Pageant winner donates school supplies to kindergarten class

SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR Maria Perez, winner of Today’s International Woman Pageant, donated school supplies to Miss Gonzalez’s kindergarten class at Campbell City School on Sept. 22. Perez represented the state of Ohio during the pageant, which was hosted on a cruise ship in the Bahamas. She was crowned Queen of Queens and is the first woman from Puerto Rico to win the event. She is now participating in community service. Her son, Jadriel, also was crowned King of Kids in the pageant. Sitting, in front from left, are Jadriel, Jamesha, Iakovos, Robby, C’Asia and Joab; kneeling in the second row are Isabella, Julian, Sophia, KaMarra, Edward, Carvell, Aizaiah and Janeydie; in the third row are LeAunna, Guionna, Tatiana, Kevin, Mason, Yasseph and Noor; and in the fourth row are Perez, Gonzalez, Literacy Collaborative Coach Mrs. McDougal and Mr. Klingensmith, principal.