The Young Women’s Service Club (YWSC) is excited to see who will be crowned as the 2025 Miss Outstanding Teen and Miss Minden on Saturday, January 18. The scholarship competition will begin at 7 p.m. at the Minden High School Auditorium.
The Webster Parish Journal is happy to highlight each of the women who will be competing for a 2025 title. Next up, we have the Miss Outstanding Teen contenders. These ladies will be competing for a chance to move on to Miss Louisiana later this year, along with a $1,000 scholarship that can be used to help further their education.
In the Miss Outstanding Teen division, we have Kynzie Claire Smith. Smith is a lifelong resident of Minden. She is the daughter of Brooke and Jesse Smith, and she has two younger brothers.
She attends North Acres Baptist Church where she is a worship leader at The Well Student Ministries. Kynzie’s hobbies are laughing with friends, drawing, listening to music and bible study with her youth group.
Kynzie attends Glenbrook School where she is involved in cheer, softball and multiple clubs. Her favorite club is Pals with Kindergarteners. This club is what sparked her passion for her community service initiative which is Early Childhood literacy. This platform is very important to her because she believes learning to read at a younger age has given her more opportunities to succeed thus far in school and will help her accomplish her goals in the future. To promote this initiative Kynzie reads a book of their choice with kindergarten and first grade students at her school twice a month. Her favorite part is when they run up to her begging to be in her group. She likes to make reading fun and change voices in stories to keep them engaged. She hopes her involvement will show them that even though learning is serious, it can also be fun.
Education is a big part of who Kynzie is. She has been in honors classes and on Headmaster’s list since middle school. One of her biggest aspirations in life is to attend LSU, majoring in political science. Next is LSU Law School and then to become a marriage/divorce attorney.
If Kynzie were crowned Miss Minden Outstanding Teen, she would be an exceptional role model. A pure heart, strong morals, and a listening ear is what makes a good role model and that is exactly the type of young lady Kynzie is. She believes this title will also give her more opportunities throughout Webster Parish to read to children and get to know them.
Please continue to follow the Webster Parish Journal Facebook page or subscribe at websterparishjournal.com, to read about other contestants throughout the rest of the week leading up to the big night.