Steph MangoldMr. and Miss Cabrini were crowned in the cafeteria in the third annual Mr. and Miss Cabrini Pageant.
Junior Laura Cover and senior John Verdi took the honors after three rounds of competition that consisted of a talent round, pajama round and a question and answer round.
Four of the five judges are employed by Cabrini. They included President Antoinette Iadarola, Dr. Carol Serotta, department chair mathematics, Dr. Hal Halbert, English/communication professor, and Joe Johnson, 2001 Cabrini graduate and resident director of Xavier Hall. A raffle was held to appoint a mystery judge. The winner of the raffle was senior Jamie Jaskiewicz. She was the big winner of the night; she also won a DVD player and a DVD.
All 12 of the contestants competed in the talent round. The contestants were Alex Conyngham, Anthony D’Aleo, Jason Rotella, Mike Sofia, Craig Vagell, John Verdi, Laura Cover, Jessie Gentile, Jamie Getka, Liz Graham, Bernadette Hazel and Rose Leahy.
The next round was the pajama competition. Four men and four women who advanced from the first round modeled their sleepwear to be one of two men and two women to move onto the final round. Miss Cabrini winner, Cover brought her nephew on stage with her for the pajama round. “My nephew was my teddy bear,” Cover said.
The final round was the question and answer portion of the competition. The four finalists were sophomore Mike Sofia, senior John Verdi, junior Laura Cover and senior Bernadette Hazel. Verdi aruged that he should be Mr. Cabrini because he always wanted to win and it was his last year to have that chance. Cover explained in her final reply how much Cabrini has meant to her over the years and she wanted to give something back.
The most successful Mr. and Miss Cabrini Pageant ended with Cover and Verdi as the winners. “This was my last year to participate. I have been in it for the last three years, but never won. I was ecstatic to perform and actually win,” Verdi said.
Over 150 students were in attendance at the event. “I laughed so hard my face hurt the next day,” Halbert said.
