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Contestants of the pageant wait for the name of this years' Mr. Mill Valley to announced by the judges on Monday, Feb. 9.

Junior Tyler Shurley was crowned the first Mr. Mill Valley at StuCo’s first annual pageant-like fundraiser for the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society on Monday, Feb. 9.

Three boys from both the junior and senior classes participated in the pageant. Tickets were sold $2 at lunch and $3 at the door, and over $200 was raised.

StuCo sponsor Erica Crist, communication arts teacher Kristen Crosbie and science teacher Jessica Haney judged the competition.  The contestants for the junior class included Chase Midyett, Shurley and Rohit Biswas, and the senior class contestants included Chase Battes, Kyle Foley and Max Talley.

Shurley participated in the competition to assist with fundraising.

“Well, I guess I’m somewhat full of myself and I like to hear myself talk, so I thought I could have some fun with it and help raise money at the same time,” Shurley said. “I had to rent a tux; my mom insisted on that. Otherwise, I kind of just went out there and was myself. I didn’t really prepare too much for it.”

To begin the pageant, each contestant had an introduction read about themselves to the audience. Then, each contestant sported wear from a school activity in which they participated, followed by a question and answer and evening wear portion.

Contestants were asked what traits they have to help Mill Valley, what they find wrong in America today and how they could solve world hunger.

“My favorite part was probably the question and answer portion. All the boys had really funny answers and it was really entertaining,” junior Maddie Gerber said. “I think this was a great idea to raise money. It’s different from anything we’ve done before and it was definitely successful.”

Due to the positive feedback and turnout from students, StuCo plans to continue to have the Mr. Mill Valley pageant.

“I think for the first year having it there was a good show out; I had a lot of fun and we raised a good amount of money. We plan to continue to do it,” Shurley said. “It’s difficult to describe the elation I had when I got to stand up there with the crown on my head.”