The National American Miss pageant is an opportunity for young girls to showcase their talent, poise, community involvement and personality; locally, it offers these girls the chance to win the title of Miss Minnesota in their age groups.
Jiya Khatri of Maple Grove competed for the title last spring and won first runner-up for the Miss Personality title. Jiya, who has participated in the competition for the past three years, says she was able to win the title because of the many friends she had made at previous competitions. “Two or three people suggested my name as someone who was very outgoing and friendly,” Jiya says. As a previous fourth runner-up in the talent competition, she hopes to win more titles in future pageants and go to the national competition.
