{"id":60495,"date":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-representing-massachusetts-at-the-miss-america-competition-in-january\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-representing-massachusetts-at-the-miss-america-competition-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/uri-student-representing-massachusetts-at-the-miss-america-competition-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Student Representing Massachusetts at the Miss America Competition in January"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I.- October 25, 2012- Taylor Kinzler, a 20-year-old junior from across the border, was recently crowned Miss Massachusetts, but no need to fret. Her heart is still on the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus. <\/p>\n


\nShe\u2019s been a devoted student since she came here three years ago. Her activities are impressive. She was a cheerleader her freshman year, a sorority sister in Alpha Phi, and, in one of her biggest accomplishments, a spokesperson and staff reporter for 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics and GoRhody.com. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI was able to pursue my passion for journalism by reporting about athletics,\u201d Kinzler said. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible experience.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tHer journey into the world of pageantry started when a friend encouraged her to compete in the Miss America Organization as a way to expand her talents as a gymnast. Kinzler started her path in 2008, winning Miss Massachusetts\u2019 Outstanding Teen. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI really wanted to grow as a person and grow out of my shyness,\u201d Kinzler said. \u201cThis whole experience has made me so much more confident.\u201d <\/p>\n

Winning the Miss Massachusetts title presents challenging goals as well as opportunities. \u201cI have a Board of Directors that plan and set-up my appearances throughout the state, but a lot of the preparation for the actual competition in January such as dieting and exercise, and preparing for the talent and interview segments, I do myself,\u201d said Kinzler. <\/p>\n


\n\tWith at least four to five appearances across Massachusetts each week, Kinzler\u2019s school schedule has shifted dramatically since being crowned. She is now a part-time student, taking two night classes. She\u2019s planning to graduate in the spring of 2014. <\/p>\n


\n\tHer pageantry experience has taught her a lot about how to live. The competition, she said, is not all about beauty and the physical fitness, it is primarily a scholarship program. In fact, to date she has earned over $21,000 in academic scholarships, which has helped to pay for her education here at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program is a way to empower women and inspire them to share their story,\u201d she said. \u201cIt really enforces the idea that as a woman you can achieve any goal you set your mind to and it gives woman a voice and a stage to promote their personal platforms.\u201d Kinzler will also spend her year promoting her platform \u201cGive the Gift of You! Volunteer.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI am very grateful to have the opportunity to compete for the Miss America crown,\u201d said Kinzler.<\/p>\n


\n\tKinzler will now compete with 52 other contestants at the Miss America pageant this January in Las Vegas. She has already met the other 52 contestants while in Orlando, Florida in August at the Miss America\u2019s Outstanding Teen Pageant. \u201cEven though it was a bit intimidating, it was a great way to connect with the girls and use each other for resources and advice since we are all going through this experience together.\u201d Watch for Kinzler live on ABC on January 12th! <\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nKinzler smiling proudly as she is wearing her Miss Massachusetts crown.

\nFormer Miss Massachusetts crowns Taylor Kinzler new Miss Massachusetts 2012.

\nTaylor Kinzler filming the 溏心vlog免费B站 baseball team for GoRhody.com Photo courtesy by Mike Scott.<\/p>\n


\nThis press release was written by Tess Povar, an intern in 溏心vlog免费B站’s Department of Communication and Marketing and a public relations and communication studies major.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.- October 25, 2012- Taylor Kinzler, a 20-year-old junior from across the border, was recently crowned Miss Massachusetts, but no need to fret. Her heart is still on the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus. She\u2019s been a devoted student since she came here three years ago. Her activities are impressive. She was a cheerleader her freshman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}