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Mesa resident Kristen Vatt's year as Miss Arizona 2000 is almost at an end. She competed in pageants for four years, having participated in the Miss Arizona Teen USA pageant, Miss Arizona USA, and Miss Arizona America. She has held the titles of Miss Mesa Teen USA, Miss Mesa USA, Miss Copper Valley 1999, Miss Gilbert 2000 and Miss Arizona 2000.

Kristen's 'personal platform' for her Miss America reign was "Mentors for the Millennium."  Kristen believes that "encouraging our children to be the best people they can be, and then helping them accomplish this goal is something everyone needs to do and can do! You don't have to be a counselor or a teacher and you don't have to help everyone. Just simply be a friend to children you know. Show them you care about them and that they are important even if that means taking five minutes and saying 'hi', talking to them, and really listening to them." 

"What is the Miss America Organization about? Not some girl waving her hand and wearing a crown, but hundreds of women throughout the national, state and local levels working hard and making a difference in our communities across the nation."
                                                        Kristen  E. Vatt, 
                                                        Miss Arizona 2000

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