Paluzzi competes for Miss New England Petite

Megan Paluzzi, recently named Miss Worcester County Petite, will be competing for the title of Miss New England Petite next month.

Paluzzi, 20, a 2018 Grafton High School graduate, is a senior at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, where she is majoring in creative arts in therapy. Appropriately, her platform is mental health education.

“I never thought I would ever compete in a pageant with my size, but I was lucky to stumble upon one that celebrates the accomplishments of strong women AND my 5’0″ height,” Paluzzi said.

At Russell Sage, Paluzzi had the title role in “The Snow Queen,” was nominated for a Broadway World Berkshires award for her performance in “Baskerville,” and performed in both “Sweeney Todd” and “Oliver!” She was recently selected to the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

“I’d also like to thank The Shine Initiative for their never ending encouragement and resources when it comes to growing my mental health platform,” she added. “Mental health education is something I am extremely passionate about, and Shine never fails to demonstrate the power a student’s voice can have.”

Vote for Paluzzi in the Miss New England USA Petite People’s Choice division here.

The USA Petite Pageant was founded in 2009 by Hazely Lopez-Alvarez with a vision to empower and celebrate petite beauty, 5’6 or less. The USA Petite Pageant focus on celebrating the accomplishments of petite women and provides them opportunity to be a voice and spokesmodel for petite women around the United States. 

USA Petite is the official United States preliminary to the Miss Universal Petite pageant. The winners in both Miss and Teen divisions will represent the USA at Universal Petite. These two ladies will compete against petite women from all over the world for the coveted titles of Miss Universal Petite and Teen Universal Petite. Areas of competition include swimsuit, evening gown, judge interview, and on-stage question. 

[kofi] Like Grafton Common? Help support us on Ko-fi.

​