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Brenna Madder

What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
Last summer I went to New York City with my school's drama club. We had all split up to go shopping and were told to meet back at a specified time. There was a miscommunication and the group thought that the two girls I was shopping with and myself were going to go back to the hotel with some of the chaperones, when really we planned to go on with the group to tour a school. Before we knew it, we were all alone in the middle of Manhattan. We rode the subway alone and found our way across the city all by ourselves to meet our group just in time for the tour!

Please list any Honors/Awards you have received in the past 2 years.
Student of the Week.
Voted "Most Likely to be a Movie Star."
Recipient of "Best Involvement with Makeup" at State Drama.
Miss Photogenic at the Miss Wyoming Teen USA pageant.
Eagle Award.
Jason Haight Academic Scholarship.
My unique animal impressions recently won acclaim in Malibu.`
I was honored to be the maid of honor in my sister's wedding last summer.

List any other Achievements/Accomplishments
Voted "Most Outgoing."
Voted "Most Humorous."
All-Around Cowgirl.
Being instrumental in getting an underage drinking law passed in my community.
Voted best personal shopper and makeup artist by my DECA chapter.
A photograph taken of me won the Award of Distinction at The Wyoming Professional Photographers Association.
Diamond and Ruby awards at Spotlight Dance Competition.
Received a Superior rating for a small ensemble at the Solo and Ensemble Music Competition.
My DECA chapter won the state competition this year; individually I brought home two second-place awards in the areas of Apparel and Accessories and Travel and Tourism. These awards allowed me to go on to the international competition in Anaheim, CA.
I placed in the top 10% at the International Career and Development Conference in Anaheim, CA out of 14,000 participants in the area of Travel and Tourism.

List any other Achievements/Accomplishments
Sales clerk at a clothing store.
I spent a summer in junior high volunteering at the hospital.

What are your strongest talents?
My strongest talents are public speaking and anything that has to do with people. I have never met a stranger and I am good at getting along with various types of people. People always tell me that they feel like they can confide in me. I think that I have a gift for making others feel good about themselves. I also do some pretty great animal impressions.

Name one person, family, friend, celebrity, who has had the most influence on your life.
Kara. Kara is my best friend in the whole world. Her maturity far surpasses her young age. She is the most loving, thoughtful, intelligent, talented, and hilarious person I know. One example of this is that she sponsors a child from Uganda by the name of Muhawinnemana. She gave up her lunch at school this year so that she could donate this money, as well as encourage others to donate their money to the food for the Hungry Organization. Through this she taught our entire school about poverty, starvation and disease that is going on throughout the world. I once read a quote that said, "Show me your friends, and I'll show you who you are." I hope this is true, because there are so many qualities about Kara that I aspire to be like.

Describe how you envision yourself in five years?
In a perfect world, after 5 years I will have graduated from Belmont University with a degree in either music business, or broadcast journalism. Depending on the career path I choose, I will either be managing famous artists, or hosting my own show!

What else do you want the judges to know about you?
I want the judges to know that I am a well-rounded person, and somewhat of a chameleon. I can just as easily adjust to big city life as I can to living in a small town. I have energy to burn, and I have often been asked the question, "Are you ever in a bad mood?"

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