Pageant Platform Magazine May June 2019 issue pageant platform magazine may june | Page 6

Kendall Johnson Krystal Overshown
Miss Massachu-
setts Captivating
2019 Texas Lady is my offi-
cial Titleholder and
the organization is
called United Ameri-
ca.
My platform is
called
Project
M.A.G.I.C.
which
stands for Motivating Amazing Girls in under-served
Communities. It is about building self-esteem in young
women. I believe that it is out of the hands of those of
us who were fortunate enough to achieve success,
that the fuel for the next generation will come from. We
are the magic and positivity and support that young
leaders need. One is that I will be working with an
organization called Boston Cares in the upcoming
year and focusing on volunteer opportunities that
provide resources, mentoring and support for young
women in the Boston area. Two, I will be bringing
pageantry into communities with young people who
have have not been exposed to it before by directing
and creating the first ever Mr and Miss Davis Leader-
ship Academy Homecoming Pageant.
Amplifying young women’s voices, especially in high-
er education is crucial to the success and health of this
country. Black women alone make up less than 4% of
all people who have earned a PhD. As a Social Work
Phd student at Boston University, I am the one of two
black students in my entire school. I look around in my
classes and I see no other students who look like me
and it can be alienating sometimes. Oftentimes, wom-
en are the minority in top positions and in higher
education. I want to show the young women from my
community that they can get to where I am and I will
support them in achieving their goals. I want them to
reach for the stars and know that they are strong,
smart and special people on this Earth who can affect
positive change in the world. They are the future, and
they deserve every opportunity to make that future as
bright as can be.
I am a pharmacy
technician on my part time job and i work with my
community and provide wellness info daily. I decided
to run for self care and awareness in order to promote
clean eating and becoming more aware of taking
care of your self and sticking to it.
I grew up reading self care books as a child. I worked
with the city police academy and we was trained to
have social awareness, self awareness. I also partici-
pated in speaking with immigrants on self care in my
community.