The 21 high school juniors competing for the title of Greater Pottsville Winter Carnival Snowflake Princess took to the stage again Wednesday night for the Snowflake Costume Fashion Show at Boscov's auditorium at Fairlane Village mall, Pottsville.
In the first part of the show, the girls picked a question written on a piece of paper from a glass container. 2013 Winter Carnival Snowflake Princess Devan Direnzo, Minersville Area High School, asked each contestant the selected question.
The girls wore different outfits during each part of the show Wednesday, many choosing to keep it casual to show their personality.
The first girl to the stage was Karissa Elser, Blue Mountain High School, wearing a blue and white polka dot dress.
Elser was asked what she thought was more important in today's society, beauty or education.
"I think education is more important in society today because it gets you farther in life," Elser said.
Allison Mika, Williams Valley High School, wore a white lab coat with a stethoscope.
She was asked what long-term goal in her life was most important to her.
"The most important long-term goal I have in my life is to become a large animal vet ever since I was little I've wanted to make a difference for animals that depend on me," she said.
Kara Pytko, Minersville Area High School, wearing a lacy black dress, was asked if she felt social media has helped or hurt society.
"I definitely think that social media has helped our society by giving more ways of communication," she said, "but it's also very bad because it takes away all of our time from important things like studying and doing work that you should be doing at the time."
In the second part, the girls were asked to tell the audience and judges about themselves.
Elser, who came onstage in an eagle costume, told how she is the mascot at her high school.
She said that to be a good mascot, a mascot has to be enthusiastic, athletic and goofy.
"I love what I do as a mascot as you can tell," she said. "I think the eagle is a very good example of how I interact with my community and how I get to enjoy the football games even more than I already did."
Kate Chapman, Mahanoy Area High School, came out in a cheerleader outfit, had a poster board set up with all of her accomplishments and read a story that she wrote about herself.
In her story, Chapman talked about how she looked up to her "hometown heroes" and wants to become one herself.
She has participated in multiple activities in and out of school, including the track team, competitive cheerleading, playing piano and becoming a member of the Humane Fire Company, Mahanoy City, and plans to go to college to become a pediatric oncologist since they "help the children with cancer."
"As Kate Chapman adds a new page to her book every day, she knows that she is one step closer to her happily ever after," Chapman said.
The next Winter Carnival event will be at 2 p.m. Saturday when the Snowdrop contestants - girls in second and third grades - make their first public appearance at their fashion show at Boscov's auditorium.