Distinguished Young Women has helped me to be able to achieve my full potential and gain life-long skills. I put intensively long hours into preparing for this program and was greatly rewarded in the end. In my local program, I won the categories of Scholastic, Interview, and Self-Expression. I also earned the title of Sugar-Salem's Distinguished Young Women of 2014, granting me the opportunity to compete in the state program a few months later. While Sugar-Salem had never seen such a big group as mine, state could never compare. There were eighteen participants (including me) in my local program. At state, there were forty, all talented and the winners of their specific area. We were only given four days to learn our routines and then.. show time! Despite my lack of sleep and my heightened nerves, I was able to make it into the top ten and even place in Self-Expression.
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