With poise, personality, intelligence, and beauty, Courtney Sonnier, a North Forest ISD alumna, petitions support from a district and community she calls her own.
Courtney Sonnier is a graduate from North Forest High School in 2009, where she was a member of the Student Government Association, choir, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), and the National Honor Society. Her community service includes volunteering in hospitals with the HOSA organization and participation in the “Reach Out to Drop-outs” walk.
Sonnier was reared in the North Forest community with her family — her mother Erica Sonnier, a 1990 graduate of Forest Brook High School, and aunt from W.G. Smiley — as well as attending B.C. Elmore Middle School.
“I felt prepared academically. My teachers were like family, they always helped me with things I was involved in, even if it was outside of academics,” Sonnier said. “Dr. Bryant even helped me with volunteer work. She was always there when I needed her.”
After graduating, Sonnier enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin. She is now a sophomore and is majoring in journalism. She received a Longhorn Scholarship last year.
In May she was accepted into the Miss Texas USA pageant, where she will be judged in three categories: personal interview, swimsuit, and evening gown. This will be the first pageant in which Sonnier will compete, but she said she is not worried.
“To prepare myself I have done a lot of research in interviewing techniques, I have been practicing applying my own makeup, and I am receptive to any advice from those who want to help,” she said.
Sonnier said she wanted to enter the pageant to represent her community and all who have given so much to her.
“In North Forest, I believe i learned tools to help me with all life experiences. I am proud to say I am a product of North Forest,” she said.
The Miss Texas USA pageant is Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, and is a ticketed event. If Sonnier wins, she will be able to represent Texas in the Miss USA pageant.