“I hear lots of different stories, especially from the girls who have been bullied because of the way they look or how they dress,” said Chase, who lives in Sugarcreek Twp. “This one little girl was having problems with her confidence and self-esteem. She was only 7, and I kept telling her, ‘This is the way God made you. You’re beautiful just the way you are.’ ”
Chase was the National American Miss Ohio Junior Teen in 2014, and came in fourth in the Miss Ohio Teen U.S.A. contest. She also won Miss Ohio High School. That title put her in the running for her current title of Miss High School America that she won in San Antonio, Texas, on July 16.
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