And each have stories of their own.
Wilson, 17, is a senior at The Villages Charter School. She recently got back into pageants since being crowned Tiny Miss Leesburg in 2009, hoping to find something to do to impact her community.
“I didn’t want to do a pageant to just sit there and look pretty,” Wilson said. “I wanted something that would give me the opportunity to get out there and help the community. I want to make my mark in my hometown and this was the perfect pageant for that.”
Wilson plans to attend Florida State University in the fall as much of her family, including her dad and brother, have attended there. She hopes to get a business marketing degree and get into real estate.