Tonya Popowski (center), of Cudahy, receives well-wishes after she was crowned Miss St. Francis 2011 during the pageant Saturday at St. Thomas More High School. First runner-up Jennifer Dombrowski is at right and second runner-up Colleen Mrotek is at left.
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Tonya Popowski competes in the swimsuit portion of the event. She plans to obtain a degree in Human Resource Management. Her platform was “2” Much Hidden Health Risk-Diabetes, which stemmed from her personal experience of a family member who struggled with the disease.
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Tonya Popowski accepts congratulations from Angela Ahcin, Miss St. Francis 2010, after being named Miss St. Francis.
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Tonya Popowski twirls to "Lets Get Loud" during the talent competition. Her prize package includes a $2,500 scholarship to the school of her choice, a $600 wardrobe allowance and other gifts totaling more than $2,000. She is an outreach liaison with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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Tonya Popowski is crowned Miss St. Francis 2011 by Angela Ahcin, the reigning Miss St. Francis.
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Bay View's Colleen Mrotek, Miss St. Francis second runner-up, plays "Julie-O" on her cello during the talent portion of the pageant. She plans to earn Science Nursing and Registered Nursing degrees.
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Colleen Mrotek takes part in the evening-gown portion of Miss St. Francis.
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Oak Creek's Amanda Weber plays "Sonata in F-Minor" during the talent portion of the 2011 Miss St. Francis pageant. She won the George P. George Miss Congeniality Award.
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Eva Glisczinski, of Bay View, plans to study biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She won a $300 college scholarship.
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Miss St. Francis first runner-up Jennifer Dombrowski competes in the swimsuit competition. She plans to earn a bachelor's degree in Global Studies and a fine arts degree in Dance. She won a $1,500 scholarship.
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Oak Creek's Alexa Nommensen performs a comic monologue during the talent portion of the Miss St. Francis pageant. She won the Pageant Memorial Award and Pageant Promotion Award.
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Tonya Popowski competes in the evening-gown portion of Miss St. Francis.
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Stephanie Obst, of St. Francis, does a lyrical dance to "I Run for Life." Her platform is "I'm Passionately Pink" and she plans to continue her fight against breast cancer.
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Alexa Nommensen competes in the swimsuit competition. She plans to earn a bachelor and masters degree in Exceptional Education. Her platform is "Autism Awareness."
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Ann Hancock, of South Milwaukee, sang "For Good" during the talent portion of the event. She won a $300 college scholarship.
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St. Francis' Stephanie Obst competes in the swimsuit competition. She won the Rob Schneider Interview Award and a $200 college scholarship.
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Ann Hancock, of South Milwaukee, plans to return to school for a degree in the medical field. Her platform is "Suicide Awareness and Prevention."
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Samantha Lathrop, of South Milwaukee, won the Robert R. Freimuth Talent Award with a jazz dance to "Heartburn."
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Samantha Lathrop plans to obtain a degree in Psychology from Florida State University.
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Jennifer Dombrowski, Miss St. Francis first runner-up, does a salsa dance to "Aquanile." Her platform is "Building Intolerance to Drunk Driving."
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Colleen Mrotek, second runner-up, has "Universal CPR Knowledge" as her platform.
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Angela Ahcin, Miss St. Francis 2010, takes off her crown to pass to the 2011 Miss St. Francis winner.
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Michelle Smukowski, Miss St. Francis 2005, sings the national anthem at the start of the pageant. At right is co-hostess, Kelly Stone Kuster, Miss St. Francis 1993.
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