Linda Chiaraluna

Career

Pageantry

She then competed in several Mission Pennsylvania and Mission Virginia local pageants, placing 2nd runner-up at Mission Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2nd runner-up at Mission Roanoke, and 2nd runner-up at Mission Virginia State Fair. She did not make the finals but did place in the top twenty during the preliminary competition. Education and employment

Chiaraluna graduated from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a bachelor"s degree in Journalism.

She also used her dance routines in the Mission America pageant talent competitions.

After graduating she worked for three years as a newspaper reporter and editor, and then decided to move into the public relations business, becoming spokesperson and communications director for the Seneca Valley School District in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania in 1995. She is the official trainer for the Mission Indiana United States of America, Mission West Virginia United States of America and Mission Pennsylvania United States of America and Teen United States of America pageants.

Achievements

• Chiaraluna"s first pageant title was Mission Pennsylvania Perfect Teen, and she went on to place third runner-up at the Mission America"s Perfect Teen pageant. In 1993 she won the Mission Pennsylvania United States of America 1994 pageant and went on to compete at Mission United States of America 1994. Chiaraluna has also worked as a Mission United States of America state pageant coordinator, judge and consultant and owns a pageant training business with her sister Tina.

Membership

Her years of training in tap, ballet, jazz, competitive gymnastics, and baton twirling led her to be chosen as a member of the University"s Dance Company, with whom she performed for three years.