Career
Early pageants
Latuff"s first pageant experience was an unsuccessful bid to become Mission Bayfront in Duluth, Minnesota. She competed in the 2013 Mission Minnesota pageant with the platform "Teach Foreign America: Creating a Better Tomorrow for Youth Education" and a ribbon dance performance in the talent portion of the competition. She was not a finalist for the state title.
She competed in the 2014 Mission Minnesota pageant with the platform "Engage, Educate, Empower: Building Cultural Competency Through the Arts" and a ribbon dance performance in the talent portion of the competition.
As a runner-up for Mission Minnesota, Latuff was chosen to represent Minnesota at the 2014 National Sweetheart pageant in Hoopeston, Illinois. Mission Minnesota 2015
On January 17, 2015, Latuff was crowned Mission Olmsted County 2015 and qualified for a third try at the state title.
She entered the Mission Minnesota pageant at Eden Prairie High School in June 2015 as one of 27 local pageant qualifiers. Latuff"s competition talent was a contemporary ribbon dance.
Her platform is "Teaching the Heart: Building the Social and Emotional Wellness of Youth and their Teachers".
She earned more than $9,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. As Mission Minnesota, her activities include public appearances across the state of Minnesota. Called "Mission Minnesota"s Own – Rachel"s Four Point Burger", it was served with lettuce, pickles, onions, and tomatoes and a side of french fries plus an onion ring topped by "sweet sparkles" as an imitation of her crown.
Proceeds from the sale of the cheeseburger were donated to Latuff"s platform cause and it was only available during the city"s Rivertown Days festival in mid-July 2015.
Latuff is a native of Hastings, Minnesota, and a 2009 graduate of Hastings High School. Her father is Scott Latuff and her mother is Wendy Latuff.
Latuff is a May 2013 graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art education. Since June 2014, Latuff has worked as a high school visual arts teacher at North Woods School in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
