Education
University of Oklahoma.
University of Oklahoma.
Early pageants
She competed in the 2013 Mission Texas pageant with the platform "Double Beauty" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition. She competed in the 2014 Mission Texas pageant with the platform "Mentoring Made Easy" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition. She was named was a Top-10 finalist for the state title.
Mission Texas 2015
On November 29, 2014, Sanderford was crowned Mission Fort Worth 2015 which made her eligible to compete at the 2015 Mission Texas pageant.
Entering the state pageant at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas, in June 2015 as one of 57 qualifiers, Sanderford"s competition talent was a popular vocal performance of "Dear Future Husband". Her platform is "She Matters".
She earned more than $15,000 dollars in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. As Mission Texas, her activities include public appearances across the state of Texas.
In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she sang Dusty Springfield"s "Son of a Preacher Manitoba" during the talent portion of the competition.
Sanderford placed in the Top 10 finalists and earned a $7,000 scholarship award. Sanderford is a native of Coppell, Texas, and a 2010 graduate of Faith Christian School (Texas). Her father is Wayne Everett Sanderford and her mother is Nancy Lee Wilkinson Sanderford.
In 2014, Sanderford graduated from the University of Oklahoma where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and advertising.
Sanderford is a marketing coordinator working in the Dallas area.
She competed for the Mission America 2016 title in September 2015 and placed in the Top 10. In her first try for Mission Texas, Sanderford won the Mission San Jacinto 2013 title. She was named Overall Interview Winner but was not a finalist for the state title. On November 30, 2013, Sanderford won the Mission Duncanville 2014 title. Sanderford won the competition on Saturday, July 4, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Mission Texas titleholder Monique Evans. Vying for Mission America 2016 Sanderford was Texas"s representative at the Mission America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015.
While a student at Oklahoma, she became a member of the Chi Omega women"s fraternity.