{"id":21081,"date":"2019-05-22T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=21081"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:30:44","slug":"florissant-girl-is-miss-river-city-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=21081","title":{"rendered":"Florissant Girl is Miss River City and . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>Competing for Miss Missouri Title<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21082\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/faith1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21082\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/faith1-470x470.jpg?resize=470%2C470\" alt=\"Faith Whatley-Blaine, from Florissant, is one of the 27 Miss Missouri candidates who will compete for the title next month in Mexico, MO.\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith Whatley-Blaine, from Florissant, is one of the 27 Miss Missouri candidates who will compete for the title next month in Mexico, MO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Faith Whatley-Blaine, from Florissant, is one of the 27 Miss Missouri candidates. Pageant directors and families will travel to the heart of Missouri June 9 to kick off a week filled with rehearsals, talent performances, interviews and evening gowns at Missouri Military Academy. This year also marks an important milestone for the organization; the 50th anniversary of the event being held in Mexico, MO.<\/p>\n<p>The Miss Missouri class of 2019 includes Miss River City Faith Whatley-Blaine. She is the daughter of Jim and Nancy Whatley-Blaine of Florissant. Faith\u2019s platform, \u201cOne Day One Meal One Love\u201d focuses on homelessness and helping residents in that situation. She will play the piano for the talent portion of the competition. Faith is a student at Nerinx Hall and St Louis University.<\/p>\n<p>Faith\u2019s title covers the St. Louis metro area. Since her crowning last summer as Miss River City, she has participated in a variety of service projects and appearances throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>Pageant week will begin with the Miss Missouri Golf Tournament on Sunday, which pairs area<\/p>\n<p>golfers with Miss candidates as they raise money for scholarships. Throughout the week, Miss Missouri candidates will also attend various luncheons, events and get-togethers outside of the competition to celebrate the pageant\u2019s golden anniversary in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary competition begins Tuesday, June 11 and will continue through Friday, June 14. The organization will crown the new Miss Missouri on Saturday night. After being crowned, the new Miss Missouri will immediately begin preparations to compete on the national stage at Miss America.<\/p>\n<p>The Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant is one of the largest providers of scholarships to young women in the state. 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