CHS grad crowned Miss Idaho
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 9 years, 6 months AGO
<p>Kylee Solberg of Coeur d’Alene is crowned Miss Idaho 2016 on Saturday at the Nampa Civic Center.</p>
BOISE — Kylee Solberg of Coeur d’Alene was crowned Miss Idaho 2016 on Saturday at the Nampa Civic Center. Solberg competed with 21 other young woman from around the state for the honor, and she will compete at the Sept. 11, 2016, Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J.
The current Miss Tri Counties graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School and earned her associate degree from North Idaho College. She is currently attending Boise State University to pursue a Communications Degree. Solberg was 1st runner up in the Miss Idaho Pageant in 2015 and was crowned Miss National Sweetheart 2015.
As Miss Idaho 2016, Solberg will bring awareness to online bullying with her platform, “Our Words Have Power.” Solberg was inspired by a story of a young girl from her hometown who was being bullied. She wrote a letter to the young girl, empowering her to look beyond the mean words and letting her know her life does have worth.
Also honored at Saturday’s pageant were Miss Meridian, Marissa Wickland (first runner-up); Miss Canyon County, Hannah Menzner (second runner-up); Miss Treasure Valley, Katarina Schweitzer (third runner-up); and Miss Nampa, Nina Forest (fourth runner-up).
The Miss Idaho Organization is a not-for-profit organization that awards college scholarships to outstanding young women of our state, the group’s web site states. The community service aspect of the Miss Idaho Organization propels contestants into arenas of prominence where policy is made, laws are enacted or changed, crucial funding is realized, and lives are positively affected, the web site states. Contestants work for causes represented by their personally chosen platforms which may include cancer research and education, organ donation, child enrichment and mentoring programs, senior citizen advocacy, arts and cultural organizations, and many others.