Happy Holidays from the Miss Irving Scholarship Organization

Happy Holidays from Miss Irivng

The holidays are a special time of year when so many reach out into the community and do small acts of kindness to help others. People help in many ways including donating money to a charity, spending time serving food to homeless at a food kitchen, donating items to a food pantry, or buying a toy for a boy or girl who would otherwise not receive a gift. I believe that it is these acts of kindness and selflessness which characterize Christmas and that makes it my absolute favorite time of year.

After Christmas, people go on to make resolutions as they commence the new year. In the past my resolutions have included sticking to a diet, exercising daily, cutting out soda, etc. but this year in addition to my usual resolutions I am taking on a much larger task. This year, I have resolved to make Christmas last all year. No, I do not mean that each of the upcoming 365 days will be filled with actual presents (unfortunately! haha) what I mean is that I want to continue the giving and loving spirit of Christmastime all year long.

The love you give to another by helping them is the bet gift you can possibly give and there is no day better than today to give it. My platform is about the little things each of us can do to help ease the burden of AIDS on families that are impacted by this disease. My "Pennies With a Purpose" campaign is a great way to donate your spare change to a worthwhile cause. To donate you can check us out on Facebook (www.causes.com/StarfishSociety) or at my website (www.jordanjohannsen.com)

Not only do I encourage you to go out into the community to help others but also to help yourself. There are so many benefits of providing for those who are ill or less fortunate. The smiles, the appreciation, and the love that you get in return are absolutely priceless. Love is the best gift you can give or receive. I encourage everyone to open their hearts this year and fill each day with the gift of love. Give and receive and you are sure to have a year full of Christmas!

Holiday Greetings From Miss Irving

Happy Holidays! My name is Jordan Johannsen and I am so excited to be Miss Irving 2010! I am a 21 year old student at Texas Christian University where I am majoring in Business. I am so excited about serving as Miss Irving 2010 and can't wait to see what the year brings!

The first weekend in December, I had the opportunity to be in the City of Irving Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting. Despite the cold winter weather, many people came out to show support and to see the incredible floats in the parade. A HUGE Thank You so much to Grapevine Ford for allowing us to borrow a beautiful convertible for the afternoon.

Lydia ( Miss Teen Irving) came into town for the parade as did all four of our princesses. This was the first time all 6 of us have been able to get together and we have the best time getting to know each other! We spent the afternoon sharing laughs and talking about what we hoped to get from Santa while enjoying hot chocolate and of course riding in the parade.

We also all got announced at the tree lighting ceremony for all of the toys and food we collected for the City of Irving's Blue Christmas food and toy drive! We only had a week to collect things and I was so impressed how much we collected between the 6 of us! Hopefully we are able to help put a smile on several kids and parents faces this holiday season!

But the day wasn't done yet! After the parade and tree lighting ceremony we headed to the Magic Time Machine in Addison for the Miss Irving Holiday Party! Several of the board members, as well as family came to join in on all the fun! Lydia, the princesses and I got to be seated in a really cool tree house and had dinner served by Dennis the Menace! I was feeling brave enough to try one of the "special potion" drinks that came in all sorts of colors! Mine was bright red and bubbled! Lydia, was daring enough to try the one the called "Ugly" and was black and bubbly! After dinner we all exchanged gifts with each other and finished the night off with an ice cream treat! Needless to say it was a great way to top off a fun day!

I had such a great time hanging out with all of my awesome princesses, Lydia and of course the entire Irving board. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this event a great success. At this time of year I am especially thankful for my wonderful pageant family. Merry Christmas to all! May your holidays be filled with lots of laughter, love and family!

All my love,
Jordan

A few photos from Miss and Miss Teen Irving

Be sure to check our website in a few days for lots more photos!

The new Miss Teen Irving 2010, Lydia Knight

The new Miss Irving 2010, Jordan Johannsen

Congrats to the New Miss and Miss Teen Irving!

Miss Irving and Miss Teen Irving 2010 were crowned
Sunday, November 8th at Plaza Theatre in Garland.

We are so excited to get the year started with both our new titleholders! Stay tuned to see all the great things the girls are doing in the community!

Miss Irving 2010
Jordan Johannsen

Miss Teen Irving 2010
Lydia Knight

Paperwork Is Now Online!!

The paperwork for Miss and Miss Teen Irving is now online at www.missirving.com/2010Pageant.html.

We can't believe the pageant is just a month away, but we are so excited! The prize package for the new Miss and Teen Irving is growing everyday!! You defiantly won't want to miss this pageant...plus you will have 2 chances to win since we are holding it with the Miss East Texas Scholarship Organization!!!!

Contact us at MissIrvingInfo@gmail.com with any questions!

Join us for The Diamond Party!!

Updates!!!

Over the last few weeks we have been hard at work on securing our date, sponsorships and growing our prize packages! Also our new website has gone up http://www.missirving.com/!

This year we are going to hold our pageant with the Miss East Texas Organization on November 8, 2009 at Plaza Theatre in Garland. While we are still working out few details of the theme, we can tell THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! So ladies, mark your calenders!!!!

We do want to give a HUGE thank you to our board as well: Shannon Caldwell, Amy Chambers, Sam Chambers and Jenny Crabtree! They have already secured some really great prizes and sponsorships, but they aren't stopping there! The new Miss and Miss Teen Irving are going to be very lucky young ladies!

So Excited!!

Alex and I had a great year learning the ropes as the directors of Miss Ellis County, but it is time for us to step out on our own. We are very excited to announce that we will be taking on a new local - Miss and Miss Teen Irving!

Many of you know that we struggled with finding "just the right" title, especially since there are already several in the Metroplex. The one day on facebook Peter Blair (Miss Texas, Kristen Blair's Dad) suggested, "What about Miss Irving?"

At first Alex was not too keen on the idea, she is a Fort Worth girl and one way or another she was going to come up with a title that tied in where we both have been born and raised! But for me this was a great idea, that I am not sure why I never thought of!!!

My Great, Great Uncle, J.O. Schulze, was actually one of the two founding fathers of the town of Irving back in 1903. (Irving wasn't officially incorporated until April 14, 1914.) When my Aunt Catherine passed away a few years back, many of the family heirlooms were donated to the Heritage House Museum in Irving. Alex is having a great time learning more about my families past and the development of Irving!

So for now, stay tuned for updates! Our Twitter is up and running https://twitter.com/MissIrving and our website should be very soon!