{"id":18455,"date":"2012-07-29T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T06:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=18455"},"modified":"2019-02-07T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T22:33:12","slug":"shannon-gonzales-crowned-miss-antelope-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/07\/29\/shannon-gonzales-crowned-miss-antelope-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Gonzales crowned Miss Antelope Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shannon Gonzales said she was happy that her whole family was able to witness her win Miss Antelope Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gonzales wept after her name was announced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013Miss Rancho Vista Shannon Gonzales covered her mouth and wept tears of joy when her name was announced Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

As the new Miss Antelope Valley, the 17-year-old will reign over the Antelope Valley Fair festivities, from Aug. 17 \u2013 26, and will serve as ambassador in many events throughout the Valley for the next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited and I\u2019m so happy that my whole family is here to witness it with me,\u201d Gonzales gushed. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be any happier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzales was one of 16 community queens vying for the title at the 68th annual Miss Antelope Valley Pageant, which took place at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds\u2019 Poppy Pavilion.<\/p>\n

Contestants were judged on three segments: A personal interview (conducted before the stage show), a prepared speech, and an impromptu question and answer.<\/p>\n

The competition was judged by the Tournament of Rose Bowl Judges from Pasadena.<\/p>\n

The show began with a choreographed dance routine featuring all 16 contestants and the reigning Miss Antelope Valley, Ivy Bedard.<\/p>\n

For their prepared speeches, contestants had to pick a famous female singer and then give a speech about the artist. Many of the contestants chose to give their speeches in full character.<\/p>\n

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Gonzales gave a speech about singer Pat Benatar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dressed in black sequined pants and a bright red jacket, Gonzales dazzled as Pat Benatar.<\/p>\n

After the speeches, contestants changed into formal wear and were escorted by their fathers before taking the microphone for the impromptu question and answer segment.<\/p>\n

Gonzales did not hesitate when asked to identify the best place to visit in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best place to visit in the Antelope Valley would be the Palmdale Amphitheater. They always have amazing music and it\u2019s also in Rancho Vista. With that, it\u2019s such an amazing town because it\u2019s so family oriented and right when you walk in, you feel like you\u2019re at home,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n

Gonzales said she is most looking forward to reigning over the Antelope Valley Fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited because I know it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n

Other community queens who competed in the 68th annual Miss Antelope Valley Pageant were:<\/p>\n

Miss Antelope Acres Courtney Harter<\/strong>, Miss Palmdale America Fuzell,<\/strong> Miss Eastside Brooke Bonds<\/strong>, Miss Acton Cheyenne Buechner<\/strong>, Miss California City Kaylee Evans<\/strong>, Miss Boron Destiny West<\/strong>, Miss Edwards Alexis Baiza<\/strong>, Miss Sun Village Maribelle De Cosse<\/strong>, Miss Hughes Elizabeth Lakes Veronica Rodriguez<\/strong>, Miss Mojave Marissah Robertson-Bolton<\/strong>, Miss Quartz Hill Heather Hayes<\/strong>, Miss Littlerock Michelle Martinez<\/strong>, Miss Agua Dulce Colyn Gackenbach<\/strong>, Miss Rosamond Hilary Sanchez<\/strong> and Miss Lancaster Tiffany Johnson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Sixteen community queens competed in the 68th annual Miss Antelope Valley Pageant, which took place Sunday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds\u2019 Poppy Pavilion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013Miss Rancho Vista Shannon Gonzales covered her mouth and wept tears of joy when her name was announced Sunday evening. As the new Miss Antelope Valley, the 17-year-old will reign over the Antelope Valley Fair festivities, from Aug. 17 \u2013 26, and will serve as ambassador in many events throughout the Valley for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}