Thank You, Alesa!
Alesa Chrisman, Miss Rodeo Nebraska
2005, did a wonderful job representing Nebraska at the Miss Rodeo America
2006
pageant held in Las Vegas in November 2006 and all during the 2005
year.
We (the Miss Rodeo
Nebraska Association) thank you for sharing this year of your life
with us. Wherever your dreams take you-- we wish you much success and
happiness!
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Alesa's Bio
Born in North Platte, Nebraska and raised very near to the home of the infamous Buffalo Bill Cody and the Wild West Arena where the Buffalo Bill Rodeo continues to be held, it seems inevitable that the “Cowboy Spirit” would define Alesa’s life from a very young age.
She began her rodeo “career” at the age of seven competing in junior rodeos. Alesa has proven her ability in the arena by winning numerous awards. She has won the District Reining Competition each year from age 12 through 19; a feat no one else has achieved. She also has been a top competitor in 4-H, High School, College and Amateur Rodeo. In 2000, she represented Nebraska as the Nebraska State High School Rodeo Queen, and in 2001 she finished 17th in the nation in girls cutting.
During the Miss Rodeo Nebraska Pageant, held in conjunction with Nebraskaland Days and the Buffalo Bill PRCA Rodeo, Alesa captured the title of Miss Rodeo Nebraska, 2005, winning not only the coveted Horsemanship award, but also Speech, Photogenic, Personality, and Appearance Awards. While attending rodeos and various events throughout her reign, Alesa will be preparing for the 2006 Miss Rodeo America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada held in conjunction with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December of 2005.
Her love of horses is very evident in the career path Alesa has chosen. She holds an Associates Degree in Equine Training and Management from Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, WY and is a Certified Equine Massage Therapist. Alesa is currently accepting horses for training. She also gives riding and roping lessons to 4-Hers. Alesa feels a large number of horse owners do not appreciate the abilities of a well-trained, athletic horse. Her life’s ambition is to teach people to appreciate the abilities of their horses and to be the best horse trainer she can be!
Alesa appreciates the close family ties she shares with her parents, Michael and Kerry Chrisman, and brothers Alan and
Aron. She feels the sport of rodeo shares the same traditional family values she and her brothers were raised with. Alesa believes in the contestants and their respect for fellow competitors, their animals and the western way of life that defines the “Cowboy Spirit”.
During her reign as Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2005 Alesa will travel more than 40,000 miles and encounter thousands of people. She hopes to share this “Cowboy Spirit” with everyone she meets!
Alesa is a firm believer in giving 100%…. even when there is nothing left to give, so, “Saddle Up & Get’er Done!”
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Alesa Chrisman named Miss Rodeo Nebraska
By Denise Poss
The North Platte Telegraph
Alesa Chrisman, daughter of Michael and Kerry Chrisman of North Platte, was named as the 2005 Miss Rodeo Nebraska during the Buffalo Bill Rodeo Wednesday night the Wild West Arena in North Platte.
Thursday morning, Chrisman said she was excited about being named as the newest Nebraska rodeo queen, but she was a bit overwhelmed with the information she received when she signed her contract.
"Basically, my life is theirs for the next year and a half," she laughed.
Chrisman said she won’t actually become Miss Rodeo Nebraska until January, after the Miss Rodeo America competition in Las Vegas in December, but she will begin some of her duties almost immediately.
"Right now, I basically go to all the places that Lindy (Lindy Quaney, Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2004) can’t go to represent Nebraska," she said.
According to Chrisman, she has been riding horses all her life and started competing in 4-H and junior rodeos when she was 8 years old. She said she started competing in queen competitions when she was 10, and was named as the Nebraska High School Rodeo Queen in 2000.
Chrisman said she had a good time competing in the Miss Rodeo Nebraska pageant and that the other competitors were friendly and supportive of one another.
"Usually at contests you kind of have pressure from the other girls, but in this one we were all like friends and we all fit in together, so it made it easier," she said.
Chrisman said one of her most traumatic moments during the four-day competition was when the zipper on her dress broke moments before she was expected to give a speech at the North Platte Country Club.
"Luckily, we were still at the hotel, so they put it on me and zipped it up and then sewed it together. After the speech they had to take a seam ripper and rip it out to get me out of the dress," she said with a laugh.
The 21-year-old rodeo queen is a Certified Equine Massage Therapist and received an associate’s degree in equine training and management.
"We give horses massages for the same reasons we get massages," Chrisman explained. "Your muscles hurt, or your back is out of place or has a kink in it."
"We ride hard and put 200 pounds on a horse with the saddle and all," she continued. "We ask him to stop hard and do things like that and there is a lot of pressure on him. Massage just helps to relax him and maybe pop things back into place without a chiropractor."
Chrisman said horses have about four layers of muscles to get to the deepest muscles and it can be hard work to massage the underlying muscles. She said some horses take it well and others don’t.
"I’ve had a horse bite a tire on a trailer when I hit a real tender spot," she said. "Thank goodness he didn’t bite me!"
Chrisman said the thing she is most looking forward to during her reign as Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2005 is traveling and promoting rodeo and the western way of life. She said her future plans include owning a cutting horse ranch in Texas.
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