La Crosse Tribune,
September 24, 2006 . . .
Smaby is new Miss La
Crosse
By Joe Orso
A sold out crowd
of almost 600
watched Saturday
night as
Kristina Smaby
was crowned the
2006 Miss La
Crosse
/ Oktoberfest at
the University
of Wisconsin-La
Crosse’s
Cartwright
Center.
“All my family
and friends out
here tonight
cheering is what
motivates me on
stage,” Smaby,
20, said.
A sophomore at
Viterbo
University,
Smaby’s platform
is “Connecting
Generations.”
She said living
with her
grandfather
inspired her.
For the past
four years, she
has worked to
connect
generations,
like bringing
dance troupes to
nursing homes.
Smaby, a former
Miss Holmen,
said she plans
to hold an
intergenerational
fair in La
Crosse. When she
graduates she
wants to open a
chain of
intergenerational
day cares.
Miss La
Crosse /
Oktoberfest
Kristina
Smaby
As part of her
duties as Miss
La
Crosse/Oktoberfest,
Smaby will visit
area nursing
homes and
compete at the
Miss Wisconsin
pageant in June.
Mandy Nogle is
this year’s
first princess,
Sarah Brown is
second princess,
and Tracy
MacKinnon is
third princess.
Note from web
page editor: The
Miss La
Crosse/Oktoberfest
is part of the
Miss America
scholarship
program, the
world's largest
provider of
scholarships to
women in the
world. Where the
La Crosse
Tribune writer
has written
"princess" it
should read
"runner-up."
Each of these
young women were
given
scholarship for
placing as one
of the top four
contestants.
