposite 5 semi-finalists and $500 to non-finalist contestants.

Mistress of ceremonies and Miss Michigan 2008 Ashlee Baracy-Kunkel introduced the highest 10 semi-finalists Saturday night.

The runners up are:

• First runner-up: Miss Nice Lakes Bay Sydney Papenhagen
• Second runner-up: Miss River Raisin Pageant Laurel Hammis
• Third runner-up: Miss South Central Brooklynn Lambert
• Fourth runner-up: Miss Monroe County Kendall Comer

The opposite semi-finalists in no specific order are:

• Miss West Michigan Sarah Dudinetz
• Miss Saginaw County Indigo Dudley
• Miss Shoreline Vanessa Chambe
• Miss Lighthouse Coast Maya Schuhknecht
• Miss Washtenaw County Erica Kennedy

Different scholarship award winners embody:

• Miss Non-Finalist Expertise Award, $500: Miss St. Clair Shores Savannah Dynkowski
• Miss Non-Finalist Interview Award, $250: Miss Southwest Shelby Lentz
• Pam Eldred Neighborhood Well being Scholarship, $2,000: Miss Shoreline Vanessa Chambe
• Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson Neighborhood Service Award, $500: Miss Lighthouse Coast Maya Schuhknecht
• Miss Congeniality Award, $500: Miss Washtenaw County Erica Kennedy
• Miss Excellence in Interview Award, $500: Miss Oakland County Melissa Beyrand
• The Shelley Taylor Lead-With-Your-Coronary heart Award, $500: Miss River Raisin Pageant Laurel Hammis
• Miss America Empower Scholarship, $1,000: Miss Bay County Katelyn Klaczkiewicz
• Miss Preliminary Expertise Award, $500: Melissa Beyrand
• Vivian Zhong Preliminary Expertise Award, $500: Laurel Hammis
• Preliminary Kirsten Haglund On-Stage Query Award, $250: Melissa Beyrand

Friday night, Miss Spirit of the State’s Excellent Teen Grace Larsen was topped Miss Michigan’s Excellent Teen 2022. Larsen, of St. Joseph, incomes the title with a musical theater dance routine, a health presentation, night robes and an on-stage query.

Associated: Miss Michigan’s Excellent Teen 2022 topped

5 Miss Michigan winners have gone on to earn the Miss America title, together with Miss America 1939 Patricia Donnelly Harris. Different Michigan winners had been Miss America 1961 Nancy Anne Fleming Lange, Miss America 1970 Pam Eldred, Miss America 1988 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson and Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund.

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