History
Pageants 2 Go is operated by Maria-Teresa Grinneby, a pageant vetran involved in the industry as a contestant, queen, staff member, and judge for the past 15 years. During her years of competition, she has captured several local,state, and national titles for American Coed Pageants, National American Miss, and the Miss Pennsylvania America Scholarship Org. Most recently, she was named the National American Miss National 2008-2009 Talent, Actress, Volunteer Service, and Academic Achievement Winner and placed 1st runner-up overall at the national pageant where she represented her homestate as the National American Miss Pennsylvania 2008.
Over the years, Maria-Teresa has developed a penchant for pageant writing and has written winning introductions and speeches for local, state, and national titleholders of all ages. A vocalist, she has also become adept at working to develop ideal music cuts for talent competitions. Maria-Teresa is a "computer geek" at heart and accredits her skills in the areas of website design and the development of Farewell DVDs to her many hours spent with her lime green Sony Vaio laptop, "Baby Vaio."
Maria-Teresa graduated in August 2008, a year ahead of schedule, from the Schreyer Honors College at the 
Pennsylvania State University with her B.S. in Crime, Law, and Justice with Honors. She has also completed minors in English and Business. Currently, Maria-Teresa resides in Washington, DC where she manages her two small businesses while pursuing her Masters in Early Childhood Education at George Mason University and teaching full-time at DC Prep Benning Elementary as a 2009 Teach for America corps member.
In her free time, Maria-Teresa enjoys running her web design business, EG Sites, playing with her cat Hobbs, and trying different ethnic foods with her boyfriend, Daniel.
