What will you do with your moments?

What will you do with your moments?
Melissa Chambers
Miss North Carolina International 2008


Life is composed of many moments. Precious times that we must utilize to make our dreams, hopes and aspirations come into existence. Many of you have heard the saying “Live every moment to the fullest”. I take this quote to mean live your life with purpose. Life is a journey and you are continually finding out who you are along the way. There are ups and downs but to look at your life as a gift and an opportunity gives life a new perspective. Take the good and the bad, learning from every situation.
Every moment that passes is one that you will never get back. What will you do with your moments?

I have many personal hopes and dreams for my life and as Miss North Caorlina International 2008 I have been given the opportunity to inspire others to believe in their dreams as well as themselves. "Dare to Dream" is my platform in which I speak to many people. Motivating others to live their best and chase after their true passions is something I am doing with my moments.

What will you do with your moments? We all have specific pieces of time and what truly makes us different in this world is how we use the pieces we’re given. Will you just be a dreamer or will you make the dream a reality? I personally would say I am a dream believer. I believe in my dreams and not just in the goal of achieving it. The journey toward your goal is composed of many moments that create joy and purpose. I motivate others to chase their ambitions. I am a dream advocator. What is your dream and will you chase it?
What lies behind that question is how much passion is within you. Those who achieve their ambitions actively pursue their goals and they are people who believe in their dreams but also in themselves. Behind that pursuit is passion and perseverance. There is never a dream that is to big just as long as you have the passion to back it up. It does not matter what goal you are pursuing in life just always to remember to be grateful for the journey.

We all have dreams and ideas of how we want our future to be but why keep talking about the future? We should make our dreams exist today. Our present is reality but why keep living in the future or the past? Make right now your future and chase your dreams and goals. Say yes to a positive and fulfilling now…in this moment.

So what will you do with your moments?

Miss North Carolina - PR Student Wins Miss NC International Crown

PR STUDENT WINS MISS NC INTERNATIONAL CROWN
By Mark Beatty

Miss North Carolina International, Melissa Chambers is currently a junior majoring in Communication. After attaining an associate‘s degree in the arts from Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College near her hometown she transferred to NC State.

Chambers placed in the top five in Miss Asheville America and then was named second runner up in the Miss Western N.C. pageant. Her crowning victory came this April when she won the Miss North Carolina International Pageant. Chambers did not enter pageants until she was 18. She started entering pageants to make a difference in the lives of young girls, which shines through on her platform of Dare to Dream. Believing in yourself and never giving up on your dreams are the underlying principles.

She hopes to continue making a difference after she surrenders her title in February of next year. When she graduates in 2010, she wants to parlay her achievements into becoming a spokesmodel. Chambers is very down to earth, and when she‘s not wearing her crown, she claims to be a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.