By Lily Florian
Driftwood
Lakeshore HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Homecoming Queen is often thought of as just a popularity contest. So, many students are afraid to keep their names on the ballot after being nominated for the title. However, 2019 Homecoming Queen Tori Carter (12) believes otherwise. \u201cEverybody thinks it\u2019s a certain type of person who has to be Homecoming Queen and I wanted to let them know that it can be anybody in the world, you just have to work for it,\u201d Carter reflected. She did just that. Carter\u2019s fellow Junior Homecoming Representative, Gerrit Marshall (12), noted, \u201cI was so happy when she won because she put so much effort into it.\u201d Carter is the first Homecoming Queen in years to have actually campaigned for their spot, since it is not generally allowed by school rules. However, after Noah Lyon (12) campaigned, an exception was made. \u201cI\u2019m a go-getter. If I set my mind to something, I\u2019m going to do it and I\u2019m going to do it full out,\u201d declared Carter. \u201cYou know in the movies, you see everybody campaigning and it\u2019s a big competition. I love competition,\u201d Carter explained. \u201cI made shirts that said \u2018Vote for Tori End of Story\u2019 with a picture of me. I had cookies that said \u2018Vote for Tori,\u2019 I had posters and bracelets.\u201d For some, it may have seemed unusual. For others who know Carter, it made sense. Aniya Harris (12), a friend of Carter\u2019s, commented, \u201cI was not surprised [that Tori campaigned]. She does everything she can with all her power and it made me really proud of her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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