Shauna Hamby is a native of Boone, NC. As a young child she competed in America's Cover Miss Pageants both locally and statewide. Her passion was in dance and acting more so than in beauty pageants. She received her early dance training at Northwestern Studios and Dancer's Corner School of Dance Arts in Boone, North Carolina. After high school she moved to New York City to train at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre where she choreographed musicals including "Hair", "The Producers" and "Love". She taught creative movement around NYC while studying at Broadway Dance Center. Shauna performed with New York theatrical companies including Michael Chekhov Theatre Company, The Native American Opera House, Goldmine Theatre Company and Indigenous Taino Productions. Ms. Godwin currently choreographs for dance teams throughout the Southeast and teaches at regional dance conventions. She is a dance instructor for Northwestern Studios (Boone, NC), High Country Dance Studio (Boone, NC), and Xtreme Dance Company (Bristol, VA). Her dance styles include ballet, tap, modern, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, and clogging. Shauna is co-owner of Connected Dance Convention. She is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and is currently completing her degrees in Dance Studies and Theatre Performance at Appalachian State University.
Shauna decided to direct beauty pageants to promote positivity in an industry that is often scowled upon. Pageants can be fun and they aren't about parents living vicariously through their children. They are about the contestant's individuality, talent, self-confidence, and personality!
