AGIF Miss Detroit

Ricardo Ramirez, Lorena Galvan, Ms. Teen Detroit, Alhan Vazquez, Mr.Detroit, AnaRosa Mendoza-King, Ms. Detroit, and me.

I became familiar with AGIF in 2006, when my cousin Lorena Galvan was being crowned as Miss Teen Detroit. From then on, my brother Alhan and I became interested in this organization. It was not until 2008 when Alhan,my mother,and I became members of the forum.

The annual youth scholarship competition requires a 3.0 or higher GPA, community involvement, list of honors/awards, and extracurricular activities. The most important part of eligibility is that those who apply MUST write a speech on an whatever topic they desire, as long as it is appropriate and NOT personal, such as an applicant's life, family member, etc. Prior qualified speech topics include teen pregnancy, diversity, and importance of Hispanic education. The speech limit is 3 minutes when it is presented at local, state, and national competitions. Before each presentation, selected judges are to interview the candidates, inquiring them with a range of questions. Sixty percent of the total score is from the speech, twenty from poise/personality, and twenty percent based of academics/community involvement.Mr.Detroit 2008-2009

Alhan competed for Mr. Detroit in May of 2008, and won.The scholarship money was $500. From then on, he competed form Mr. Michigan and won again, earning another $500. His victory in this competition led him to have an all paid expense trip to Denver, Colorado for the National conference,about a week long. There, he was able to meet many important people, including a rally where then running for president, John McCain,spoke. Alhan was running against Mr. Kansas, and won, which was a scholarship of $1,000. With the titles as Mr. Detroit, Michigan, and National of 2008-2009, Alhan won a total amount of $2,000.All this money will be used for his college expenses at University of Detroit Mercy.

His victory inspired me to compete then upcoming year.On May 9,2009, friend Ricardo Ramirez won Mr. Detroit and I won as Ms. Detroit. My speech involved how women's approach to portray society's ideal female image have dramatically changed in our history.