Every year, Cap Board hosts their annual Mr. & Mrs. Cabrini Pageant. This is the event of the semester and takes place in Grace Hall. The Atrium is decorated in blue and white in honor of the fun-filled night. Students are nominated to be in the pageant from other members of a club or activity they are involved in on campus but cannot nominate themselves for this pageant.
If a student is selected to take part in the event, they then go on stage and take place in different portions of the pageant which include school spirit, talent, formal wear and Q&As. There will be a panel of judges who vote and the audience will be able to vote for their favorite, as well. After the votes are casted, they will then crown the new Mr. & Mrs. Cabrini.
Many people are unsure of how this whole process works. Chelsea DiPompeo and Daniel Kelly, the co- directors of CAP Board EPIC events on campus, answered a few questions about the pageant and nomination process.
“The qualifications to be nominated for the Mr. & Miss Cabrini Pageant are as follows: Student must be a sophomore, junior or senior. The student must be an active member of an organization or sports team and must also have at least a 2.0 GPA,” DiPompeo said. “We ask faculty or student leaders to nominate students that they think represents Cabrini to the fullest. We believe a student such as this has qualities such as good leadership, social integrity and faith.”
Simply receiving a nomination does not qualify for participation in the pageant.
“Typically seniors are given first priority to participate in pageant. If there are too many interested candidates, we would take seniors then open the floor to juniors and so on,” DiPompeo said.
“We don’t like to look at pageant as a competition. Pageant is meant to celebrate students who are exemplary examples of the values Cabrini holds,” Dan Kelly said. “The motto ‘do something extraordinary’ is exactly what we want pageant to be about. We want to bring the students that do extraordinary things everyday that aren’t always recognized together to have fun and show the school what they are made of.”
This year Chelsea DiPompeo nominated two students whom she works closely with. Their names are Salvatore Ardizzone and Mia Scocozzo.
“These two students are very active in numerous clubs on campus, have numerous leadership positions on campus and share the same passion for social change as the rest of Cabrini,” DiPompeo said.
Students who are interested in the pageant can express interest to their fellow members of their club or organization. Their fellow peers will then nominate who they think best represents Cabrini. Keep an eye out for the Mr. & Mrs. Cabrini Pageant coming up in November.
