{"id":3569,"date":"2016-08-17T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T21:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2016-08-30T11:23:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T16:23:51","slug":"miss-navajo-nation-pageant-contestants-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/miss-navajo-nation-pageant-contestants-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Navajo Nation Pageant Contestants 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contestant #1: Kaylee Begay \u2013 Chinle Chapter\/Central Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Kaylee Walker Begay. I am of the Zuni-Edgewater Clan, born for the Tangle People Clan. My maternal grandfather is of the Red Cheek People Clan and my paternal grandfather is the Red-Streaked People Clan. I am 23 years old originally from Canyon De Chelly, a place called \u201cCottonwood Canyon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kaylee<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #2: Ronda Joe \u2013 Rock Point Chapter\/Northern Agency<\/strong>
\nI am of the Towering House Clan, born for Water Flow Together Clan. My maternal grandfather is of the Within His Cover Clan and my paternal grandfathers are Red Streak Running Into Water Clan. My parents are Matilda Descheny and Ronnie Joe. I am 22 yrs old from Rock Point, AZ.<\/p>\n

\"Ronda<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #3: Deidra Wilson \u2013 Wheatfields Chapter\/Central Agency<\/strong>
\nGreetings, my name is Deidra Wilson, my clans are Red Cheek People, born for Big Water. My maternal clan is Near the Water and my paternal clan is Towering House. I am 24 years young and from Wheatfields, AZ.<\/p>\n

\"Deidra<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #4: Alissa Copi \u2013 Breadsprings Chapter\/Eastern Agency<\/strong>
\nI am Dibe\u2019lzhini born for Tachii\u2019nii. My maternal grandparents are Shash dine\u2019e Tsi\u2019naajinii and my paternal grandparents are Kiyaa\u2019aanii. I am 23 years old and I come from Red Rock, New Mexico. My mother and father are Alfreda and Herman Copi.<\/p>\n

\"Alissa<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #5: Shannon Gorman \u2013 Chinle Chapter\/Central Agency<\/strong>
\nShannon Gorman, 24 from Chinle is of the Towering House Clan, born for the Mud Clan. Her maternal grandparents are of the One who Walks Around Clan and her paternal grandparents are of the Zuni-Water\u2019s Edge Clan. Her parents are Sharon and Walter Gorman.<\/p>\n

\"Shannon<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #6: Mariah Claw \u2013 Chinle Chapter\/Central Agency<\/strong>
\nMariah Nicole Claw, 23, belongs to the Big Water People and is born for the Bitter Water People. Her maternal grandfather belongs to the Black Sheep Clan and her paternal grandfather is of the Coyote Pass Clan. Mariah\u2019s parents are Sharon Thompson Claw who is from Lukachukai, Arizona and Jimmy Claw. Jr. from Chinle, Arizona.<\/p>\n

\"Mariah<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #7: Atheina Claw \u2013 Nazlini Chapter<\/strong>
\nMy name is Atheina Danylle Claw. I am the Towering House Clan, born for the Bitter Water Clan. My maternal grandfather is the Mexican People Clan and my paternal grandfather is the Mountain People Clan. I am 24 years old. My parents are Dempsey and Anita Claw.<\/p>\n

\"Atheina<\/a><\/p>\n

Contestant #8: Rodina Jordan \u2013 Oaksprings Chapter<\/strong>
\nRodina N. Jordan is of the Salt Water Clan and born for the Salt Clan. Her maternal grandfathers are of the Folded Arms People Clan and her paternal grandfathers are of the Mud Clan. Rodina is the daughter of Marlene Jordan and Robert Nelson. She is 25 years old.<\/p>\n

\"Rodina<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Miss<\/p>\n

Miss Navajo Pageant Events<\/a><\/h1>\n

\"70th<\/p>\n

Navajo Nation Fair Events 2016<\/a>\u00a0(Full List)<\/h1>\n

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Contestant #1: Kaylee Begay \u2013 Chinle Chapter\/Central Agency My name is Kaylee Walker Begay. I am of the Zuni-Edgewater Clan, born for the Tangle People Clan. My maternal grandfather is of the Red Cheek People Clan and my paternal grandfather is the Red-Streaked People Clan. I am 23 years old originally from Canyon De Chelly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[1124,213,1123],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-fair","tag-1124","tag-miss-navajo-nation","tag-pageant-contestants","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3635,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions\/3635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}