Ohio and Michigan titleholders attended a new local feeder pageant for Miss Michigan USA.
- Jaclyn Schultz, Miss Michigan USA
- Ruby King, Miss Michigan Teen USA
- Kristin Smith, Miss Ohio USA
- Brittany Reid, Miss Ohio Teen USA
Ohio and Michigan titleholders attended a new local feeder pageant for Miss Michigan USA.
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Miss Ohio USA 2013 Kristin Smith is such a stunner :)
Did you know that Miss Ohio USA 2013 is a Senior at Miami?
Read more here, or follow her at @RealMissOHusa on twitter
Kristin Smith is a gorgeous fresh face for Miss OH USA - just like last year’s titleholder Audrey Bolte! Click here to see more photos of her on her pageant profile :)
Senior Kristin Smith beams a catching smile as she plays with a diamond tiara on her ring finger. In the red brick jungle of Miami University, she is one of hundreds of girls who make the campus ‘beautiful,’ including one rather royal distinction.
On Nov. 10, Smith was crowned Miss Ohio USA 2013 in Portsmouth, Ohio.
“It’s unreal,” Smith said.
A total of 52 women competed in the pageant from across the state. In June, Smith will represent Ohio in the nationally televised Miss USA pageant. Smith is also scheduled to complete a media tour in New York City with pageant owner Donald Trump.
“I’m very excited to represent the great state of Ohio and to meet the other girls,” Smith said. “It was unexpected, which made it even more special.”
In the first competition of her life, Smith won the title pageant girls across the state had spent years training for.
“I had never done a pageant in my life, so it was a whole new ballgame,” Smith said.
In the two-day competition, Smith watched her fellow contestants rehearse with poise that only experience brings. All 52 girls competed in areas including interview, swimsuit and evening gown. Smith remained confident, but admitted the experience to be nerve racking.
“It’s a tough thing,” Smith said. Everyone is beautiful and intelligent. It’s still a competition, but I wanted to learn everything.”
Smith was stunned when she made it to the top 15 the next day and thrilled when she was announced in the top five. Speechless with a bouquet of flowers cradled in her arms and a crown heavy on her head; her name was the last one called.
“The hardest part throughout the whole competition was keeping it a secret from everyone,” Smith said.
Smith said she was nervous and kept the pageant a secret from even her closest friends and family members.
“I didn’t want anyone to come!” Smith said.
A few days before competition, Smith let her family in on the big surprise, all of whom were beyond supportive. The day Smith left for Portsmouth, she let her boyfriend know what she was up to. Her roommate, senior Taylor Owens, learned only hours before she was crowned.
“The first thing I said when Kristen won was, ‘I knew she would win it!’” Owens said.
The two had met on their first day of college and had remained close ever since.
“In my opinion, no one deserves it more than she does,” Owens said. “I have met few people in my life who care for others as much as she does.”
For now, Smith is focusing on her education and has set her sights on graduation in May. Her life now includes public appearances, traveling across the country and working with charities. Smith hopes the confidence she has gained from the experience stands out to future employers.
“I’m a very shy and introverted person so [the competition] allowed me to come out of my shell and become more confident in myself,” Smith said.
Before becoming Miss Ohio USA, Smith had plans to move to Los Angeles and work in the public relations field.
Smith said she has always wanted an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. She said she believes her new title will help her accomplish this goal.
“I’m enjoying all the new experiences and everything on the way. I can’t wait to perform,” Smith said.
Smith has also become the ambassador for the Pink Ribbon Girls, a breast cancer foundation. She received a number of prizes beyond the sash and crown, including a diamond tiara ring, a scholarship for graduate school at Lindenwood University and partial tuition to the New York Film Academy.
The winner of the 2013 Miss USA pageant will represent the U.S. in the Miss Universe competition.
Thanks to fabulous photographer Debra Knoske I’ve just added some wonderful new photos of Kristin Smith to her profile - link here. Kristin is one of only a few 2013 Miss contestants who are entirely new to pageants and I predict she should easily follow Audrey Bolte’s top five placement. I love her!
Miss Ohio USA & Teen USA was held yesterday afternoon. Miss Ohio USA 2013 was won by newcomer Kristin Smith, which means that both Proctor Productions titleholders (MI/OH) are newcomers to pageants. Melissa Pitchford who directs these states ended up the most successful director last year, with three top five and one top 16 placement, so it will be interesting to see Kristin and Jaclyn (Miss Michigan USA) prepare for Miss USA. The Teen title was won by Brittany Reid, 2nd runner-up last year.
Both of last year’s first runners-up ended up as runners-up again - Megan Wise was 1RU for the second consecutive year (she has now been a runner-up five times across Miss and Teen) and Cecili Weber, a past Miss Ohio’s Outstanding Teen, was 2RU in Teen. Becky Minger, past Miss Ohio and 2006 Miss Ohio Teen USA runner-up made the top five for the second consecutive year, finishing 4RU. Ayla Eley equalled her 2RU placement from 2011. The Teen top five included four of the only five returning contestants in the competition.
This year saw the return of official recruiter pageants. The winners of these pageants featured strongly in the results, with four out of the top five teens, including the winner, having won a local title, and two of the Miss top five.
Miss Ohio USA 2013 - Kristin Smith
1RU: Megan Wise (1RU 12, T15 11, 4RU 10, 3RU 09, 3RU OH TUSA 08)
2RU: Ayla Eley (2RU 11)
3RU: Madison Gesiotto (T15 OH TUSA 11)
4RU: Becky Minger (3RU 12, OH MAO 10, 3RU OH TUSA 06)
Semi-finalists:
Sarah Newkirk (2RU 12)
Bridget Linton (OH TUSA 10, T15 OH TUSA 08)
Amber Bussa (T15 12)
Alexia Castillo (T15 OH TUSA 12, T15 OH TUSA 10, T15 OH TUSA 09)
Morgan Lackey (4RU OH TUSA 11)
Meagan Cyrus (T15 OH TUSA 08, 3RU OH TUSA 07)
Courtney Rea (T15 12)
Elise Budowanec
Aliea Smith (T15 10, T15 09, T15 08, 4RU OH TUSA 05, NF OH TUSA 04)
Sierra Nowak

