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There she is (twice) two local ‘Misses’
The new Miss Oregon and Miss Deaf Oregon both are connected to Beaverton.
Miss Oregon, 24-year-old Kari Virding, is a 2001 graduate of Southridge High School.
Miss Deaf Oregon, Ashley Beghtel, also is a Southridge graduate who played played lacrosse at the University of Oregon.
Beghtel was crowned Miss Deaf Oregon June 23 during a pageant in Salem. She will reign until 2009.
Virding, whose parents live in Tigard, was crowned Saturday during a pageant in Seaside.
When Virding realized she had just been named Miss Oregon 2007, her face took on a look of pure joy.
Then Donilee McGinnis, Miss Oregon 2006, pinned on a glittery crown, handed Virding a bouquet of flowers and told her the runway at the Seaside Convention Center was hers.
The new Miss Oregon was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience, and when she returned to the main stage, she was mobbed by her fellow contestants, who seemed delighted that Virding had won.
Earlier in the evening of June 30, as a semi-finalist, Virding walked the runway in a red bikini, competed in evening wear wearing a champagne gown trimmed with jeweled accents, and performed a Broadway-style vocal entitled “The Girl in 14G.”
The song was originally written for Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.
When she was named one of the five finalists, Virding was asked the question: “How would you react if you received a phone call telling you that you were going to be on ‘The Bachelor’?”
Virding answered that she would never go on a show like “The Bachelor” as she would not want to “put herself through what those girls put themselves through.”
Virding will go on to compete in the Miss America pageant in January.
While at Southridge, Virding was active in theater and leadership, was a varsity cheerleader, and served on the inaugural Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board in Tigard.
Virding graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Azusa Pacific University in California in 2005 and is a graduate student in organizational leadership at Azusa.
Her platform is the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and she has served as an intern with Make-a-Wish of Oregon for the past six months while also working for the American Cancer Society in Portland.
Sports-minded
Beghtel, 22, was part of a smaller pageant sponsored by the Oregon Association of the Deaf Inc.
She will represent Oregon at the Miss Deaf America Pageant in New Orleans.
Runners up for the Miss Deaf Oregon crown were Man-Sze Fong of Portland, Brenna DeBartolo of Salem and Kara Brown-Catron of Portland.
Beghtel lost her hearing to meningitis when she was 12 months old. She took up American sign language when she was 15 months old.
She grew up playing all sorts of sports, including T-ball, soccer and basketball.
Beghtel’s motto throughout life has always been “Live up your life to the fullest.”
When she was at Southridge High School, Beghtel was the only deaf student among nearly 2,000 students. It was the influence of a deaf teacher who inspired her to be her best in life.
She attended Western Oregon University as a freshman, and continued her love of lacrosse, a sport she played at Southridge. She transferred to the University of Oregon, where she helped establish a women’s lacrosse team.
Beghtel will graduate from the university in December with a degree in family and human services and minor in special education. Her goal is to earn a master’s degree in counseling for the deaf.
She entered the Miss Deaf Oregon Pageant with plans to improve services and leadership in Oregon’s deaf community.
As Miss Deaf Oregon, Beghtel will work with deaf communities across the state. She will make presentations and public appearances at schools where deaf students attend, hoping to be a role model for young people.
The new Miss Oregon and Miss Deaf Oregon both are connected to Beaverton.
Miss Oregon, 24-year-old Kari Virding, is a 2001 graduate of Southridge High School.
Miss Deaf Oregon, Ashley Beghtel, also is a Southridge graduate who played played lacrosse at the University of Oregon.
Beghtel was crowned Miss Deaf Oregon June 23 during a pageant in Salem. She will reign until 2009.
Virding, whose parents live in Tigard, was crowned Saturday during a pageant in Seaside.
When Virding realized she had just been named Miss Oregon 2007, her face took on a look of pure joy.
Then Donilee McGinnis, Miss Oregon 2006, pinned on a glittery crown, handed Virding a bouquet of flowers and told her the runway at the Seaside Convention Center was hers.
The new Miss Oregon was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience, and when she returned to the main stage, she was mobbed by her fellow contestants, who seemed delighted that Virding had won.
Earlier in the evening of June 30, as a semi-finalist, Virding walked the runway in a red bikini, competed in evening wear wearing a champagne gown trimmed with jeweled accents, and performed a Broadway-style vocal entitled “The Girl in 14G.”
The song was originally written for Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.
When she was named one of the five finalists, Virding was asked the question: “How would you react if you received a phone call telling you that you were going to be on ‘The Bachelor’?”
Virding answered that she would never go on a show like “The Bachelor” as she would not want to “put herself through what those girls put themselves through.”
Virding will go on to compete in the Miss America pageant in January.
While at Southridge, Virding was active in theater and leadership, was a varsity cheerleader, and served on the inaugural Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board in Tigard.
Virding graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Azusa Pacific University in California in 2005 and is a graduate student in organizational leadership at Azusa.
Her platform is the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and she has served as an intern with Make-a-Wish of Oregon for the past six months while also working for the American Cancer Society in Portland.
Sports-minded
Beghtel, 22, was part of a smaller pageant sponsored by the Oregon Association of the Deaf Inc.
She will represent Oregon at the Miss Deaf America Pageant in New Orleans.
Runners up for the Miss Deaf Oregon crown were Man-Sze Fong of Portland, Brenna DeBartolo of Salem and Kara Brown-Catron of Portland.
Beghtel lost her hearing to meningitis when she was 12 months old. She took up American sign language when she was 15 months old.
She grew up playing all sorts of sports, including T-ball, soccer and basketball.
Beghtel’s motto throughout life has always been “Live up your life to the fullest.”
When she was at Southridge High School, Beghtel was the only deaf student among nearly 2,000 students. It was the influence of a deaf teacher who inspired her to be her best in life.
She attended Western Oregon University as a freshman, and continued her love of lacrosse, a sport she played at Southridge. She transferred to the University of Oregon, where she helped establish a women’s lacrosse team.
Beghtel will graduate from the university in December with a degree in family and human services and minor in special education. Her goal is to earn a master’s degree in counseling for the deaf.
She entered the Miss Deaf Oregon Pageant with plans to improve services and leadership in Oregon’s deaf community.
As Miss Deaf Oregon, Beghtel will work with deaf communities across the state. She will make presentations and public appearances at schools where deaf students attend, hoping to be a role model for young people.