Texas Cinderella Scholarship Program

Kelli Harvey
Texas State Director

Kelli Harvey has been actively involved in pageantry as a contestant, parent, judge, instructor and director for over 40 years. She has been involved with the Cinderella Scholarship Program since 1989, when her daughter Lindsey became the 1989 Texas State Cinderella Tot. Kelli became a preliminary director in 1990 and later was named the Texas State Coordinator in 1991. After a hiatus from Cinderella, Kelli once again became involved as the Houston Area Preliminary Director in 1999 after Lindsey won the Texas Cinderella Teen Title. Through the years, Kelli co-owned and directed another pageant system, was a highly sought after judge, co-founded the South Texas Pageant Expo, became a modeling instructor and founded the Model of the Year Competition, and is on the board of directors of the Miss Southeast Texas Scholarship Pageant, a preliminary to the Miss America Organization.

In June of 2000, Kelli was given the opportunity to purchase the Texas State Franchise for the Cinderella Scholarship Program and become its "first" State Director after 24 years of being owned and directed by Cinderella's International Headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In one short year, she introduced Cinderella to over 300 Texas Families and has since watched it become the most talked about pageant of its time. Kelli believes that pageants should be for the kids, which are why thousands of Texas families have become involved in the Texas Cinderella Program year after year. After many years of participation in other children's pageant systems, Kelli realized that Cinderella was different and her beliefs were the same as theirs. She liked the ideas and Cinderella's philosophies of "real kids in real clothes". Expensive "pageant" wardrobes, high fashion modeling routines, heavy makeup and false hair, was not what Cinderella, or Kelli believed in. She liked the family atmosphere Cinderella provided and the idea of this being a year-long program, not just a weekend pageant. “Our kids and their families have all become apart of the Texas Cinderella Family, and we are there for each other. You will never find a more positive experience in children’s pageantry.”

In 2004, Kelli, along with her daughter Lindsey, added another dimension to her Cinderella resume as the Oklahoma State Director. For four years, she has grown the Oklahoma Cinderella program into one of the state’s leaders in children’s pageantry, as she has in Texas. This year, Kelli decided to relinquish her Oklahoma State directorship in order to continue her focus on Texas where she plans to expose this wonderful program to more children and young adults across our great state. Under Kelli’s leadership, Texas has become the “state to beat” at the International Finals and since 2000, she has produced 15 International Overall winners in both the Baby and Cinderella divisions, which has resulted in over $75,000 in cash scholarships and prizes for her Texas girls. Kelli assures everyone, that once you try Cinderella, you will never want to leave. It’s something about the magic, Cinderella magic that is. Cinderella is about family, friendships and fun & honest competition. Come see for yourself and experience the wonderful world of Texas Cinderella!

Texas Cinderella Scholarship Program
Kelli Harvey - Texas State Director
14114 Vista Mar Circle, Houston, TX 77095
Phone: 281.858.1223; E-mail: txcindydirector@aol.com