Archive: Miss Michigan
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Sep 13, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth’s video on the 90th anniversary of Miss America
Videos of the state queens are being posted by the Miss America Organization this week in honor of the pageant’s 90th...
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Sep 06, 2011
Comments OffNews archives: The Downriver Arthritis Walk
Jim Kasuba filed this piece for the News Herald in Downriver that includes an article, photo and video of the Downriver Arthritis Walk. Miss Michigan Elizabeth Wertenberger, who had organized a team for the fundraiser, is featured in one of the...
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Sep 01, 2011
Comments OffWhen Kirsten Haglund became Miss America 2008
Kirsten Haglund was the most recent Miss Michigan to become Miss America. Her crowning was in 2008. The detail to remember is that the Miss Michigan who won before that was Kaye Lani Rafko of Monroe, who won the 1988 crown. Here’s a piece that Monroe Evening News reporter Paula Wethington wrote in fall 2008...
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Aug 25, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth’s photo gallery from Orlando
Elizabeth Wertenberger has posted a photo gallery on her Facebook page of the Miss America state queens gathering in Orlando,...
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Aug 24, 2011
Comments OffMiss America Organization introduces class of 2012
The Miss America Organization has posted its formal introduction of the Class of 2012. The state queens gathered in Orlando last week to cheer on their “little sister” teen counterparts at Miss America Outstanding Teen while having their own appearances and workshops. The preparations and activities included each contestant filming a 60-second introduction videos that...
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Aug 22, 2011
Comments OffTwo former Miss Michigans judge at Miss Monroe County
This is more Miss Michigan than Elizabeth Wertenberger, but, … The Monroe Evening News reports today that two of the judges at the Miss Monroe County Scholarship pageant held Aug. 20 in Monroe were former Miss Michigans – Audrie Jeffords from 1999 and Ashlee Baracy from 2008. Ashlee was a top 10 finalist in the...
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Aug 22, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth in evening gown at Orlando
Here’s another picture from the Miss America Facebook photo gallery of Elizabeth Werternberger in Orlando, Fla. This one is in evening gown, and she is posing with Miss...
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Aug 22, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth’s pages in the Miss Monroe anniversary book
Here is a photo of Elizabeth Wertenberger’s photo and personal letter that was printed in the Miss Monroe County 2011 anniversary program book. The pageant was held Saturday, and the winner was Tara Althaus. Elizabeth was not able to attend the local pageant events, because she was in Orlando last weekend for official queen appearances...
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Aug 20, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth at Disney World
The photo gallery at the Miss America Organization Facebook page includes a picture of Elizabeth Wertenberger with other state queens at Walt Disney World. The state miss titleholders are in Orlando this week to cheer on their “little sister” teen contestants at the Miss America Outstanding Teen...
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Aug 16, 2011
Comments OffElizabeth’s 6 words for My Grand Rapids in 6 Words campaign
Amway, The Grand Rapids Press and MLive.com are sponsoring a campaign called MyGR6, which stands for My Grand Rapids in 6 Words. Miss Michigan 2011 Elizabeth Wertenberger can be seen in a photo holding up a sign with six words at a newspaper editorial about the...