Freshly crowned Miss Nebraska thought title had slipped away, so she decided to 'turn it up even more'
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POSTED: MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016 12:30 AM
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The cheering from Miss Omaha Aleah Peters’ supporters rang through the North Platte High School auditorium on Saturday night, as host Brandi Petersen announced that Peters was the new Miss Nebraska.
Miss Nebraska 2015 Alyssa Howell came toward her with a crown and hugged her.
“This isn’t real,” Peters said quietly.
“Yes, it is,” Howell told her, as she pinned her crown into place.
Peters wowed the judges and soared to the top of the preliminary talent category during Thursday night’s preliminary competition with her show twirl performance to “Wings.” She tied with Lianna Prill, Miss Queen City, for the preliminary talent award, and the pair split a $500 scholarship.
On Saturday night, shortly after starting her 90 second twirling routine, Peters thought the title had slipped out of her hands as one of her batons hit the stage after a drop.
“It was like, ‘OK, it’s time to turn it up even more,’ ” Peters said.
Peters, of Omaha, recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. Her platform is cyberbullying prevention.
Along with the scholarships she earned in talent and for winning the competition, Peters also took home a $1,000 cash scholarship Thursday night for the Miss America Community Service Award.
Miss Douglas County Savannah Rave was named first runner-up and will take over as Miss Nebraska if Peters is unable to fulfill her obligations. Rave, of Omaha, attends the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Rave’s platform is “Spread the Word to End the Word,” and her goal is to stop the derogatory use of the word “retarded.” During the talent portion of the competition, Rave sang “Hopelessly Devoted to You.”
Another University of Nebraska-Lincoln student, Miss Queen City Lianna Prill, was named second runner-up. Prill, of Kearney, is the daughter of Scott and Kristin Prill. Prill split the preliminary talent award with Peters after her vocal performance of “Don’t Rain on My Parade” on Thursday night. She also took the preliminary evening wear award on Wednesday night. Prill’s platform is “Eat Well, Be Well.”
Miss Twin Rivers Jenni Wahonick, who was crowned in North Platte in February, was named third runner-up. Wahonick, of Papillion, tied with Miss State Fair Payton Merritt during Wednesday night’s talent competition. She performed a slam poetry reading of Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make.” Wahonick is an education major at the University of Central Missouri and is the daughter of Don and Mary Wahonick.
Rounding out the top five was Miss Scotts Bluff County Allison Baird. Baird, of Gering, was the first runner-up in last year’s Miss Nebraska Outstanding Teen program, and decided to continue competing after aging into the next category. Baird is a student at Doane University and is the daughter of Carl and Krista Baird. Her platform is “Learning C.U.R.V.E.,” and for the talent portion of the competition she sang “Somewhere.”
Miss Kearney Stacy Pospisil, Miss Gering LaRissa McKean, Miss Chadron Tyler Rambali, Miss Kool Aid Days Chelsea Arnold and Miss Nebraska State Fair Payton Merritt rounded out the top 10.
Non-finalist awards were presented to Miss Western Nebraska Marie Allison and Miss Alliance Kate Duncan for interview and talent respectively.
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