The Ellis County Press: Search for the next Miss Teen Ellis County Search for the next Miss Teen Ellis County ================================================================================ Editor on 09/28/2009 10:45:00 If you have never been married and are between the ages of 13 and 18, applications are now being accepted for the title of 2010 "Miss Teen Ellis County"! Miss Teen Ellis County will represent her area at the Miss Teen Texas Pageant to be held at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, March 26- 28, 2010. The young woman ultimately selected as "Miss Teen Ellis County" will become an ambassador from the ---- Ellis County ---- area and receive an official title and sash! Miss Teen Ellis County 2009 was Austyn Rapp, a student at Midlothian High School. Austyn placed 3rd Runner Up at the 2009 Miss Teen Texas Pageant. The young lady crowned Miss Teen Texas will receive a scholarship and prize package valued at over $15,000 and the opportunity to represent Texas at the 2010 Miss Teen International Pageant in Chicago next July. The American Heart Association is the official charity of the Miss Teen Texas International Pageant. In 2008, the International Pageant System joined the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S GO RED FOR WOMEN movement to wipe out heart disease - the No. 1 killer of women. Miss Teen Texas will champion heart disease, in addition to promoting her own platform, during her reign. Our passion is to unite women in this fight…even at an early age. Our involvement in the movement can help save lives. For more information go to www.GoRedForWomen.org.