minnesota usa pageant. what possessed you ? it minnesota usa pageant. what possessed you? it is a great platform. for what? a scholarship. $10,000, even if you do not wind the competition you can get away with $15,000 in scholarship. what did your mother make of it? my mother was like, what! one of the themes is a degree to which you can navigate what you want to do in life and stay true to your community, your traditions... your roots... your family. your mother, when she is thinking of swimsuits and that contest, did she say, you should not do that? many times and even with modelling, that was another hurdle. she had a hard time when i said i wa nted she had a hard time when i said i wanted to enter modelling, she thought you could have been a teacher, a lawyer, a doctor, all these incredible things, your path could have been so much better, in her eyes. we almost have to throw it back at her. you did a greatjob as a parent because you instilled in me the confidence to pursue my passions andi the confidence to pursue my passions and i am still not forget the roots where