I won a library poetry contest at the military base I lived at when I was in the sixth grade. I was entered in the adult category and beat some grown ups, so I was pretty pleased. I was too embarrassed to stand up and read my poem though, which my Mom has never let me live down. I won a bike safety rodeo the same year.
I also won tickets to see Campbell’s Stars on Ice back in the 90’s. I had filled out a form and stuck it in a box at a Sherwin Williams paint store and when they called to tell me I’d won, I’d forgotten all about it. It included round trip transportation, dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory and seats right on the ice. It was pretty cool because it was right after Oksana Baiul and Nancy Kerrigan were in the Olympics and they and a lot of the biggest skating stars were in it. Loved it.
I won the Best Actress in a Musical award at a regional theatre I performed at for my role as Miss Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls.” That meant a lot to me because it was voted on by the public.
Lastly, I was chosen to appear in two fitness infomercials for “The Firm” back in the 90’s. I used their workouts and was active on their online forum, so when they decided to start doing infomercials they asked people to submit their experiences and I was selected for the first infomercial and asked back to be featured in the second one. It was pretty sweet. Free flight to SC, luxury hotel, spending money, the entire infomercial package free, met all the instructors in person, was taken out to dinner, had professional hair and makeup and we got to keep our on camera wardrobe. All that both times. That same year I was selected as a fitness success story for a fitness DVD company catalog called Collage Video. I got my photo on the cover, my story inside and got a bunch of free DVDs of my choice.