East Dallas neighbor, Brooklyn Kennett (11 years old), won the national title of the USA SLICC

Ambassador Jr. Preteen/Preteen 2023 at the USA Ambassador national pageant recently held at the Margaritaville resort in Kissimmee, Florida. The SLICC title stands for ‘Success through Leadership, Integrity, Character and Confidence.’

The USA Ambassador Pageant is a charity-driven organization that promotes the values of ‘SLICC’, and contestants were judged on their community service involvement and speaking ability through a self defined video, their history of service in a binder showcasing their community involvement, and their poise and confidence during evening wear.

Additionally, Brooklyn was the recipient of her 6th Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award during the USA Ambassador national pageant. This is the highest-level award for community volunteerism, and Brooklyn has completed over 800 hours of service in her young life. 

Brooklyn started her own charity-driven platform called Care with Flair, Champions for Kids in Need, in 2019. Her focus is to help all kids feel happy, healthy, and full. Her key accomplishments include packing over 250 shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child, collecting and donating over 1 million pop-tabs to the Ronald McDonald House Dallas, and volunteering countless hours at Feed My Starving Children to help feed kids throughout the world. For more information, please visit carewithflair.org.

Outside of charity, Brooklyn enjoys Allstar cheer and is in her 5th year with Express Cheer Dallas. Brooklyn is also on the St Patrick Catholic School cheer squad, enjoys performing in musical theater productions, is a 6-year Girl Scout and cookie super seller, and plays piano and softball. 

As part of the USA Ambassador prize package, the SLICC winners will attend a mission trip to Puerto Rico in 2024 and will be afforded other opportunities including walking in New York Fashion Week and attending a royalty cruise in the Spring. For more information, please contact the USA Ambassador pageant Owner and Director, Kristin Thurston or by viewing the website at www.usaambassador.com.