MISS RIVER CITY OUTSTANDING TEEN 2007

LoR'eal's Hero is her mom.  Her favorite Miss America is Ericka Dunlap who held the title in 2004 and was Florida's 2nd Miss America.  And the accomplishment she is most proud of is winning the Miss River City Outstanding Teen 2007 title.   And she LOVES Starbucks!!!

LoR'eal LaNia Butler is Miss River City Outstanding Teen 2007 and was crowned on Saturday, February 3, 2007.

To win the Miss River City Outstanding Teen title, LoR'eal performed an energetic character jazz dance routine that really got the crowd clapping.  Her platform is

L.O.R.I. Loves "Dancing Through Fears."

She is the 13 year old daughter of LeRoy and Rhodesia Butler

and is in the 7th grade at LaVilla School of the Arts.  LoR'eal

has academic goals of attending Florida State University and

pursuing a degree in law.

LoR'eal enjoys reading, movies, skating, watching music

videos and "American Idol", cheering, playing tennis and

traveling.  She has two sisters:  Gabrielle (12) and

Danielle (7) - who was Miss River City Jacksonville's

2006 Sunshine Princess.

Here are a few of LoR'eal's Favorite Things:

Favorite Book:  Holes by Luis Saucher

Favorite Color:  Purple

Favorite Inspirational Quote:   "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Favorite Food:  Macaroni and cheese

Favorite Flower:   Rose

Favorite Flavor of Icecream:  Strawberry 

Favorite Movie:    Freedom Writers

Favorite Singer:    Beyonce

Favorite Song:   Listen by Beyonce

Favorite Car:   Eclipse