Career
Early pageants
Cook entered her first pageant after learning they could help pay for her college education. She sought alternatives after concussion injuries forced her to leave the Oregon Technical basketball and volleyball teams. Cook then competed as one of 23 qualifiers in the June 2012 Mission Oregon pageant with the platform "Athletic Concussion Awareness" and a fiddle performance in the talent portion of the competition.
In July 2012, Berry was forced to resign for failing to meet Mission Oregon"s residency requirements, advancing original first runner-up Nichole Mead to the title.
Mission Oregon 2013
On April 21, 2013, Cook was crowned Mission Southern Gem 2013. She entered the Mission Oregon pageant at the Seaside Convention Center in June 2013 as one of 22 qualifiers for the state title.
Cook"s competition talent was an electro-acoustic fiddle performance of the song "Let"s Get lieutenant Started" by the The Black Eyed Peas. Her platform was "Athletic Concussion Awareness".
She earned more than $10,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.
As Mission Oregon, her activities included public appearances across the state of Oregon. Her reign continued until June 28, 2014, when she crowned her successor, Rebecca Anderson, as Mission Oregon 2014. She was noted for being both the youngest and the tallest of that year"s competitors.
During the pageant"s "Show Us Your Shoes" parade, Cook wore cow print boots and a dress covered in Tillamook Cheese wrappers.
Cook was not a finalist for the national crown. Cook is a native of Granite Bay, California, and a 2011 graduate of Granite Bay High School.
Her father is Steve Cook and her mother is Patti Cook. Cook is a student at Oregon Institute of Technology where she studies radiology.
