Two dozen successful, talented and confident young women from Turlock-area high schools recently gathered at the Turlock Community Theater to compete for scholarships in the Distinguished Young Women event.
DYM, formerly known as Junior Miss, was created to impact the lives of young high school aged women by providing an experience that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership and talent.
To compete in DYM the young ladies must have a grade point average of 2.5 or above, however all 24 participants this year had 3.0 GPAs and higher.
Each DYM program evaluates participants in the following categories: Scholastics (20% of overall score), Interview (25% of overall score), Talent (25% of overall score), Fitness (15% of overall score), and Self-Expression (15% of overall score).
The winners are:
Be Your Best Self-
(Each girl received $100)
Linnea Alldrin
Morgan Beard
Brooklyn Boice
Henna Hundal
Spirit
($100)
Roxy Abrams
Savannah Avalos
Janell Martinez
Eliana Roberts
Fitness
($150)
Laci Rojas
Alli Gomez
Bailey Pickering
Talent
($150)
Callie Fuentes
Brooklyn Boice
Henna Hundal
Masitsa Lubembe
Self Expression
($150)
Cailie Fuentes
Eliana Roberts
Laci Rojas
Henna Hundal
Special Recognition
($150)
Eliana Roberts
2nd Runner Up
($300)
Brooklyn Boice
1st Runner Up
($500)
Cailie Fuentes
Distinguished Young Woman of Turlock
($850)
Laci Rojas
Distinguished Young Woman of Greater Turlock
($850)
Henna Hundal
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