Behind the Canvas: Inside My World as a Speed Painter & Entertainer

Okay so this isn’t a Dear Annie column, but a real-life question I commonly get asked and I want to point anyone who’s ever thought about...

When I first started competing in pageants, I had no idea what my “why” was. It’s funny because I think everyone expects there to be...

Sports and fitness are 100% foreign to me, I’ll just be straight up honest. I come from the theater world, performing arts, so I was...

In this week’s blog, I get to brag on my home state a little bit and tell you why I decided to make the move to Wichita. As you’ve read...

The first time I went to therapy, I was 16, in the middle of my parent’s divorce, and it was a one-time encounter that didn’t sit well...

Ahhh motivation. Where is it? How do we get a piece? It’s so hard to find sometimes, isn’t it? It’s no different in pageantry because you...

Ok, so I get these kinds of questions a lot. “Annika, what do you do to get ready for Miss Kansas? Is it hard? Do you workout 10 hours a...

I have been competing in pageants for over a decade of my life. When I was 14, someone in my community helped out with a local pageant...