Meet this year’s Mr. and Miss Cabrini

By Joseph Rettino
November 19, 2014

Colin Kilroy and Lauren Hight after being named Mr. & Miss. Cabrini on Wednesday, Nov. 12. (Theresa Paesani/Submitted Photo)
Colin Kilroy and Lauren Hight after being named Mr. & Miss. Cabrini on Wednesday, Nov. 12. (Theresa Paesani/Submitted Photo)

Colin Kilroy

He competed against veteran Mr. and Miss. Cabrini candidates and came out on top. Some sang solos, duets and even wore “Cabrini pride” booty-shorts—but not 2014’s Mr. Cabrini. The man under the crown is Colin Kilroy.

Colin Kilroy and Lauren Hight after being named Mr. & Miss. Cabrini on Wednesday, Nov. 12. (Theresa Paesani/Submitted Photo)
Colin Kilroy and Lauren Hight after being named Mr. & Miss. Cabrini on Wednesday, Nov. 12. (Theresa Paesani/Submitted Photo)

Nominated by Student Government Associations’s junior senate, Kilroy, junior business major, was “very excited” to participate in this year’s pageant.

The thing that briefly halted Kilroy’s excitement was the realization that he’d need to perform an on-stage talent, which he believed, he did not have.

Kilroy’s chosen on-stage talent, a self-described “purposely poorly cut and edited” tennis trick-shot video, showed Kilroy in a more comedic light than the way the other male contestants talents showed them. The video incorporated all the other male contestants in the pageant.

“I had months to do it [the video] but didn’t start it until about three days before,” Kilroy, who names the creation process of the video as his favorite part of participating in the pageant, said. “I couldn’t be up against better competitors,” Kilroy said.

Aside from being a part of this year’s pageant, Kilroy has been on the tennis team, a master learner, orientation leader and president of the honors council.

Since Kilroy is a master learner, he lives in East Residence Hall and has to balance his time with the freshmen with the time he spends with his friends on the West side of campus.

“A real big congratulations to my best friend Colin, who took home the crown

for Mr. Cabrini,” Georgie Nave, political science, English and history triple major, and fellow Mr. Cabrini 2014 contestant, said. “Even though I hate him dearly—I love him and couldn’t be happier for him.”

Both Nave and Kilroy planned to study abroad in Ireland next semester but recently found out the tentative plans fell through. Through the less-than-exciting news, Kilroy has realized how truly excited he is for his living situation next year.

“I’m looking forward to rooming with my best friends on campus next year,” Kilroy said. “And ending my career here with good people surrounding me and making it [senior year] last.”

Lauren Hight

Two years and two pageants later, 2014’s Miss. Cabrini finally snatched her crown. She competed against interpretive dancing, singing and even a baker, but they seemed to pale in comparison to what she could bring to the stage. Lauren Hight swung her flag all the way to winning the Miss. Cabrini sash.

While Hight was content to leave the contesting in the Mr. & Miss. Cabrini pageant behind following her participation in 2013’s ceremony, and merely help CAP Board with the event, things did not go originally to plan.

“Usually it’s supposed to be a secret but I caught on that Cathy [Yungmann] was nominating me when she was asking me a lot of random questions,” Hight, senior communication major and graphic design minor, said.

It ironically took CAP Board telling Hight that she should participate that had her finally accept the nomination, some time after she had found out about it.

The part of the pageant that put Hight “most on the edge,” was the talent portion. Hight chose her on-stage talent to be dance, just like the year prior, but this time she threw in a twist.

“I did color guard in high school so that is where I brought in the idea of using my silk,” Hight said. “The scary part was that I didn’t actually have my talent fully prepared until the day of pageant.”

Hight assumes that the reason she won had something to do with the use of her silk in her dance routine, because it is typical to see people dance, sing and show video, but no one brings out a flag.

A typical day for Miss. Cabrini 2014 normally consists of classes, long hours in the communication wing, working in the SEaL office and dancing at the Dixon Center with the Cavalier Dance Company, which she is the president of.

“I’m just excited to see where all my time here at Cabrini takes me,” Hight, speaking about her post-graduation life, said. “I’m just seeing where the wind takes me at this point—being able to see my dreams become a reality is what I’m most excited for.”

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