“I feel everything went very well. Honestly, I was amazed I even had the opportunity to be a part of it,” she said after the finals were held online on YouTube.
Jessica loved the comments made by the judges after her speech, and felt they gave her a huge confidence boost with their encouraging words.
“Especially now I will be keeping my eyes open for speech opportunities,” she said.
The first judge, Dr. Samantha Nutt, said Jessica’s speech was “incredible”, and commented, “You started out strong and I felt you maintained that all the way through. It was brave, it was positive and it was powerful.”