Dublin Girl Places As Second Alternate At State Little Miss Event

DUBIN, CA — A young Dublin girl recently placed among top finishers at the California Our Little Miss state championships after winning a regional championship last month.

Amyra Krishna, who is 2 ½ was named the state competition’s second alternative at the event, which was held earlier last weekend in Fresno. Amyra advanced to the state finals after finishing first in September at the Our Little Miss preliminary round of competition in Burlingame.

Amyra performed yoga for the talent round of the state competition and received high marks for the sportswear, Livin’ Doll and party wear rounds of the event.

Local organizers said that the event began in 1962 and since then, the competition has proven to be a great experience for female contestants of all ages to build self-esteem, learn about giving back to the community, develop public speaking skills, make friendships by participating in the pageants.

Since 1962, more than 1,000 girls have earned scholarship funds from the statewide, national and pageants and have enrolled in American, Canadian, European, Asian, and Caribbean Island universities, according to a news release. Winners at the state and national levels collect scholarship money.

Past winners include Jennifer Love Hewitt from “Party of Five” and Madlyn Sweeten from “Everybody Loves Raymond” as well as Brec Bassinger, who is the star of the Nickelodeon hit show “Bella and the Bulldogs” staring in the lead role as, Bella.

Our Little Miss’s philosophy is that by giving children an outlet to express themselves and their talents, they are presented with growth and development aspects for personality, communication, discipline, memory training, and good grooming habits, the release said. Because parents play an important role when a child is in any competition, the family relationship is enhanced, especially that of the mother and daughter.