2007 Miss New York International

Beth Scales of Nyack, New York has won the title of Miss New York International. In late July 2007, Beth will travel to Chicago and represent New York in the national competition and compete for the title of Miss International 2007.

Beth is a full-time pre-law senior at Nyack College. She occupies her free time working with the Living Christ Church Youth Group and is a bible study leader. She also helps serve the Nyack dinners for the homeless and the New Life Clinic.

Because of her academic excellence and community activities, Beth was named the valedictorian of her graduating high school class. She has also won many other titles, including Miss Jr. National Teen-Ager 2002. Along with enjoying many of her favorite leisure activities like basketball, football and surfing, she is a keynote speaker on the topics of visual health awareness, community service, leadership and making a difference at many events, such as the Girl Scout State-Wide Conference and the Women of Influence Conference. Her platform focuses on illustrating to the public the importance of visual health. She hopes to decrease the amount of cases of amblyopia, a disease that she suffers from, that go unnoticed at an early age and increase the number that are able to be corrected simply by getting detected early. “I will help society realize the importance of taking care of their eyes by educating them about precautions, consequences and general vision health information,” Beth said.

Beth was chosen from a large pool of New York contestants to earn the title of Miss New York International. The national competition will be held next year in Chicago at the Northshore Center for the Performing Arts. The Miss International 2007 production is open to the public and is taped before a live studio audience.

The Miss International Pageant is a production of International® Pageants, Inc. The International® Pageants Corporation celebrates its twentieth year of competition, under the leadership of the National Executive Director, Mrs. Mary Richardson, herself a former Mrs. Virginia USA. The pageant is recognized for its integrity, high ethical standards, utmost fairness, and consistent application of its rules and regulations. “It is our goal to provide ladies everywhere with, the opportunity to compete in a pageant system that maintains the highest moral values,” states Mrs. Psichardson. “We are firmly committed to applying these standards to our past, present and future contestants and directors.”

For more information about the Miss International pageant, visit the official website at www.Miss-Intemational.us or call 540-989-5992.