CONTESTANT 1 – Yanelli Cobian

Yanelli is currently a Junior at Fillmore High School. She has been participating in the lady flashes girls soccer team since her freshman year and is a two year varsity starter. Yanelli has been playing soccer since the age of three and hopes to continue playing throughout college.

Yanelli hopes to become an ultrasound technician and wishes to attend a four year university close to home. Excelling in her school work is important to Yanelli, as she has maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during her high school attendance.

She loves spending time with her friends and family whether it be at school, riding dirt bikes, or simply eating dinner together every night; she loves the endless amount of jokes, laughs and giggles they share. Yanelli's friends and family would say that art is part of Yanelli's personality as she loves to draw and paint. They also describe her as bubbly, independent, hard-working, dependable, out-going, kind hearted and an overall beautiful person inside and out.

 
CONTESTANT 2 – Lauren Magdaleno

Lauren is currently a senior at Fillmore High School. She has always been involved in an array of extracurricular activities and held positions such as ASB secretary, volunteered for the mentor program, and participated in local art shows.

She has come to love the sport of running. Since her sophomore year she has been a part of the cross country and track teams. She intends to always lace up her shoes and explore the environment around her by running the hills, streets, and trails wherever she may go.

Lauren holds her family as very dear and is thankful for her loving and supportive mother Maria, her older sisters, Moneh and Anissa, and her younger brother, Joseph. In her free time, you can catch Lauren working on multiple projects. Whether she is on her sewing machine, strumming a new song on the ukulele, or arranging foraged flowers - she is always creating.

After high school she will attend San Francisco State University and major in business studies with the hopes of opening her own business one day. She excitedly awaits for this next chapter in her life and all the experiences that will come with it.
 
CONTESTANT 3 – Alyssa Ramirez

Alyssa plans on becoming a wildlife biologist and travel the world helping and studying animals. She is a senior at Fillmore High School, and will be attending Northern Arizona University in the fall as a biology major. Alyssa loves sports having participated in cross country, basketball and track and field. She enjoys volunteering time keeping stats for the high school girls’ varsity basketball team and was previously a member of the Fillmore High School ASB, serving as commissioner of publicity.

Her hobbies include reading, drawing, painting, running and listening to any and all types of music. She is a big Harry Potter fan (team Ravenclaw), and has a lot of interest in photography as well.

Alyssa feels that one of her biggest accomplishments is stepping out of her comfort zone and competing in this pageant. She is glad she chose to compete and even more so that her best friend is competing right by her side.

 
CONTESTANT 4 – Chloe Stines

Chloé is a Junior at Fillmore High School and has also been a student for 2 years at Ventura College. She has a love for animals and plans to attend a four-year university; majoring in Animal Science. Chloe plans to further her education and become a Veterinarian.

Chloe enjoys community service and extra-curricular activities. She has been a member of 4H since she was 5 years old and has held several officer positions, currently holding Bardsdale 4H Vice President and Arts & Crafts Teen Leader. 4-H helped in building the leader Chloe is today, it also led Chloe to joining Fillmore FFA.

Chloe has been a member of FFA for 4 years and has received several awards for leadership and raising cattle. She is currently a member and officer in the Fillmore FFA Chapter and is the Treasurer for the Ventura Section. She won many awards with her SAE and Breeding heifer projects at the Ventura County Fair as well as earning her FFA State Degree and 2017 Star Farmer Award.

While balancing school work with club activities, she is an avid swimmer for Fillmore High's Swim Team.

 
CONTESTANT 5 – Sara Uridel

Sara is a senior at Fillmore High School and after graduation plans on completing her general education requirements at Ventura College. Her college goal is to transfer to Northern Arizona University to complete her studies in nursing. Her future career ambition is work as a neonatal nurse.

Sara loves sports, but cheerleading has been her passion for the past thirteen years. She is a four year member of the Fillmore High Pep Squad and Varsity Team Captain. She has volunteered as a Fillmore Raiders Youth Cheer Coach for the last seven years and was recently appointed the cheer director for the entire organization. She is thrilled about this new venture in her cheer career and is ready to give back to the organization that helped her grow into the person she is today.

Sara volunteers extensively throughout our community but an organization that she holds close to her heart are the local animal shelters. She believes that all animals deserve unlimited love and enjoys volunteering at the animal shelters, helping out in any way she can.
 
CONTESTANT 6 – Amanda Villa

Amanda is an honor student at Moorpark High School where is currently a junior. At the age of five, Amanda walked into a dance studio, cried, and never went back. So needless to say she is an avid sports fan, playing softball and basketball, but running stole her heart. She is on the Moorpark High School varsity cross country and track teams. Throughout her high school career, she has competed at the Cross Country State Championships three times.

She is also on the leadership team of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is a member of the Interact Club. She currently maintains a 4.1 GPA and balances 2 AP classes as well as an honors class.

In the future she aspires to run at UCSB and to major in Global Studies and minor in Political Science. Some day she would like to work to strengthen international relations. Until then you can see her at the beach with friends, watching Netflix, or camping with her family.
 
CONTESTANT 7 – Sarah Vollmert

Sarah is an honor student and senior at Fillmore High School who will be attending Cal State University Chico this fall, majoring in animal science. Once graduated from CSU Chico, she plans to attend Purdue University to further her education and become a small and large livestock veterinarian.

Sarah has a love of soccer and has been playing the sport competitively for over 13 years. She is also musically talented, trained to play instruments such as the flute, tenor saxophone, keyboard and timpani. She has been a member of band class since the 4th grade, training two years in JAZZ band, and four years in marching-concert band.

Sarah has been a member of Fillmore FFA for 3 years and has received several awards for public speaking and raising rabbits and lambs. She currently serves as the Fillmore FFA Chapter Secretary and was recently awarded her State FFA Degree in April.

Outside of school and FFA, Sarah enjoys reading novels, horticulture, and walking around Fillmore with friends enjoying the scenery.