Kristina Austin Scarcelli, Mrs. Michigan United States® 2006

Kristina resides in Canton, Michigan with her husband Jason and their menagerie of pets. She has nearly 25 years of experience in pageantry. In addition to being our own Mrs. Michigan United States® 2006 and a special award winner at the Mrs. United States® Pageant, Kristina was Miss Michigan Hemisphere 1991 and a runner-up to Miss Ohio 1989 (MAO). She held the local Miss America titles of Miss Central Ohio, Miss Northwestern Ohio, and Miss Toledo and was the recipient of the Miss America Quality of Life Award at her state pageant in 1989. She is a dean’s list graduate of the University of Toledo (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a personal minor in music. Kristina is the owner / operator of Center Stage Multimedia, an e-marketing firm specializing in the performing arts and pageant industries.

Kristina has worked as a professional vocalist and musician since 1992. She sings regularly at upscale venues, corporate functions, and private parties and enjoys performing and recording torch jazz and midwestern country music. Kristina is an accomplished flutist and piccoloist and also enjoys playing fife and pennywhistle. She performs annually as national anthem singer for the Ford Motor Company /AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge held at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

A highlight of Kristina’s vocal performance career is a tour of Asia in 1994 - 1995, performing 86 concerts for American military personnel stationed there. Her original music has received Gavin-reporting FM radio airplay in the U.S. and has appeared on the top 40 country music charts in Europe. Kristina has opened for several national artists and has performed at venues such as the Opryland Hotel and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. In her spare time, she enjoys songwriting and recording original music with her husband.

Kristina has been an avid history buff since childhood and loves researching her genealogy, visiting battlefields and museums, and attending living history reenactments. She aspires to become a published historical novelist and screenplay writer. Kristina is a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Austin Families Association of America, and has been a governor-appointed Honorary Kentucky Colonel for over 10 years.

As Mrs. Michigan United States® 2006, City of Dearborn Mayor Michael A. Guido and the Dearborn City Council presented Kristina with a mayoral citation honoring her for her community service. She was also formally recognized by Dearborn City Council President Thomas P. Tafelski.

During her reign, Kristina made over 100 appearances that included a role in a Lafontaine Automotive Group television commercial on WXYZ-TV Channel 7 (ABC), performing in concert at the 4th Annual Hockey Has Heart Black Tie Celebrity Gala honoring Detroit Red Wings' owners Mike and Marian Ilitch and former Detroit Red Wings' coach Scotty Bowman, and an appearance in America's Thanksgiving Parade, which is broadcast annually to 98 million homes nationwide on WDIV-TV Channel 4 (NBC).

In addition to directing and producing pageants and theatrical productions, Kristina enjoys emceeing and providing vocal entertainment for pageant productions as well as serving as a pageant judge. She has judged such pageants as Miss Wauseon Homecoming, Miss Lucas County (MAO), Miss Northwestern Ohio (MAO), Miss Greater Grand Rapids (MAO), Miss Oakland County (MAO), Teen/Miss/Ms./Mrs. South Michigan and Teen/Miss/Ms./Mrs. Central Michigan. She has also served as judges' host for the Miss Michigan Galaxy Pageant.

Please click here link to view Kristina's appearance schedule. You can view photos taken during her travels by clicking here and her pictures from the national pageant can be viewed by clicking here. To view a list of Kristina's personal sponsors, please click here.

You can write to Kristina at mrsmichiganunitedstates2006@mrsmichiganunitedstates.com.