Resident Spotlight: Whitney Merrifield a.k.a. Miss Utah 2009

As one of the proud sponsors of the Miss Utah Pageant, Wolverine Crossing has become the "Home of Miss Utah". We became a sponsor midway through Miss Utah 2008, Kayla Barclay's reign, and are now proud and ecstatic to have Whitney Merrifield join our community. Whitney was crowned miss Utah on June 20, 2009. Here's Whitney's bio and some pictures of her crowning:

Whitney Merrifield is a student at Brigham Young University, majoring in communications with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism and is a trained classical pianist. As a junior in High School, she was honored to find herself as Miss Pleasant Grove; which led to the opportunity to represent Utah at the National Sweethearts pageant in Illinois, competing against other women who placed first runner-up in their respective state pageants across the country. During that national pageant, Whitney took home a preliminary talent award and a spot in the top ten. As Miss Utah County, Whitney competed again on the state level and in June, was crowned Miss Utah 2009. During her reign, she will spend the year serving as an ambassador of service for the Miss Utah Organization, the Children’s Miracle Network and the Child Protection Registry of Utah. Travelling thousands of miles, speaking and performing at several events per day, Whitney will get the chance to spread her message and continue working on her service platform entitled “Be the Change Utah!” Her goal is to get the Challenge Day program into as many high schools as possible during her year. A native of Lindon, Utah, Whitney is the oldest of seven children. In her spare time, she enjoys singing, dancing, and writing poetry and is fluent in Spanish.

Whitney receiving the crown from Kayla. Kayla we'll miss you!

We are so happy to have Whitney join our community. Residents can look forward to activities and events featuring Whitney over the course of the next year.

For more information on the Miss Utah Pageant and Whitney's community appearances and platform, please visit the Miss Utah Website. You can also learn more about Whitney on her blog, "Whit's Whit and Words".

Congratulations Whitney and welcome to Wolverine Crossing.