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My name is Laura Hunter. I am honored to be Mrs. Washington Internationl 2011.

Here's a little information about me. I am a wife and mother of two fabulous girls ages seven and 1 year. I am also a professional photographer and owner of Beyond Photography in Bellingham, Washington.

Over the past few years I have dedicated much of my time to volunteer efforts. I am a trained Disaster First Responder with the Red Cross and volunteer for many charities in my area. I co-founded the Pacific Panthers Organization. We are a non profit volunteer adult cheerleading organization that promotes healthy lifestyles at local schools and youth clubs. I was recently honored with the President's Volunteer Service award for donating over 350 hours of my time to charity in the past 12 months.

I also enjoy modeling and acting. You can see me in print and television advertisements for Nintendo Wii, Microsoft, Bissell, Emerites Airlines, Toyota, the Seattle Mariners and many others.

I am excited to report that I am currently a cast member on a reality TV show being aired on Fox Sports. We are filming all over the USA and very excited for our show to air in April of this year!

I am a strong believer in healthy living and family togetherness. That's why I decided to champion the platform of "Family Fitness - Healthy choices for strong families!" We are very active in my household and we chose to spend time together in a number of healthy and active activities. My daughter dances, I coach cheerleading, my husband and I work out together and we all have a great time at each other's endeavors. We're not only staying healthy, but we're always getting closer as a family as we support one another. We believe that less screen time and more real life fun is one of the best things a family can do for each other.

I am so fortunate to have such a supportive family! We all travel together as well as attending football games, dance competitions, cheerleading events, and we also enjoy a lot of fun outdoor time. I am also very fortunate to have the support of the Pacific Panthers Organization. They have been so great cheering me on and always being supportive of my appearances and volunteer schedule!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Cheerleading Scrapbook

I'm so proud of my cheerleading team! The Pacific Panthers do a great job volunteering in the community and spreading the word about health and fitness. Here is a scrapbook with some of our photos and appearances along with some filming photos from our recent trip to Las Vegas to film a reality TV show. We're so proud of the show. It's about a start up professional football league and their cheerleaders. They are great players and it's so nice to be part of a reality show that spreads a positive message about fitness and volunteerism! We're excited for the show to start airing nationally in March on Fox Sports!
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Winter Cheerleading Events

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Ms. America coming soon!

Hello all,
I wanted to send out an update that I will be competing in the Ms. America Pageant on January 30th, in Anaheim, CA!! I'm so excited. It's going to be a great competiton!!
Update: The pageant ws great and can be seen at http://www.msamericapageant.com/3/miscellaneous23.htm
I made the top 10 and had a great time!
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Photos from the past week!

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

A great time!

What a great time I've had so far this weekend!  Yesterday I attended the Miss WA Pageant and got to cheer for some great ladies and visit with somany of my pageant sisters!  Today I volunteered for the Whatcom County Relay For Life and taught a cheer to the kids then helped them with a cheer lap for the walkers.  They were so cute and every-one loved it!  Then we went straight to the bulldogs game.  My cheerleading team did great and the fotball team won another game to keep us undefeated!  Go Bulldogs! Last but not least, I have a modeling job I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.  I'll put up some photos during the week. Thanks for reading!
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The 2010 Pageant is Over!

The pageant finally came and went.  It was a fun weekend!  I placed 3rd runner-up and won the Most Charity Work Award (tied with the fabulous Yolanda) and Best Scrapbook Award.  Here's a video of the 70s production number.  You can't see me very well from this angle.  I'm the last person in the 2nd row.
Thank you so much to every-one who supported me all year!  I really appreciate you all so much!
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Mrs. Washington Pageant 2010 70's Dance Routine

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Relay For Life

My friend Linda is the chairperson for the Relay for Life of Snohomish County. She did an AMAZING job today. Her team raised just under $100,000 dollars!!! I'm so proud of her! I volunteered for the event and got to spend some time with the Lake Stevens Aquafest Royalty also. Way to go Linda!
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Photos from the last week!

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

It's almost pageant time!

I can't believe that I'll be leaving for the pageant in six days! Time has flown by! I want to thank all of the people who have been so sweet to help me prepare and all of my sponsors. You are all amazing! My biggest fans are my daughters and my husband. I can't imagine doing this without you guys! I love you!
I'm also so proud to have exceeded all of my goals for appearances. It's been a great year!
I believe I'm ready to compete. I have all my pretty clothes and accessories, gifts for the gals, my scrapbook and lots of confidence. I'll be posting my last slideshows before the pageant tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Laura
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