From Clearwater to big stage

Helget to compete for Miss USA

By Wendy Storkamp
Correspondent

Twelve-year-old Maddie Helget used to sit on the couch in Clearwater and dream. She would dream of what many young girls her age dream of …high school, college, a career she loved, perhaps marriage and someday children of her own. Maddie’s mom, Cori, would join her on the couch and together they would dream. Their favorite movie to watch? “Dreamer.” The summer before her freshman year of high school, Maddie and her mom decided to give the pageant world a try.

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