Hello everyone!
I’m Tina Rosenthal, Miss Austin 2006. I am so excited to have the opportunity to represent my hometown on the Miss Minnesota stage this year! The past few weeks have been full of pageant preparations and the hectic schedule that always accompanies the end of an academic year. Just one more paper to write and I will wrap up this semester’s work!
My platform, Adopt One Until There are None, is an effort that strives to raise awareness of and increase Foster Care adoption in our state. There are 10,000 children living in Minnesota’s Foster Care system and only one percent will ever find permanent families. I am so fortunate to be part of that one percent, and have spent years working to encourage others to consider making Foster Care adoption a part of their family.
Increasing Foster Care adoption is an effort that begins on many levels, and I have had the opportunity to spend some time the Austin’s classrooms educating students about my platform. I truly believe that if children are familiar with adoption, they are more likely to become adults who will consider adoption when they are adults with families of their own. As I have had a wonderful time reading stories about adoption and answering children’s questions! I highly recommend Jamie Lee Curtis’s book Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born, it is a wonderful story about the gift of adoption.Pageant week is fast approaching and I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to share the stage with the beautiful and talented women who also hold local titles in our state. It is sure to be a fantastic week and an exhilarating competition!
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Tina and I are in the same program at St. Thomas. Class from 6 to 9 p.m. can be hard because you start it already tired after a day at work, but Tina's energy and enthusiasm for learning were a help to all of us.
When we visited Austin, Tina showed kind hospitality and truly made us feel at home. I know she is a great representative of Austin, and that she has got people talking about adoption who would not have otherwise.
Tina, we're looking forward to cheering for you at the state competition, and best wishes to everyone else as well.
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