Pageant Director and Committee


Director - Caitlin Schmidt

She was raised in Preston, Idaho. She participated in Junior Miss, Miss Franklin County, and Miss Idaho. She graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Management from BYU-Idaho. While there she played lead trumpet in the Jazz Lab Band. She also has many years experience dancing and playing the piano. Currently she is a stay at home mom to three kids in Bountiful. 


Judge's Chairman - Gwen Peterson
She is the Founder, President & Chairperson of Hope for Widows Foundation 
and a Certified Health Coach .
Born and raised in Southern California, Gwen enjoys a fast paced and people filled environment. While finishing up her undergraduate degree from the University of Utah, Gwen found the arena where her skills were best matched with her passion, which was in management at Gap Inc. Within 2.5 years, she took a small Gap store with 35 employees grossing $1.4 million in sales to 75+ employees grossing $2.8 million in sales. Her store became the #1 store in the western region of the US which afforded her many regional opportunities.

She was recruited from the retail sales world to headhunting in Corporate America working with franchised companies such as Ben and Jerry’s, BP Oil, and Huddle House Restaurants. Gwen created strong relationships with Presidents, CEO’s and Directors as she worked hand and hand to connect the right candidate to the right company. Gwen was rookie of the year her first year with FranSearch, became the second top billing recruiter in the company her second year by billing $312,700, and became the top woman headhunter in America in the franchise industry.
In 2004 Gwen left the high powered corporate world to work closer with her husband in the real estate and construction world. They have fix and flipped many properties, dabbled in hard money lending, and currently own a cabinet and countertop company. In a trying economy, Gwen and her husband were able to start a company without any outside funding and grown it to produce over $2 million in sales and 23 employees. She currently resides in Kaysville with her husband and three children.

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