When a good friend gained the Mrs. Maryland pageant final 12 months, Megan Myers determined that she would enter, too. In April, the 34-year-old Bel Air resident adopted swimsuit, incomes the title that Harford County’s Julia Chang took in 2021.

“Julia was an inspiration,” stated Myers who, as Mrs. Maryland, will spend the 12 months selling her favourite trigger: an advocacy for blended households (like her personal) and the success of co-parenting relationships.

“To be a stepparent is tough,” she stated. “We speak so much about divorce and the trauma it entails, however no person talks about what occurs afterward. Society has deemed that for those who share your struggles, you’re not placing within the effort — and that’s 100% not true. There aren’t sufficient assets to succeed in out. My objective is to determine a nonprofit and a spot the place folks really feel comfy to speak freely, in order that others will help.”

Listed here are three belongings you may not find out about Myers:

She and her husband, Brent, have seven youngsters.

“Folks say, ‘How on earth do you do it?’ I say, ‘In the future at a time.’ Generally once we exit to eat it’s troublesome to discover a place that may match 9 folks. Bedtime is probably the most chaotic, when everyone seems to be thirsty, like they’ve been operating by the desert for 3 days, or they forgot to floss, or to offer us a hug. Then there’s 20 minutes of claiming good night time to one another.”

Mrs. Maryland holds a first-degree black belt in Taekwondo.

“We [enrolled] the youngsters in an exercise that’s athletic, whereas instructing them respect and self-discipline inside themselves. I watched them and thought, I can do that, too. Our daughter Kailyn [15] and I obtained our black belts collectively. As girls, it’s essential that we all know self-defense as a result of this world is a bit bit loopy these days.”

She was orphaned at delivery in Korea.

“I used to be adopted at 3-1/2 months, sight unseen, by a household in Churchville. Rising up, there was by no means a time when unconditional love wasn’t felt. My previous is a big facet of who I’m. It offers me compassion and empathy for others, and helps me maternally to cherish my relationships with youngsters much more.”