State Pageant time again!

Alaina at Pinkolicious Birthday Party Spa ~ celebrated with her BFF Alana (yep, same name)

It's Louisiana state pageant time again for Alaina & she's ready to go! This year, we'll be a lot closer to home; the pageant will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge, LA! We're very excited & can't wait! Since it's been awhile since we posted so here's a synopsis of Alaina's several months:

Lots of school productions

• December 2011 "Christmas Around the World" - Alaina was a dancer represented Europe! They were soooo gorgeous!
• February 2012 "Black American History" - Alaina danced in two performances
• May 2012 "Fire" - Alaina danced in one of the opening performances as a firefighter to "We Didn't Start the Fire" then danced again to Cher's "Believe" in the finale with her cheer squad

Community Project

As a contestant in the National American Miss pageant, Alaina participates in community project to help others! For the National pageant, we've involved our church & other community businesses to help provide for needy families! It is a great opportunity to teach children the value of being kind & generous! Our goal is to not only provide food & clothing, but also hope by showing them the love of God that is within us all!


The children's ministry at our church will be assisting Alaina with this project by making personalized gifts to go along with the items & any cash donations we receive. Alaina is very excited to be able to do something so amazing; it's great to see children not only want to help but understand that what they are doing is making a difference in the life of another child!

If you'd like to know more & to find out how you can help, please contact Alaina by clicking the community involvement logo below; she'll be happy to send you a copy of the list of the needed items! If you'd like to make a cash donations, please email me for the information or click the logo below! We plan to deliver all items (food, clothing, etc., as well as any cash donations) to the local shelter the first weekend in October! Thank you, in advance, for your support!

Alaina's NAM Press Release

Miss Alaina Lakera Walker, age 7, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss Louisiana Pageant to be held Thursday-Saturday, June 30-July 2, 2011 at the beautiful Lafayette Hilton Towers in Lafayette, LA. The National American Miss pageants are held for girls ages 4-18, and have five different age divisions. Alaina will be participating in the Princess age division, along with other outstanding young ladies from across the great state of Louisiana.

Miss Alaina Walker’s activities include reading, drawing/painting, riding her bike in the park and playing video games. She also enjoys modeling, participating in her church’s children’s group, spelling, science and maintaining a 4.0 GPA at the Math, Science & Arts Academy in Plaquemine, LA.

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I've been trying to gather as much information as I can to share about NAM, the pageant & what your generous donations are supporting, so here you go (click on the photos to see larger versions):

Casting Call Day

Alaina & current NAM Louisiana Junior Teen, Mirandy Li

Alaina, her brother - Jalon, former NAM Chelsey McGinnis - works for Disney Channel on the show "Shake It Up"

Alaina's casting call went well... We checked in about 12:30pm, got her application & number then we took a seat in the banquet room. We watched a video with all the kids who've entered the pageant; it was very interesting & informative! We got great insight into what to expect!

Alaina's NAM Louisiana casting call

Alaina has been chosen to participate in the National American Miss Louisiana Casting Call on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 12:30pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge, LA! We're so excited & so is she! She's a little nervous also, so we're praying that she overcomes that & allows her huge bubbly personality to shine!