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<\/a>Reagan and Ryann Grubbs will compete simultaneously at the Miss Arkansas 2020 Pageant. Reagan was Miss SAU 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI honestly never thought I would participate in pageants,\u201d Ryann said. \u201cI tried one when I was in high school and thought it was not for me. I continued watching Reagan compete, from the State Fair system to the Miss Arkansas system, and wanted to try again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to compete in Miss Arkansas for almost three years,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cI started with the title of Miss SAU 2018, a dream of mine. I then won my next ticket to Miss Arkansas in January 2019 as Miss Arkansas River 2019. Those experiences helped me to grow into the woman I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reagan is pursuing a masters in Agricultural and Extension Education with an emphasis in 4-H Youth Development. Ryann is also in Northwest Arkansas working as an agricultural educator at Bentonville High School.<\/p>\n
Reagan called Ryann \u201cmy biggest supporter,\u201d who attended every competition. They have supported each other throughout their pageant journeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast competition season, Ryann competed in close to six preliminaries,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cI was by her side through every one of those prelims as a \u2018pageant mom\u2019 backstage. I was her makeup and hair stylist, sister, and coach \u2013 all in one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watching her older sister compete in the state system gave Ryann a first-hand view of Reagan\u2019s growing confidence and independence. \u201cShe saw how the organization has helped to fund my education so that I could graduate debt-free,\u201d Reagan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith every pageant I watched my sister grow in her poise and passion for her platform,\u201d Ryann said. \u201cShe became more dedicated to her studies and focused on the woman she wanted to become. I have always looked up to her. After watching her compete in Miss Arkansas her first year as Miss SAU, I decided to give pageants another try.\u201d<\/p>\n
They decided to try competing together in the Miss Arkansas Pageant, a long-time dream of theirs and their father\u2019s. \u201cHe would worry whether both of us going together to Miss Arkansas would ever happen in the next prelim year before the current year was even over,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cNever in a million years did we ever imagine our dad would be a huge pageant dad, but we are so thankful for his continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryann set out on a course of action to attain the goal of competing with her sister in Miss Arkansas. Ryann said she \u201cstarted with the State Fair system, ended up placing first-runner up at the state pageant, and then started competing in Miss Arkansas prelims shortly after. With no prelim win during the season last year, I watched Reagan go back to Miss Arkansas and was her biggest supporter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew going into this pageant season that we wanted to win an early prelim so that we could have plenty of time to prepare,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cThis lead to us competing in the Miss North Central Arkansas\u00a02020\u00a0and Miss Ozark Mountain 2020\u00a0Pageants.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo titles were up for grabs in this dual-meaning pageant,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cWe thought, \u2018how cool would it be to be the first-ever sister, sister queens in Miss Arkansas history?\u2019 We hoped it would come true so we could fully take on this experience together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The night of the dual pageant was stressful but also humbling in that they both won the titles of Miss North Central Arkansas and Miss Ozark Mountain 2020. \u201cIt was a dream come true for all of our family that we somehow achieved this goal on the first prelim,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cNow, we are beginning to prepare for Miss Arkansas 2020 in all its glory.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCompeting together was more relaxing,\u201d Ryann said about the dual prelim titles they won. \u201cI had my hair and makeup artist, pageant coach, and older sister with me through every stage of the competition. The moment we both won titles, we were almost in tears. It was so surreal that the dream had come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryann said they are now working on preparing for the Interview portion of Miss Arkansas. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to plan out our wardrobes for the stage \u2013 our interview dresses, our talent costumes, and our evening gowns. It\u2019s insane all that you have to pack! Also, keeping up with different issues going on in our nation right now and the issues that directly relate to our platforms. We are also trying to get appearances in when we can to help promote our platforms as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we\u2019re sisters by both blood and crown, we don\u2019t want to be similar in what we prepare because we\u2019re two different individuals,\u201d said Reagan. \u201cHowever, we know that no matter what happens at the end of the day or the outcome of Miss Arkansas 2020, we will be there and support each other, win or lose.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sisters Reagan and Ryann Grubbs, both graduates of Southern Arkansas University, will have the unique distinction of competing simultaneously in the Miss Arkansas 2020 Pageant. Reagan and Ryann, from Delight, Arkansas, were crowned at\u00a0the same preliminary\u00a0and will compete in the statewide contest in June. Reagan graduated in 2018 with a BS in Agriculture Business, and… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,276,7753,288],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alumni","8":"category-community-corner","9":"category-homepage","10":"category-regional-news","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}