of categories, including horsemanship, speech, personality, and appearances. Each category is judged during diff erent events, including horsemanship pa erns, horsemanship interview, rodeo performances, personal interview, speech, fashion show, and a charitable event.
Newman’s reign offi cially began January 1, 2017, and will extend to December 31, 2017. She will travel over 30,000 miles during the year and sign more than 5,000 autographs. She has already a ended the Denver Stock Show & Rodeo, as well as the PRCA Timed Event Championship at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
“My obliga ons this year vary,” she said “I will a end many rodeos all across the U.S., including the Denver Stock Show & Rodeo; Ram Circuit Finals in Kissimmee, Florida; Cheyenne Fron er Days; and numerous other rodeos all across Oklahoma. Other events I will be a ending are golf tournaments, school visits, a red carpet event, veterans events, and nearly every type of community event you can imagine.”
Newman has found her true passion in being a servant-leader. She is not afraid to lead by example. She believes that with hard work and determina on anything is possible. She can be found volunteering her me to mentor youth and giving back with gra tude that which was
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Newman wants to share with others about the great sport of rodeo and its extended family of compe tors who have set out to make their living as a cowboy or cowgirl. She wants to spread the willingness, kindness, and overall goodness demonstrated by these cowboys and cowgirls to the rest of the world.
As Miss Rodeo Oklahoma, she will conclude her reign when she travels to Las Vegas to represent Oklahoma at the Miss Rodeo America pageant in December 2017 during the Wrangler Na onal Finals Rodeo.
Said Newman: “I never thought a dream like this would come true. I’m here to make Vinita and northeast Oklahoma proud.”
Shyanne Marco e
Shyanne Marco e turned 13 years of age in March and is currently a seventh-grader a ending Vinita’s Ewing Halsell Junior High School. She has been compe ng at youth rodeos and barrel races since a very young age.
Shyanne is a member of the Oklahoma Junior High School Rodeo Associa on, Be er Barrel Races (BBR), and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Associa on (WPRA) Junior Division. She competes in barrel racing, pole- bending and goat-tying. In her fi rst year of compe on in the Junior High Rodeo Associa on, she was awarded the honor of Rookie of the Year.
Mother Karen says Shyanne got started in the queening world at seven years of age as a rodeo sweetheart at the urging of a customer.
“I had a client tell me she thought Shyanne should run,” Karen said. “So, we took her advice.”
The youngster entered her fi rst contest and was subsequently crowned Sweetheart of the Broken Arrow’s Miss Rooster Days Rodeo. She has since earned mul ple contest tles, but none as pres gious as the one she won during the summer of 2016.
“Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Princess is obviously one of premier tles you can have,” said Karen.
She added: “A year ago Calli Newman and Shyanne agreed to enter the state pageant together. They were hoping to be able to win and travel together. Their dream came true. How awesome is it to have two tle holders from the same town and friends on top of that?”
Shyanne’s road to the crown was much the same as Calli’s.
“Compe tors were scored on horsemanship, modeling, speech, several diff erent interviews and a wri en test,” Karen explained. “There were a panel of judges observing and interviewing the girls all week and then the scores were totaled by an auditor. Calli and Shyanne were crowned at the end of the week.”
Like Calli, Karen said Shyanne offi cially took over her tle
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