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Woodford snags =
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Lifelong bonds form as =
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contest
SPRINGDALE
WILLIAM=20
CLARKE
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| Miss Teen =
Newfoundland=20
and Labrador pageant director, Isabelle =
Fry=20
(left) and Triton contestant Courtney =
Woodford.=20
Ms. Fry says the provincial contest is =
not a=20
=E2=80=9Cbeauty=E2=80=9D pageant and =
showcases females who are=20
high-level achievers. Submitted=20
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The=20
Miss Teen Newfoundland and Labrador Pageant was =
a=20
three-day whirlwind of activity for Triton's =
Courtney=20
Woodford. The 15-year-old Dorset College student =
traveled to St. John's to compete for the title =
against=20
17 other young women. She returned after Feb. 17 =
with a=20
digital piano instead of the tiara, but said =
it's an=20
experience she's looking forward to=20
repeating.
"It was one of the best =
experiences=20
I've ever had," she said in an interview. "All =
of the=20
girls there were amazing. It was three days and =
we had a=20
fitness test, academic test, we had interviews =
with all=20
of the judges and we had to learn dances and all =
kinds=20
of stuff for the show."
Although Grand=20
Falls-Windsor's Laura Woodworth earned the 2008 =
crown,=20
pageant director Isabelle Fry said you could =
hear a pin=20
drop during Ms. Woodford's Feb. 17 performance =
of God=20
Bless the Broken Road.
"She's a darling," =
said=20
Ms. Fry in an interview. "Courtney has a lot of=20
potential. She's an incredible =
person."
Ms.=20
Woodford said she chose that song because it was =
more=20
demanding than her original selection, Sarah=20
Maclachlan's Angels.
"It was a song that =
was more=20
difficult to play than the one I had picked =
out," she=20
said. "And I had to sing it so it showed a lot =
higher=20
skill level. It's pretty hard to sing and play =
at the=20
same time, you follow the notes and the=20
words."
Ms. Woodford said she didn't stop =
during=20
the entire time.
"We were getting up at =
six in=20
the morning and then we were gone the rest of =
the day,"=20
she said. "The first day the very first thing we =
did was=20
our fitness test and we did squats and situps, =
you name=20
it and we done it. It was pretty =
brutal."
Along=20
with the individual work, the contestants toured =
Confederation Building, had meals as a group and =
learned=20
tips for walking the runway along with lots of =
other=20
things.
"It was a great weekend," said =
Ms.=20
Woodford. "I'd definitely go back."
Along =
with=20
the work of preparing for the Feb. 17 finale, =
Ms. Fry=20
said the contestants are already high-achieving =
young=20
women with a lot going for them. She said =
experiences=20
like being interviewed by the judges are things =
that=20
have real-word application. She said job =
interviews=20
after that experience should be relatively=20
easy.
Many of the contestants take what =
they=20
learn and come back. Ms. Fry said 2007 winner, =
Danielle=20
Seward (Heart's Delight-Islington), had actually =
entered=20
the pageant twice before.
"They learn =
from it and=20
come back," said Ms. Fry. "It's a way for them =
to=20
showcase their skills."
She said the =
friendships=20
they make last a lifetime because all of the =
contestants=20
share common interests, and it's not the Miss =
USA style=20
of pageant.
"If I do my job right, they =
gain=20
confidence," she said. "They all walk away with=20
something, something they can take their whole=20
lives."
Ms. Fry said she resurrected the =
pageant=20
in 1997 after the demise of Miss Teen Canada in =
1991.=20
The 2008 pageant was her twelfth. =
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