Julie Nieuwhof

It is hard to believe that almost a year ago, at this time I was preparing myself to compete for the title of Miss Teen PEI-World, and now I am preparing to pass my crown and title off to another girl. Being Miss Teen PEI-World has been one of the most amazing things I have ever been a part of. The amount of doors it has opened for me are endless. It has been such an adventure, and although my reign is almost over, I will never forget the opportunities Miss Teen PEI-World has created. I am excited to pass my crown on so that another girl will be able to experience the things I have as Miss Teen PEI-World. Even though I will be giving up my title, I am still going to be involved in certain things with or without the title. NWH Modeling, and hopefully the Rocket Hockey Team for instance. I will continue to model for NWH and hope to be able to be the spokes person for the Rocket Hockey team again this season. I am also excited to add that the next girl will not only receive the title and a crown, she will also have sponsors. Reit’s Style, Faces Cosmetics in the Charlottetown Mall, and Katharina’s Bridal Boutique will all be sponsoring the next Miss Teen PEI-World. She will also be able to do photo shoots with Sandpiper Studios located in New Glasgow PEI. It is very exciting to be able to pass my crown off with sponsors. It is so great to know that people and companies are willing to sponsor this pageant! Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me!

Thank-you to all who follow me on my blog and read about my adventures. Although I do not know how many of you there are, I still appreciate it. Thanks!

Hello Everyone,

Today was really fun! I had an appointment at Rita's Style located in Charlottetown PEI to have my hair done. They are sponsoring the new Miss Teen PEI-World and decided to sponsor me as well so that my hair is done for when I give up my crown.

Here is a before and the after photo:

                                Before

                               After

Hello Everyone,

I know that it has been a very long time since I have written anything about my life. School is beginning to come to an end, one more exam and I have completed my second year of university, which is very exciting! I am only four more years away from doing what I want to be doing; teaching! Life as Miss Teen PEI-World has begun to slow down again, after finishing a great year with the PEI Rocket Hockey Team I am beginning to become busy with figuring out what I want to do in the summer as a job. I am still modeling for NWH Modeling in St. John N.B. I have a few more fashion shows to be at, which is very exciting. I have really enjoyed my time as Miss Teen PEI-World, and it is very hard to think that in less than two months I will be giving up my crown to a very lucky girl.

The experience Miss Teen PEI-World has allowed me to be a part of is an amazing one. I have become more confident in who I am, I have realized that God has made me the way that I am, and I should and want to live to my full potential. Not only has Miss Teen PEI-World done a lot for me in the confidence area, Normand Hector, owner and founder of NWH Modeling, has really helped be believe that I can do anything I put my mind to. Although my parents have always told me this growing up, and although they have always believed in me, it is always nice to believe in yourself. Being able to believe that I can do anything I put my mind to, and that no one can stand in my way and change who I am, and who God created me to be is an amazing feeling.

This past weekend I had the chance to spend some time with Normand at the Delta Prince Edward. When I first met Normand and Katharina’s Bridal Boutique fashion show we had talked about how awesome it would be to have a modeling agency here on the Island, that planted the seed to see if we could actually take NWH Modeling and start it up here on the Island. On Saturday we had live registrations, and although we did not reach the number we had hoped for and ended up cancelling the two day workshop I had an amazing time just talking and getting to know Normand even better. Although we did have to cancel we are still going to keep our hopes up and try again next year. I still have the opportunity to model for Normand, which is very exciting, and hopefully at the end of May I will be able to go up for the end of the year show in St. John N.B.

I have really enjoyed the road that Miss Teen PEI-World has led me on. I have been able to do so many amazing things such as, parades, talk on radio stations, be in the newspaper, modeling for NWH, meeting new friends, learning how to be confident in myself, learn to love who I am, PEI Rocket Hockey spokes person, FairIsle Ford functions and many more things. Being Miss Teen PEI-World has opened up a hand full of new opportunities for me. One of the things that I hope to do this summer is be the local radio stations summer cruiser driver. This is a job where I am able to tour all over the Island promoting certain products as well as promote the local radio station, and talk on air. I think that it would be so great to be able to do that as a summer job.

Although things have slowed down I have enjoyed every twist and turn my life has taken me on, but being Miss Teen PEI-World and modeling for the NWH Modeling agency would have to be two of the most amazing things I have been a part of. The experience and the things that I have learnt will defiantly help me in the future. So thank you to all who made it possible, family, friends, and my parents. You are all so amazing. Thank you for helping me be me!

<3 Julie

Day 1 Louisiana Mission Trip

Hurricane Katharina affected much of Louisiana as well as much of Mississippi. The devastation people were plastered with was something many cannot compare with. Twenty one people from my church the CRC volunteered this week to go down to Slidell Louisiana to work on houses for families who were affected by the Hurricane in 2005. Even now in 2010 five years later many people are still living without homes and the devastation is still extremely visible. Here are some pictures of the devastation we saw today.

This sign was amazing! Really shows the faith people have here in God!

We went touring around the neibourhood we are staying at. While we were touring a dog parade was going on, this is all of the beads I recieved. Oh and those green shirts are our awesome work shirts! Arn't they just beautiful?

This is what is left of a bank. It is the vault left after Hurricane Katharina came through.

This is what was left of a house. Much of the surrounding area around the Gulf of Mexico looked like this if not worse! It was horrible.

We went sightseeing today. We drove to the Gulf of Mexico, in Mississippi, and  walked along the beach as well as drove in neighbourhoods that were greatly affected by the Hurricane. It was such an eye opener. You never really realise how blessed you are to have a nice home to go to at night, and the fact that the only thing many people in PEI have to worry about is a snowstorm, and many are only small.

