District 57 Champion places 2nd in Region Quarterfinals

Congratulations to our District 57 International Speech Champion, Camille Miller, who placed 2nd in the Quarterfinals!

To recap… the District 57 International Speech Winners on May 11, 2019 were:

1st Place: Camille Miller
2nd Place: Gina Cefalu
3rd Place: Debbie Wright

(Left to right: Debbie Wright, Gina Cefalu, Camille Miller)

Watch Camille’s winning speech below:

The 2018–2019 International Speech Contest was the first to include region quarterfinals. The new sequence is: district contests, region quarterfinals, semifinals and then finals.

The first-place contestant from each district progressed to the region quarterfinals level, which was conducted by video. Each region was judged by a panel of nine voting judges and one tiebreaking judge using the International Speech Contest Judges Guide and Ballot. The top three contestants from our region, Region 1 are listed below. First-place contestants are invited to compete in the semifinals at the Toastmasters International Convention.

Each district progressed to the region quarterfinals level, which was conducted by video. Each region was judged by a panel of nine voting judges and one tiebreaking judge using the International Speech Contest Judges Guide and Ballot. The top three contestants from our region, Region 1 are listed below. First-place contestants are invited to compete in the semifinals at the Toastmasters International Convention.

1st – Beverley P. Adams, District 39
2nd – Camille Miller, District 57
3rd – Sean Sevy, District 15

Camille did a fantastic job – matching up against the best public speakers in the world during her first foray in the International Speech Contest. We are so proud of her and hope to see her compete again next year to defend her District Champion Title.

Kevin Markl
District Director