Kristin Smith, Megan Wise, Ayla Eley, Madison Gesiotti, Becky Minger
Miss Ohio Teen USA 2013 - Brittany Reid (2RU 12)
1RU: Sarah Monaco
2RU: Cecili Weber (1RU 12)
3RU: Ivy Hankins (T15 12)
4RU: Hazel Pray (T15 12)
Semi-finalists:
Amelia Hitchens, Whitney Hohlbein, Briana McAfee (T15 12), Savannah Stepp, Cierra Kerrigan, Danielle Wright, Cassidy Clark, Amanda Giroux, Madison Whitley, Emma Rofkar, Sydney Bennett

Brittany Reid, Sarah Monaco, Cecili Weber, Ivy Hankins, Hazel Pray
UPDATE! Congratulations to Kristin Smith, Miss Ohio USA 2013 & Brittany Reid, Miss Ohio Teen USA 2013!
Miss Ohio USA and Miss Ohio Teen USA 2013 contestants have been posted. Three of last year’s runners-up are back, but I am super sad that neither Kelsey Stevens, Miss Ohio Teen USA 2009 & fourth runner-up last year nor Chelsie Folden, Miss Ohio Teen USA 2008, are back. There is however one former Teen in the lineup, Bridget Linton who was the 2010 Teen titleholder. There are also a number of other returnees, including recent Teen runners-up Meagan Cyrus, Caity Jackson and Morgan Lackey.
In Teen, 1st runner-up (and former Miss Ohio’s Outstanding Teen) Cecili Weber is competing, as is 2RU Brittany Reid. A couple of last year’s semi-finalists are also back, but this is largely a new field of contestants.
Click “read more” after last year’s top five photos to view the full list of contestants with past placements.

2012 Miss top five - Becky Minger (3RU), Kelsey Stevens (4RU), Sarah Newkirk (2RU), Megan Wise (1RU), Audrey Bolte (W)

2012 Miss top five - Kendall Fein (W), Cecili Weber (1RU), Brittany Reid (2RU), Emma Madden (3RU), Alexis Laurine (4RU)
Audrey Bolte, Miss Ohio USA 2012 and Miss USA second runner-up, met with local media for one-on-one interviews Thursday as a prelude to her involvement with this week’s Festival of the Bells.
“I love the Festival of the Bells,” Bolte said, adding “kudos” to organizers for “doing a great job with it” and for having the knack to book entertainment on the verge of hitting it big.
She spoke of her experience with the Miss Ohio and Miss USA pageants and how they have affected her life and her opportunities. “I put my whole heart and soul into it and it turned out pretty well, I think, for having never seen a pageant before or being in one.”
“I wanted to be that one person you can say, ‘Geez, she’s a small town girl, hey she has horses, she cleans out her own horse stalls, no big deal.’ But you know what? Anyone can make anything out of themselves,” Bolte said.
As to what she would like to say to residents of Highland County Bolte said, “Support your local community, support your local athletes and your children in school. The more you put into the kids, the more that they’re going to give back to you when they get older.”
She said she is grateful for being asked to participate in the festival and honored to be a part of it all. Bolte will be attending festival events throughout the weekend.
Another of Deb Knoske’s fabulous pics of Audrey Bolte, Miss Ohio USA 2012. I think this is one of the sweetest pageant photos I’ve ever seen!
I’ve just added crowning photos for Audrey Bolte, Miss Ohio USA 2012 on my site. They were taken by Debra Knoske and both Audrey & the photos are absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!
More » http://www.pageantupdate.info/missusa2012/delegates/ohio.htm
Crowning of Audrey Bolte, Miss Ohio USA 2012 thanks to Truepix TV!
Gorgeous photo of the new Ohio titleholders thanks to awesome photographer Deb Knoske!
Post pageant photo of the new Ohio titleholders Audrey Bolte & Kendall Fein =D
Audrey Bolte, Miss Ohio USA 2012’s winning moment! Thanks to Portsmouth Daily Herald for the photos.