This morning we went to a church full of Black People! It was so awesome to see the belief these people have for God. The faith that they share with believes is very strong. These people are not afraid to speak about God freely, and they are not afraid to go up to someone and talk about the blessings God has given them, even if they lost everything during the Hurricane. The belief that these people have is incredible! Jesus Christ is their saviour and they are not afraid to show or tell anyone about the things He did for them.  It really makes me think about how easy it is for me to place God on the back burner of my life. These people have nothing, yet their love for God is enormous. God is really working in places such as Slidell Louisiana; I can feel it as well as see it. It is so amazing!

Tomorrow we start working on a house that is 13 feet above the air on pillars. Many houses here in Louisiana are on pillars. The house has walls and that is about it. We will be doing the siding as well as putting in windows and doors. We may even be painting the inside of the house! I feel blessed to be helping out families in need. Jesus Christ died for my sins on Calvary’s cross and there is no way that I will ever be good enough to deserve the sacrifice he paid for me; one thing that I can do though is help  God’s people in need, and show others around me how much I love and care for them.

That is my goal this week: show the people of Slidell Louisiana how much love Jesus Christ has for them through me. God will work in the twenty one people here on this mission trip, I can feel it, He is so powerful there is not one thing God cannot do. He loves and cherishes each and every one of his children! That includes you!

My life has been decently busy since I was crowned in May of 2009. The amount of amazing things I have experienced as Miss Teen PEI-World could create a very long list. In May 2010 I will be giving up my crown to another girl, but before that time comes I will continue to enjoy being Miss Teen PEI-World. One thing that I want to do though is encourage more girls from PEI to apply. The amount of doors that being Miss Teen PEI-World has opened for me is unreal. Not only in May will I be giving up my crown, I will also become the assistant of NWH Modeling which will be opening in May here in PEI. Here is just a quick list of things that I am doing as well as got to do as Miss Teen PEI-World:

·       Compete in the Miss Teen Canada-World pageant

·       Won a $2000 academic scholarship through the Miss Teen Canada-World pageant

·       Meet a large amount of people who sponsored my trip to Toronto to compete for the Miss Teen Canada-World title

·       Compete on the Canadian Idol stage

·       Tour around Toronto

·       Meet many lovely girls while competing for the Miss Teen Canada-World title (I still talk to them)

·       Model for Katharina’s Bridal Boutique in Summerside PEI

·       Become the Director of the Miss Teen PEI-World Pageant

·       Become the assistant for NWH Modeling coming soon to PEI  

·       Be the spokes person for the PEI Rocket Hockey team

·       Be a part of 2 parades

·       Did fashion shoots with Sandpiper Studios

·       Did interviews with Ocean 100, K-Rock, CTV and The Guardian

The journey as Miss Teen PEI-World has been an amazing one, and thankfully is not yet over. I love every minute of it. The amount of doors that this pageant has opened up for me blows my mind away. My job now is to recruit as many girls as I can in hopes that they will apply to be Miss Teen PEI-World 2010 and experience the things that I have, as well as have doors open up for them. I will be going around to PEI schools in the next couple of weeks putting up posters promoting the pageant because I believe that every girl deserves to “Be their own kind of beautiful” and what better way than to apply to be the next Miss Teen PEI-World and see what kinds of doors open up for them!

Thanks for supporting me through my journey. It means a lot to me!

<3 Julie

 Here is the poster which I will be putting up in schools across PEI:

Become Miss Teen PEI-World 2010

“Be your own kind of beautiful”

The Miss Teen Canada-World Pageant is looking for girls between the ages 13-19 to represent PEI.

This weekend was awesome. I have not done a lot of things with Miss Teen PEI lately but this weekend I became the spokes person for my local hockey team, the Rocket! It is so much fun, I get to go on camera and announce prizes and then give them to the winner, and I get to do this every home game, all becasue of Miss Teen Canada-World Siera. I was reading Siera's blog a few weeks back and she was talking about how she dropped the puck for her local hockey team, that made me thing 'Hey I could do something like that too' so I contacted my local hockey team, and now I go to every home game! Here are some pictures from last night:

This is me and the mascot for the Rocket Team.

This is Nathan, my boss.... well he just tells me what to do.

These are some pictures from the game.  

And this is the camera man, Rob..... we tend to hang out a lot, because he tells me when I have to be on air. 

My next game in on December 2nd, and Nathan told me that I will be doing more than just prizes. I will be doing things like interviewing some people from the audience, as well as asking trivia questions, giving away prizes and just watching the game. It is pretty exciting that I am actually doing something now as Miss Teen PEI, because things have been slow lately, and I hope that if they like me as the spokes person, I may be able to do it next year too!

xo

<3 Julie

Hello everyone,

This is just a quick update about what has been going on with my life..... well....not too much has changed. University is going great, life is good and well tomorrow is my 19th birthday! I am really excited i only have one class tomorrow, so after that my family and I are doing a big birthday bash for me! Yea I love Family!

Also with Miss Teen PEI, I have been talking to some companies and seeing who would like to sponser the next Miss Teen PEI. So far I have three companies:  Katharina's Bridal Boutique wants to sponser a dress when Miss Teen PEI competes in Toronto, Faces Cosmetics is willing to sponcer her with makeup and Sandpiper Studios wants to sponcer her with photo shoots so she can get her name out there! So not only will the next Miss Teen PEI win the title she already has sponsers! I am so thankful and greatful for these amazing people who want to sponser the next Miss Teen PEI.

I am hoping that enough girls apply this year and follow through to have our very own competition here on the Island! Guess we'll just have to wait and see........

xoxo