October 25, 2016
By Paul Joseph, Paragon Communications News Director –
SWOSU will be hosting Miss Oklahoma this week.
Sarah Klein, Miss Oklahoma for 2016, will be in Weatherford this Friday, in conjunction with the Miss SWOSU Pageant which is scheduled for Saturday on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus.
Klein will also be a guest at the City of Weatherford Council meeting at 8 a.m. She then plans to visit Weatherford Middle School at 10 a.m. followed by a 1:30 p.m. talk/piano performance for high school students at the Weatherford Performing Arts Center. Then on Friday evening, she will attend a private dinner with the Miss SWOSU contestants at the home of Dr. Paul and Jan Tisdal.
Klein began competing in the Miss Oklahoma’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in 2006. After three years, she finished 1st runner up and then continued competing in the Miss Oklahoma Pageant.
Over the course of six years, she has been awarded with the Children’s Miracle Maker Award, Kiwanis Community Service Awards, Esther Scholarship, Miss America Community Service Award, Top Ten, 4th runner-up, 3rd runner-up, 2nd runner-up, 1st runner up, five talent awards, three swimsuit awards, interview award, and finally, Miss Oklahoma.
During the Miss America competition in September, Klein placed as a Top Twelve finalist and was also a finalist for the Quality of Life Award.
She is traveling the state as Miss Oklahoma and spreading the awareness of her platform, supporting troops from deployment to employment and the importance of taking care of military men and women who have done so much for the United States.
The Miss SWOSU Pageant and Miss SWOSU’s Outstanding Teen Pageant will be held Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center on the Weatherford campus.
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