2003 Highlights

Miss Florida 2003 Contestants
Miss Apopka Genevieve Jahn 22 Women on Watch University of Central Florida Dance - Last Dance $1,250 Scholarship	Miss Baymeadows Angela Grant 23 Type II Diabetes Prevention through Healthy Living University of Florida Vocal - Miss Celie's Blues $500 Scholarship	Miss Broward County Jessica Harris 18 Raising the level of Volunteerism & Volunteering at Child Care Facilities Olympic Heights High School Tap Dance - Jumpin at the Woodside $750 Scholarship
Miss Central Florida Rebekah Green 21 Water - Preservation and Restoration University of Tampa Vocal - Time to Say Goodbye $500 Scholarship	Miss City Beautiful Ericka Dunlap 21 Achieving Cultural Inclusion University of Central Florida Vocal - If I Could $750 Scholarship	Miss Dade City Shannon Schambeau 22 Special Olympics St. Leo University Tap Dance - Boogie Bumper $500 Scholarship
Miss Daytona Beach Jennifer Summers 21 Youth Mentoring University of South Florida Twirl Dance - Tzelma $500 Scholarship	Miss First Coast Emily Martin 23 Stop Smoking Before It Starts University of Central Florida Vocal - Why Haven't I Heard From You? $3,000 Scholarship	Miss Florida Gator Kathryn McLean 21 Childhood Obesity - A Growing Epidemic University of Florida Ballet en Pointe - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy $1,000 Scholarship
Miss Florida Orange Blossom Morgan Ortagus 20 Get SADD, Get RADD, Get MADD Florida Southern College Vocal - You'll Never Walk Alone $1,000 Scholarship	Miss Florida State University Remeisha Shade 21 Obesity in America Florida State University Jazz Acrobatic Dance - It's Raining Men $500 Scholarship	Miss Florida Sunshine Erin Gardner 21 Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Inc. University of South Florida Vocal - Take Me As I Am $1,000 Scholarship
Miss Heart of Plant City Sheena Rathell 19 Volunteerism University of South Florida Dance - Die Another Day $650 Scholarship	Miss Homestead Katie Basom 18 The encouragement of Visual and Performing Arts in the Education of Youth Florida Institute of Technology Dance - I Will Always Love You $1,500 Scholarship	Miss Jacksonville Kylie Williams 19 Dangers of Drinking and Driving Florida State University Vocal - I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart $3,000 Scholarship
Miss Largo Megan Alonge 22 Blood Donation: The Gift of Life Florida International University Acrobatic Jazz Dance - Man of LaMancha $2,000 Scholarship	Miss Mandarin Kellina Wilbanks 18 Child Abuse Awareness and the Strength to Overcome Baker County High School Acrobatic Dance - Concrete Angel $500 Scholarship	Miss Miami Jillian Reid 21 Service Learning Florida State University Vocal - Next Time I Love $500 Scholarship
Miss Mid State Emily Ann Melton 21 Importance of CPR Pasco Community College Vocal - Blue $500 Scholarship	Miss North Florida Kelli Cooper 22 Raising Readers - A Focus on Childhood Literacy University of Florida Show Twirl Routine-Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag $1,200 Scholarship	Miss North Miami April Sigman 22 Hope Heals - Raising Autoimmune Disease Awareness New World School of the Arts University Vocal - Sing Happy $2,000 Scholarship
Miss Ocala/Marion County Candace Cragg 19 Youth Volunteerism Florida State University Vocal - I'm a WOMAN $3,000 Scholarship	Miss Orlando Valerie Lynch 21 The Beautiful Mind University of Florida Tap Dance - Acapella Tap $10,000 Scholarship	Miss Palm Beach County Karen DeCastro 23 Celebrating the many faces of America Furman University Graduate Flute - Evita Medley $1,100 Scholarship
Miss Panama City Kristen O'Rear 20 Enhancing and Saving Lives - Organ and Tissue Donation Florida State University Lyrical Dance - Something To Believe In $500 Scholarship	Miss Pasco County Heather Johnson 20 Volunteerism: Students Making a Difference Florida Southern College Tap Dance - Think $500 Scholarship	Miss Pasco County Fair Erica Hayden 18 Breast Cancer Awareness Pasco High School Piano - Cumana $500 Scholarship
Miss Pensacola Katie Weir 18 Mentoring in the Community University of West Florida Ballet en pointe- Variation of Swan Lake $500 Scholarship	Miss Pinellas County Suzanne Dani'L Metzler 22 Improving the Quality of Life of Senior Citizens University of South Florida Graduate Vocal - Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries $500 Scholarship	Miss Seminole Cristina Bermudez 23 Alcohol Awareness for America's Youth University of South Florida Graduate Jazz Dance - Rhythm of the Night $2,600 Scholarship
Miss Seminole County Allison Lee Kreiger 19 H.O.P.E.-Helping Other People Eat University of Florida Dance/Twirl - Beautiful/Axel F $500 Scholarship	Miss Silver Springs Christine Cooper 19 Advocating the Rights of the Mentally Ill University of Central Florida Lyrical Dance - I'm Already There $3,000 Scholarship	Miss South Florida Coast Merissa Amkraut 23 Growing Up Complete: Arts for Learning University of Miami Graduate Violin - Toccata/Misirlou $1,500 Scholarship
Miss South Florida Fair Danielle Minton 17 Bringing Kids Together Dayton Ballet School Dance - Don Quixote Variations Kitra/Coda $3,750 Scholarship	Miss St. Johns Angela Baragona 20 From a Woman's Heart University of Florida Tap Dance - Sweet Georgia Brown $500 Scholarship	Miss St. Petersburg Shauna Pender 23 Society Embracing Special Needs People Florida State University Graduate Vocal - Before Your Love $500 Scholarship
Miss Tampa Charlene Closshey 22 Progressing Toward Cancer's Cures Florida Southern College Graduate Violin - Classical Gas $2,500 Scholarship	Miss University of Central Florida Kristy Burgess 21 Best Friends Foundation University of Central Florida Dance - Pray I Make PA/There She Goes/FAME $2,100 Scholarship	Miss University of Florida Vanessa Dakin 19 Alzheimer Awareness and Research University of Florida Vocal - Quando Men Vo $1,000 Scholarship
Miss University of Miami Jenna Edwards 21 Queen for a Day: Promoting Inner Strength Miss University of Miami Vocal - That's What I Like About You $1,000 Scholarship	University of South Florida Elizabeth Everett 20 Helping America Vote University of South Florida Vocal - But the World Goes Round $1,000 Scholarship	Miss Winter Park Ameigh Verderosa 23 I CARE: Conquering Anxiety through Research and Education Boston University Medical School Classical Vocal - Core 'Ngrato $500 Scholarship