Episode Details

Teacher:
Becoming Miss Amazing Teen has given her the opportunity to have more confidence with advocating.

Linda:
My advice is that it doesn't matter what challenges you have. We are all different, but everyone deserves to be happy and go after their dreams.

Anthony Godfrey:
On this episode of the Supercast, meet Mountain Ridge High School sophomore Linda Boequi, who was recently crowned Utah Miss Amazing Teen 2026. Hear how finding success in the competition is helping Linda and others explore their passions in and outside of school with pride, purpose, and power.

Anthony Godfrey:
We're here at Mountain Ridge High School to talk about the Miss Amazing Teen Pageant. Go ahead and introduce yourself and tell us about, tell us a little bit about why we're here.

Teacher:
Hello, I'm Alexis Sway. I'm one of the special education teachers at Mountain Ridge High School, and I get to work with Linda, who won the Miss Amazing Teen Utah Pageant this year, back in March.

Anthony Godfrey:
Linda, thank you for talking with us today. Tell us, what is the Miss Amazing Teen Pageant and how did you get involved?

Linda:
Miss Amazing is a wonderful program that helps girls build confidence. When I first got involved, I was so nervous, but at the same time, I was very excited to be part of it.

Teacher
Do you remember how you heard about the pageant?

Linda:
No, I never hear before. When my mom, she was with me doing a dub during a cheer, inclusive cheer. I hear about it is very, like, my first time to hear, so I'm dancing to do my passion and to link those ideas, to pass through my, my in progress to know my future, what is it?

Anthony Godfrey:
Tell us more about what your role was in helping support Linda in applying for this and being part of this competition.

Teacher:
Yeah, so we actually had a former student here at Mountain Ridge. Their family started Adaptive Arena in Bluffdale. It's an awesome facility where they provide sports, dance, and gymnastics opportunities for students and cheer with disabilities. That way they can be included in those opportunities, and it was through Adaptive Arena that Linda found out about the Miss Teen Pageant. And so we really just appreciate that parents reach out and share that information for us as teachers to share with our students and their families so they can know about these resources in the community. This year, when Linda came to school one day, and was telling us that she's going to be in this pageant, and she tells the dates when the competitions were coming up and what she was doing to prepare for it. We just got to cheer her on, and we're so stoked when she came back to school with her sash and tiara, saying that she won Miss Teen. Miss Amazing, right?

Anthony Godfrey:
You have the sash and tiara on now. Do you ever take it off?

Linda:
It depends on the place where I can take to use my crown and sometimes I tell some teacher if I can use my crown or some other place to have like a band or cultural evemt. I pull my crown and my sash to know everyone, to know about me, to follow me, and to know about more some people and to have fun.

Teacher:
Did you wear it at the lacrosse game this week?

Linda:
Yes, I put because from the last week it was my birthday on April 3rd, and the same time