2009 miss charlevoix venetian queen coronation took place tonight at 7:30pm. eight girls waited anxiously in beautiful dresses as the winners were announced. tammy potter won miss congeniality, a $500 scholarship award given to the girl voted the most friendly. the high scholastic achievement award for the best essay was given to taylor storm, a $500 scholarship. brooke nemchak was crowned second runner-up, a $500 scholarship, and tammy potter walked away as first runner-up with a $1,250 scholarship. the hearts of six girls ran wild as they awaited the next announcement, and the 2009 miss charlevoix venetian queen is celina wanek! how exciting! as a previous two-time first runner-up in this competition, i understand the nerves and excitement during the coronation ceremony. i am so proud of every girl who ran! it’s a huge commitment, a lot of hard work, and a very prestigious scholarship competition to participate in. congrats!! :) back in may i photographed these girls at the annual operation petunia. click here to view those photos!
brent arrived for the weekend shortly after the coronation. we walked around town and enjoyed a beautiful firework display that took place over lake charlevoix. my family and a few of our friends took dry harbour marine’s formula 40 pc out on the lake to watch them. it started to rain a few minutes into the show, but they were still as beautiful as ever!
click here to view the entire photo gallery from coronation!
2008 venetian queen alyssa mccormack
alyssa with 2008 second runner-up shauna spencley, first runner-up katherine forrester and competition director dianna phillips – opening the envelope for miss congeniality!
alyssa is like a sixth daughter in my family. she’s so sweet, and we love her dearly! thank you for appreciating us in your exit speech, miss lys! xoxo
celina’s mother was so excited! it was really touching to see their overwhelming joy
