St. Charles East Senior Vies for Distinguished Young Woman Scholarship

Claire Davis of St. Charles and other high school senior girls from across the state will compete in Schaumburg this week in the Distinguished Young Women of Illinois scholarship program.

The competition begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 at Schaumburg High School Step Room No. 224. Participants will compete for college scholarships and to represent the state as the Distinguished Young Women of Illinois for 2014, according toa release from the organization.

Tickets for the program, which is open to the public, will be available at the door at $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. Doors open at 6 p.m.

The 11 young women competing will be evaluated by a panel of five judges on scholastics (20 percent), interview (25 percent), fitness (15 percent), self-expression (15 percent) and talent (25 percent).

The Distinguished Young Women of Illinois winner will advance to the national level at the 57th Distinguished Young Women National Finals in Mobile, Ala. on June 26 through June 28, 2014, according to the release, where she will compete with 49 other state representatives for cash scholarships and the title of Distinguished Young Woman of America.

The release lists those competing in Schaumburg for the Distinguished Young Women of Illinois program as:

• Claire Davis of St. Charles.

Distinguished Young Women was founded in 1958 in Mobile, Ala., as America’s Junior Miss, and is the largest and oldest national scholarship program for high school girls, with more than  700,000 participants since it began, the release states.