When the contestants for the 2012 Miss California Teen take center stage in November, fourteen year-old Taylor Ligan will be among those pretty young girls aspiring for the coveted crown.
The five-foot-four freshman at the Granada Hills High School, is a second generation Filipino-American. Her parents are Mel Ligan and Aileen Rose, who hail from Davao and
Cebu respectively. The Ligans reside in Arleta.Taylor said that winning the crown, if it happens, should be a bonus. What she is focused on is the experience and the fun that she will get from participating in such a prestigious national event. She said that even before the contest itself, the contestants will be attending a lot of red-carpet and media events. That alone, she said, sounds very exciting.
“It should be a nice thing to look back when I am older … see that at age 14 I was already doing cool things for myself,” she said. “My focus is the experience, making friends and having fun… winning would be just a bonus.”
Aside from being articulate and charming, Taylor possesses talents to complement her beauty. She plays the piano and violin, and pretty much into sports like basketball and volleyball. She reads a lot. Mystery paperbacks by Caroline Cooney are her favorites.
Taylor is an achiever in her own right. When she was n 5th grade, she received the “Presidential and Academic” Award. The following year, she as voted as “Most Likely to Succeed,” and last year she was voted as the “Class Clown.” What these mean is that Taylor belongs to that group of young people who by just being themselves, can easily stand out from the crowd. And this could very well help her a lot during the Miss Teen California pageant.
On community outreach, Taylor is also very much involved. She is a member of her church group that regularly visits the elderly at senior centers and convalescent homes. Also, she is a regular volunteer at the Midnight Missions, serving food to the homeless people in downtown L.A.
A goal-oriented and level-headed young girl, Taylor said she wants to be a nurse someday, so that she can help save lives like what the Children’s Hospital did to her. Incidentally, Taylor will be representing the Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles in the contest. She chose the hospital because when her life as a baby was threatened, the facility responded and saved her life.
Taylor is keen and very proud of her Filipino heritage. She admires Filipino celebrities like Charice, and is partial to Filipino food and delicacies like halo-halo, lumpia, and durian. Now, she is asking the Filipino-American community to support her by giving her a “like” on Facebook. She said “Most Likes” is one category in the contest. Just google Taylor Ligan and it will bring you to her page on Facebook.■
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