Lawrenceburg grad named Ultimate Queen at Pure International pageant

(LAWRENCEBURG, Ind.) – A recent Lawrenceburg graduate was named Jr. Ultimate Queen during the Pure International MidCentral pageant. 

Mariska Sams earned the coveted crown because of her passion for helping cancer patients. 

She created an initiative called Wild Bill’s Warriors as part of the Bee The Impact project. 

Sams has donated care bags to patients at the Christ Hospital Chemo Clinic in Cincinnati. 

She named it after her father, William, who is battling cancer. 

“We are incredibly grateful for the staff and their support, not only for my dad, but for every chemo patient who has people looking out for them,” she said. 

Mariska has also held a school supplies donation drive for Lawrenceburg and South Dearborn families earlier this year. She recently sang the national anthem at the Aurora Farmer’s Fair. 

Sams is one of only two Ultimate Queens selected in the MidCentral region and she will compete at the International event in Orlando next summer. 

She was chosen for the pageant by her directors Yolanda Gould, Chasity Spinnati as well as Pure International executive director Angela Chambliss.