The beauty of the 1993 Miss Teen USA, Charlotte Anne Lopez, sparkles just a bit more when one finds out she spent the past 13 years of her life in foster-care with six different families.
The 17-year-old, who was crowned Miss Teen USA last year, is traveling across America and taking advantage of a ready-made forum. "I want people to know that foster children aren't all delinquents. A lot are just like me, they're good kids who need homes. No one should be in foster care for 13 years - they should be adopted," she said.Lopez will appear at two fashion shows with Miss Teen Utah, Heather Henderson, Saturday, April 2. They will be at the Cottonwood Mall ZCMI store at 1 p.m. and at the downtown ZCMI at 4 p.m.
The beauty queen will speak to a group of teenage foster girls from Utah Youth Village at the Cottonwood Mall appearance. She will answer questions and sign autographs following both fashion shows.