craft + activism = craftivism.

The subject line of this post is something I never even dreamed I would ever type, but, YES!, it’s true!

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Miss Yoshino Rosalia Jasso, age 17, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss California Pageant to be held August 7, 2011, at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, California. The National American Miss pageants are held for girls ages 4-18, and have five different age divisions. Yoshino Rosalia will be participating in the Teen age division and will be modeling for the Formal Wear competition, a “first-ever” gown designed by her that includes an over-skirt created with plastic bags. ….

Miss Yoshino Rosalia Jasso is the Resident Artist of The Long Beach Depot For Creative ReUse and serves as the primary Instructor of the Creative Reuse Workshops. Miss Jasso received her High School Proficiency Diploma at age 16 and has been attending Long Beach City College, majoring in Business. She enjoys creative reuse art, reading, writing, equal rights activism and craftivism.

While I don’t know much about beauty pageants, I do know that they can offer lots of opportunities for scholarships, which is a great thing! GO YOSHINO!!!!

Craftivism, ftw!

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