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Leonard Hall | KSD student crowned Miss Deaf Teen Kansas - KansasCity.com
The second biennial Miss Deaf Teen Kansas Pageant was held at Kansas School for the Deaf last week. Elizabeth “Lilly” Anton Heller of Leawood, a ninth-grader at KSD, was crowned Miss Deaf Teen Kansas.
For her talent presentation, Lilly signed and sang “Change” by Taylor Swift. It was an emotional song for the mostly deaf audience.
Through several other categories, the ninth-grader focused on the theme of leadership.
At other teen pageants across the country for hearing individuals, the contestants have had many hours of training and practice. The Miss Deaf Teen Kansas Pageant offers a learning experience for the first-time contestants.
Because the judges and contestants are deaf, sign language was the mode of communication used at KSD’s contest. The use of sign language during the talent performances made the presentations entertaining for the mostly deaf audience, which easily identified with the performances.
The experience for these four contestants will be valuable as they may participate in the future Miss Deaf Kansas Pageant at the Kansas Association of the Deaf conferences, held every two years.
The runner-up in the KSD pageant was Payal Sharmacharya, an 11th-grader at Shawnee Mission East High School. For her talent part of the contest, Payal demonstrated dancing from India, which entertained an audience that mostly was not familiar with that style dance.
The second runner-up was Angela Leah Evatt, a 10th-grader at KSD. Her talent performance was a dance with music.
The other contestant was Rachel Ann Hilbert, an 11th-grader at KSD. Her talent performance was her cheerleading routine.
The former Miss Deaf Teen Kansas, Kylei Brooks of Olathe, said the pageant two years ago gave her confidence to show other deaf teenagers what they can do with their life. Kylei said she is looking forward to going to college after she graduates from KSD next year.
The pageant chairperson, Ivanito Maldonado, did a great job in setting up the pageant and patiently worked with the young contestants. Maldonado’s efforts help ensure a good performance by the girls.
It is the dream of these young ladies to compete in the Miss Deaf Kansas Pageant, to be crowned Miss Deaf Kansas. From there the dream gets bigger—participating in the Miss Deaf America Pageant at the biennial conference of the National Association of the Deaf.
The second biennial Miss Deaf Teen Kansas Pageant was held at Kansas School for the Deaf last week. Elizabeth “Lilly” Anton Heller of Leawood, a ninth-grader at KSD, was crowned Miss Deaf Teen Kansas.
For her talent presentation, Lilly signed and sang “Change” by Taylor Swift. It was an emotional song for the mostly deaf audience.
Through several other categories, the ninth-grader focused on the theme of leadership.
At other teen pageants across the country for hearing individuals, the contestants have had many hours of training and practice. The Miss Deaf Teen Kansas Pageant offers a learning experience for the first-time contestants.
Because the judges and contestants are deaf, sign language was the mode of communication used at KSD’s contest. The use of sign language during the talent performances made the presentations entertaining for the mostly deaf audience, which easily identified with the performances.
The experience for these four contestants will be valuable as they may participate in the future Miss Deaf Kansas Pageant at the Kansas Association of the Deaf conferences, held every two years.
The runner-up in the KSD pageant was Payal Sharmacharya, an 11th-grader at Shawnee Mission East High School. For her talent part of the contest, Payal demonstrated dancing from India, which entertained an audience that mostly was not familiar with that style dance.
The second runner-up was Angela Leah Evatt, a 10th-grader at KSD. Her talent performance was a dance with music.
The other contestant was Rachel Ann Hilbert, an 11th-grader at KSD. Her talent performance was her cheerleading routine.
The former Miss Deaf Teen Kansas, Kylei Brooks of Olathe, said the pageant two years ago gave her confidence to show other deaf teenagers what they can do with their life. Kylei said she is looking forward to going to college after she graduates from KSD next year.
The pageant chairperson, Ivanito Maldonado, did a great job in setting up the pageant and patiently worked with the young contestants. Maldonado’s efforts help ensure a good performance by the girls.
It is the dream of these young ladies to compete in the Miss Deaf Kansas Pageant, to be crowned Miss Deaf Kansas. From there the dream gets bigger—participating in the Miss Deaf America Pageant at the biennial conference of the National Association of the Deaf.