Career
She will compete for the Mission America 2016 title in September 2015. Early pageants
Garber began competing in pageants in 2004, following the encouragement of her dance teacher. In 2007, Garber entered the National American Mission pageant system"s Mission Missouri Pre-Teen competition.
She represented the title of Mission Audrain"s Outstanding Teen her second year of competition and placed Third Runner-Up at the state pageant.
Her third year, she competed at the state pageant as Mission Gateway Saint Louis Outstanding Teen and placed First Runner-Up. In June 2011, Garber entered the Mission Missouri"s Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri, as a qualifier for the state title.
Garber"s competition talent was a theatrical dance performance to "I Can Hear the Bells" from the musical Hairspray. Her platform was "Promoting Good Character Among Americans".
On August 9, 2013, Garber entered the 2013 Missouri State Fair Queen Pageant as the representative of the Hale Future Farmers of America Alumni.
Mission Missouri 2015
Garber took a two-year break from the Mission Missouri pageants, choosing to focus on her college education. She completed her degree at Oral Roberts University with honors in just three years. On September 27, 2014, Garber returned to pageant competition and was crowned Mission Gateway Saint Louis 2015.
In June 2015, she entered the Mission Missouri 2015 pageant at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri, as one of 25 qualifiers for the state title.
Garber"s competition talent was a jazz en pointe performance to Michael Jackson"s "P.Y.T.". Her platform is "CharacterPlus: Inspiring Lives of Integrity Through Education".
During the interview portion, Garber was asked "When must America go to war?" and she answered, "I think war is a last resort for America. I love that America is so passionate about creating harmony across the entire world.
But, war is one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating, thing known to humanity.
lieutenant should be a last resort after we use diplomacy and communication with other countries."
She earned more than $11,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. Garber is the first person to be crowned both Mission Missouri"s Outstanding Teen and Mission Missouri. As Mission Missouri, Garber"s activities include public appearances across the state of Missouri.
Garber is a native of Hale, Missouri, and a 2012 graduate of Hale High School.
Her father is Ron Garber and her mother is Denise Garber. Garber is a May 2015 graduate Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she studied convergence journalism.
