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Yeaman Pairs Beauty and Power at Bridge City HS

THINK ABOUT TWO COMPETITIONS THAT ARE ON COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM – DID YOU COME UP WITH PAGEANTS AND POWERLIFTING? Bridge City senior Allyson Yeaman started pageants when she was a young girl before sitting them out for about seven years prior to her freshman year. That year, Yeaman reentered the pageant world but also joined at the same time the Bridge City High School powerlifting team. “It ’s been so much fun combining the two together,” Yeaman said. “I feel like in pageants, I’m this tiny powerhouse that you don’ t expect. When I go out on stage, the emcee announces, she’s a State qualifying powerlifter, and people are like what?... It is the surprise factor that no one expected.” Yeaman has found success in both events. In her sophomore year at Bridge City, she advanced to the State Powerlifting Meet and finished 11th overall in Texas. “I felt it was important for me to find something that made me happy, giving me a sense of satisfaction in myself and I could prove myself in something I’ve never done before,” Yeaman said of powerlifting. “I fell in love with it. It has been my favorite thing ever.” This past summer, on the pageant circuit, she competed in Miss Texas Teen USA and represented Bridge City High. “It was so much fun and a great experience,” she said. “It was a little intimidating at first but overall, it was so much fun. It was a relief to know that I made it this far and all my hard work paid off.” Contrary to the popular movie Miss Congeniality , these pageants don’ t include a talent portion. But if they did, Yeaman guarantees she would be up there “wearing a pretty pink princess dress lifting weights”. The senior wants to make another run at the State Powerlifting Meet this year after making Regionals each year she has competed. “It brings me a sense of happiness in something I never thought I could do,” Yeaman said of powerlifting. “The team, we are all best friends. They support me no matter what, just like I support them. It ’s been an all-around great feeling.”

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