{"id":136204,"date":"2021-11-18T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136204"},"modified":"2021-11-18T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:59:06","slug":"7-questions-with-uccs-senior-and-miss-central-states-bobbi-schneider-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136204","title":{"rendered":"7 Questions with UCCS Senior and Miss Central States Bobbi Schneider-Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-750x938.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136294\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-750x938.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-300x375.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Miss_CentralUS_Bobbi_Schneider-Harris_ProgramBookPhoto-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption>Bobbi Schneider-Harris, IJM Miss Central States<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobbi Schneider-Harris, a senior communication major at UCCS, will represent Colorado and UCCS as Miss Central States in the upcoming International Junior Miss pageant in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While COVID-19 disrupted both national and international pageant competitions over the past year, Schneider-Harris is excited to represent Colorado. At the International Junior Miss pageant, she will&nbsp;compete for the international title alongside 35 additional representatives. &#8220;I hope I do my state proud,&#8221; Schneider-Harris said. &#8220;I know many people may undervalue the positive impact that pageantry can have on young women and society as a whole, but I find pageantry is filled with amazingly accomplished women who are working hard at their goals and constantly achieving great things while also making positive impacts in their community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, Schneider-Harris answers a few questions about her upcoming participation in the IJM pageant and how being a UCCS student has helped prepare her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>#sp-ea-136203 .spcollapsing { height: 0; overflow: hidden; transition-property: height;transition-duration: 300ms;}#sp-ea-136203.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {margin-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid #e2e2e2; }#sp-ea-136203.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a {color: #444;}#sp-ea-136203.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.sp-collapse>.ea-body {background: #fff; color: #444;}#sp-ea-136203.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {background: #eee;}#sp-ea-136203.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a .ea-expand-icon { float: left; color: #444;font-size: 16px;}<\/style><div id=\"sp_easy_accordion-1784651791\"><div id=\"sp-ea-136203\" class=\"sp-ea-one sp-easy-accordion\" data-ea-active=\"ea-click\" data-ea-mode=\"vertical\" data-preloader=\"\" data-scroll-active-item=\"\" data-offset-to-scroll=\"0\"><div class=\"ea-card ea-expand sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362030\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362030\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362030\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-minus\"><\/i> Tell us about the International Junior Miss pageant and how you came to be involved.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse collapsed show\" id=\"collapse1362030\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362030\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p class=\"p1\">I originally was appointed the Miss Central States 2020 title in December of 2019. Due to COVID, however, I was unable to compete at the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/ijminternationals.com\/\">International Junior Miss<\/a> (IJM) pageant. I'm so grateful to finally be competing at Internationals Thanksgiving week.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The first pageant I ever competed at,\u00a0I actually got a scholarship for. I had never done anything like it so I applied to a local scholarship that would help me pay for the pageant and provide coaching. I went into my first pageant as a very introverted, anxious, and insecure young girl and walked out with public speaking skills, a ton of new friends, and interview skills I would have never learned otherwise.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362031\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362031\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362031\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> What was the process like to be selected as Miss Central States? How does it feel to be one of two Colorado representatives in this pageant?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362031\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362031\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p class=\"p1\">As there, unfortunately, was no state pageant held for IJM in Colorado for my awarded year, my title was appointed to me through an application process rather than through competing at a state pageant. As I stated previously, due to COVID, I was unable to compete at the 2020 internationals, so I was allowed to hold my title for an additional year in order to compete this year and represent Colorado.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">There was not a state pageant this year either, unfortunately, again due to COVID. Although I will only have one Colorado sister queen at internationals, I can't wait to support her as she competes in her division. It may have taken an extra year, but I am so excited to be representing Colorado at Internationals this year. I feel very lucky to be able to hold this title and compete for the international title among 35 other wonderfully accomplished young women. I hope I do my state proud.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362032\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362032\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362032\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> Tell us more about your platform, The Fearless Female. What inspired you to start The Fearless Female?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362032\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362032\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p class=\"p1\">Initially, The Fearless Female was going to be a platform for me to talk about my anxiety and ways I work to cope with it as well as how pageantry has helped me to manage it. As time went on, however, I realized there was a different story I needed to tell through my platform. I learned that\u00a098% of people never follow their dreams and that over half of the world's female population have wholly given up on following their dreams. I have so many dreams and aspirations I want to work towards in my future, but I quickly realized, I had no idea how. I started to wonder if this was the reason so many other people give up on their goals or decide not to pursue their passions; because they simply didn\u2019t know how to begin. They weren\u2019t given the knowledge or resources to successfully find a career path that lines up with their dreams.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">I\u2019m working to create a community of people who have found their place within their dream profession that will help to give the knowledge, resources, and connections needed for others to do the same.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362033\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362033\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362033\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> Why did you choose to study communication at UCCS?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362033\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362033\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p class=\"p1\">I received my A.A. from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Beauty Industry Merchandise Marketing. I wanted to continue my education in order to better myself and get more of a background in communications-based fields and UCCS was the best fit for me to work towards my B.A. in Communications.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362034\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362034\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362034\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> What is your dream career after graduation?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362034\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362034\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>I have multiple aspirations and goals I hope to achieve in my future. After graduation, I am hoping to go into a Mass Communications Master\u2019s program and hopefully attend TAPS (the Theatre Arts Preparatory School). Following that, I hope to simultaneously pursue a career as a professional dancer and work in the social media or events industry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362035\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362035\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362035\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> How is your communication degree helping you to reach your goals?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362035\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362035\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>My communication degree has given me a vast amount of knowledge and experience in order to be successful in multiple career fields. I\u2019ve been able to act as a professional event coordinator, social media manager and a team leader of various projects and assignments. This has helped guide me to better understand what I want to do in my future careers as well as given me the experience to be successful in my professional future.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-1362036\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse1362036\" aria-controls=\"collapse1362036\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> How can the UCCS community support you at the International Junior Miss pageant?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse1362036\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-136203\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-1362036\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p class=\"p1\">Vote for me <a href=\"https:\/\/ijminternationals.com\/contestant-category\/miss-queen\/\">here<\/a>! Part of the competition includes the People\u2019s Choice Award. The winner of the People\u2019s Choice Award goes directly to the final 12 to re-compete for the International Junior Miss title. I would love to be able to not only represent Colorado but also UCCS on the international stage with such a huge accomplishment as getting into the final 12. Voting closes on Nov. 21, and any support is greatly appreciated, even sharing the voting link with others.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bobbi Schneider-Harris, a senior communication major at UCCS, will represent Colorado and UCCS as Miss Central States in the upcoming International Junior Miss pageant in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136204\" title=\"7 Questions with UCCS Senior and Miss Central States Bobbi Schneider-Harris\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":136319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Communique-Featured-Image-700x526px-69.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-zqQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136204"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136322,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136204\/revisions\/136322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}