Brittney Bennett is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences. Currently, she is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Brittney’s personal platform, Autism Awareness: Finding the Gold helped her find a career where she will be helping individuals who have autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Since the diagnosis of her nephew, Harrison, in 2007, Brittney has devoted countless hours of passion and service to educating and promoting acceptance for individuals who have ASD. As Miss Carrollton, Brittney plans to use her vocal talent to become the “Voice of Autism.” In addition to autism awareness, Brittney has volunteered for CASA, the Texas Boys Ranch, DIFFA, and Special Olympics. In her spare time, she enjoys singing, dancing, knitting, and public speaking. Brittney is looking forward to an incredible year representing the city of Carrollton, and having the opportunity to compete for the title of Miss Texas 2013.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Slightly Starstruck


In the last few months, I met some really cool celebrities at appearances, basketball games, and Miss America. Let's start with one of my all-time fave celebs, Jesse Metcalfe. You probably remember him from John Tucker Must Die, Desperate Housewives, and more recently Christopher Ewing on Dallas. I had a HUGE crush on this guy as a teenager! I was already excited- this was my first Dallas Mavs game and we had great seats. I spotted Jesse sitting a few rows below, and it took me until that last three minutes of the fourth quarter to work up my nerve to go talk to him and ask for a picture. He was so nice in person! After I got my picture with him, a flood of teenage girls followed behind, but he took pictures with all of them and was very gracious.


This January, I had the opportunity to attend the 2013 Miss America pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. I watched the final night of competition to cheer on my friends, DaNae Couch, Miss Texas, and Candice Bennatt, Miss New Mexico. Before we took our seats for the show, we had a chance to meet and greet with former Miss Americas from each decade. I met one of my idols, Gretchen Carlson of Fox & Friends and Miss America 1989. Hopefully I will be interviewing with Gretchen on the red couch as Miss America! I met with another one of my favorite Miss Americas, Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000. Heather was so kind, and had the ability to make me feel like I was the only person in the room when she was speaking to me.


Last week, I met a lot of great people, from pro golfers to college football coaches to musicians. Although I am Miss Carrollton, I live in Fort Worth, Texas and attend TCU. Living in Fort Worth, I had the chance to work the Crown Plaza Invitational Golf Tournament at the Colonial Country Club and Golf Course. The first day of working the Pro Am drawing, I met TCU Horned Frog Coach, Gary Patterson, and two of my favorite Texas Country singers, Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen.


 Emily Falkenberg, Miss Kauffman County, one of my dear friends, and I worked the 15th hole of the course with Chimy's, providing food for the pro golfers and amateurs during the day. Here we are with some of our favorites, Matt Kuchar and Zach Johnson. They were so nice!



Stay tuned for more posts as Miss Texas competition is coming soon!

All of my love,

Brittney

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