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“Ali always said she wanted to be Miss USA,” said her mother Pam Blansit.
Ali Blansit is starting to build on that dream.
Blansit competed in the Miss Alabama Teen USA pageant on Nov. 9 and walked away with the crown and the title, beating out 20 other girls from around the state.
“She has always competed but never on this level,” said Pam Blansit.
Ali Blansit competed in five areas to win the crown of Miss Alabama Teen USA; interview, swimwear, evening gown and question and answer.
Pam Blansit said the wait was nerve-racking because she and her husband, Tim.
“We didn’t get to talk to her all day long,” said Pam Blansit. “She wasn’t allowed to have her cell phone, so we didn’t have any contact with her for the entire day until after the crowning that evening.”
Blansit said everything happened fast.
“It seemed like there wasn’t enough time,” Blansit said. “They were actually doing the Miss Alabama USA at the same time so it was very fast-paced.”
Pam Blansit said she was in shock when she heard her daughter’s name called for the title.
“I was crying so hard,” said Pam Blansit. “I was in shock because a lot of the girls she was competing with had been doing it for years.”
Ali Blansit said she didn’t know what to do when they called her name.
“I figured I would place OK but that one of the other four would win because they had been involved in that level for years,” said Blansit.
As the top five began to dwindle down, Ali Blansit found herself standing with only one other girl.
“They had called everyone for a place except me and Emily, and I remember thinking that one of us was about to win,” Ali Blansit said. “When they called Emily for the first-runner up, my mouth flew open. I had won and I was in shock.”
Pam Blansit said she doesn’t think her daughter has realized what she has done.
“It’s such a huge honor,” said Pam Blansit. “I don’t think she realizes exactly what she has accomplished.”
Blansit said it hasn’t sunk in yet but it will.
Blansit will go on to compete in Miss Teen USA in August 2009.
“We are so excited and proud for her,” said Pam Blansit.
Ali Blansit isn’t sure yet if she will continue on after Miss Teen USA to achieve her childhood dream of being Miss USA.
“I’ll wait and see how they like me this year,” she said with a laugh.
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