2023 Miss Contestants

 

	Miss Apple Blossom Amanda Short Community Service Initiative:  End Human Trafficking Type of Talent: Opera
	Miss Arlington Rosie Hartwell Community Service Initiative:  Unlock your Money Mindset: Creating Confidence in Financial Literacy Type of Talent: Broadway Tap Dance
	Miss Blue Ridge Grace Renee Pfleger Community Service Initiative:  Music Through Generations Type of Talent: Opera
	Miss Botetourt Macy Ware Community Service Initiative:  Children's Miracle Network, Change Kids' Health Change the Future Type of Talent: Tap Dance
	Miss Central Virginia Mia Nelson Community Service Initiative: Big Brothers Big Sisters Type of Talent: Ballet en Pointe
	Miss Commonwealth Gabrielle Majors Community Service Initiative: Be A SOUPer Hero Type of Talent: Jazz Alto Saxophone
	Miss Dominion Elizabeth Fellinger Community Service Initiative: You Are Not Your Circumstance: Overcoming Adversity Through Positive Coping Mechanisms Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Fairfax Britney Nguyen Community Service Initiative:  Operation Golden Shield Type of Talent: Dance
	Miss Fauquier Emmeline Soyars Community Service Initiative:  Girls Like Me Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Greater Charlottesville Gabriy'ela Goodman  Community Service Initiative: #She'sGoingPlaces Type of Talent: Contemporary Piano
	Miss Greater Richmond Dorothy Cosner Community Service Initiative: Taking the First S.T.E.P.P. - Start to Encourage Positivity and Prevention Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Hampton-Newport News Megan Frick Community Service Initiative:  S.I.M.plify Healthcare: Improving Health Literacy and Providing Accessible Resources to Underserved Communities Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Loudoun County Katie Rose Community Service Initiative:  Ending Domestic Violence by Empowering Women and Enabling Reform Type of Talent: Ballet en Pointe
	Miss Lynchburg Carlehr Swanson Community Service Initiative:  Bridging the Divide: Music is Unity Type of Talent: Vocal and Piano
	Miss Martingsville-Henry Savanna Holland Community Service Initiative:  Right Med, Right Bed Type of Talent: Country Line Dance
	Miss Mecklenburg Erika Allen Community Service Initiative: The Protector's Promise Type of Talent: Piano
	Miss Mountain Empire Madison Cruz Community Service Initiative: Fighting Monsters of the Mind Type of Talent: Classical Piano
	Miss New River Valley Dejah Blowe Community Service Initiative: You Glow Girl Type of Talent: Percussion
	Miss Piedmont Region Kelsey Wilson Community Service Initiative: End the Stigma: Fighting to End Suicide Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Roanoke Valley Annika Suh Community Service Initiative: Full STEAM Ahead: Adding the Arts to STEM Education Type of Talent: Violin
	Miss Shenandoah Valley Marissa Murdock Community Service Initiative: Preparing the Next Generation: Life Skills into Life Lessons Type of Talent: Vocal
	Miss Skyline Drive Isabella Jessee Community Service Initiative: Lifesaving Techniques Type of Talent: Violin
	Miss Southwest Virginia Taylor Flick Community Service Initiative: Let your Light Shine Type of Talent: HERStory™
	Miss Virginia Beach Taylor Campbell Community Service Initiative: Inspring Young Women to Lead Type of Talent: Tap Dance