Keepers of the Crown | Continental Worldwide Pageant

Keepers of the Crowns

Our beautiful forever queens...Click to learn more about each of our current and past titleholders.

Morgan Chavez-Van Bemden

Miss Continental Worldwide 2023
Morgan Chavez-VanBemden is no stranger to the international spotlight. As a multicultural citizen, world traveler, and part-time U.S. citizenship teacher for refugees and asylees, she recognizes the critical role she plays as a global citizen and titleholder, and it is her goal to amplify her voice in the mental health community beyond the confines of the United States.

Through the Continental Worldwide pageant system, Morgan had a realization—it's not about the crown that sits on your head, it's what you do with that crown that truly matters. Pageantry changed the trajectory of her life and led her to a career in nonprofit management and education.

Morgan has dedicated her life to helping others through her grassroots work with the South Michigan Food Bank, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Michigan United, National Alliance on Mental Illness, her nonprofit, Beyond the Battlefield, and as a full-time K-8 educator in Battle Creek, Michigan.

A graduate of Michigan State University, her passions include food justice, educational equity, and suicide prevention. As a K-8 Teacher, she would one day like to obtain her doctorate in education so she can ensure that every child, regardless of their zip code, is afforded the right to a quality education. Additionally, she looks forward to growing her nonprofit, Beyond the Battlefield.

Morgan Chavez-Van Bemden

Morgan competed as our Miss Michigan to win the title of Miss Continental Worldwide at our 2022 pageant.

Breona Calvert

Mrs. Continental Worldwide 2023
Breona is a technical sergeant in the United States Air Force with 18 years of service and assigned to Beale AFB.

Breona's platform is the Wellbeing of the Female Veteran. She advocates for female veterans and connects them to local and nationwide resources, and services upon leaving the military.

Breona Calvert

Breona competed as our Mrs. California to win the Mrs. Continental Worldwide title.

Misti Nordstrom

Ms. Continental Worldwide 2023
Misti has been an advocate for organ donation registration and an ambassador for New England Donor Services for over a decade, using her voice and crown to raise awareness for organ donation registration. With the goal of increasing donor registration rates in the United States from 58% to 75%, Misti has traveled to various states and met with leaders from businesses and government to develop policies that raise awareness and provide support to donor families and recipients.

Misti became an advocate after losing her brother and only sibling, John Gregory Michael, at the young age of 23 from a motorcycle accident. He was a registered organ and tissue donor, which inspired Misti to honor his legacy by making this mission her life’s purpose. Misti has served as an advocate by sharing her personal story, her family’s journey of acceptance and healing, and her personal discovery of what it means to be part of a donor family.

Misti resides in Massachusetts where she is a school teacher.

Misti Nordstrom

Misti competed as our Ms. Massachusetts to win the Ms. Continental Worldwide title.

Regina Curran

Mrs. Continental Worldwide 2022
Our inaugural Mrs., Regina was our 2021 overall Mrs. titleholder under our previous brand. A queen at heart, she graciously stepped up to the crown and served for a year with dignity, grace and kindness. Regina continues to raise mental health awareness. Regina is a wife and mother and works in medical sales, which is evidenced by her bubbly and infectious personality.

Regina Curran

Regina competed as our Mrs. Wisconsin to win the national title. When we rebranded she graciously became our inaugural Mrs. Continental Worldwide.

Stephanie Griffin

Ms. USA 2022
Stephanie is our original overall 2022 Ms. titleholder. She was crowned in June 2021 at our national pageant under our previous brand when the Ms. division was 18+, and prior to the addition of the Miss division and the international titles. A lot happened during her reign! When offered the inaugural title of Ms. Continental Worldwide 2022 upon rebranding, she turned down that title, kept her national title and asked to compete to win the international title because she "loves to compete." Stephanie is the only USA titleholder to grace the Keepers of the Crown page and is a pageantry legend for her commitment to the Continental Worldwide Pageant brand and to competition.

She continues to spread her message of hope and awareness for Lynch Syndrome. In 2023, she was an official nominee for The Global Beauty Awards' "Most Impactful" award for the work she did as Ms. USA raising Lynch Syndrome and cancer awareness, and taking the "taboo out of poo" by showing that colonoscopies are easy, shameless and save lives.

Stephanie is a homeschooling mom, gardener, baker and sometimes-chauffeur, and resides in Park City, Utah with her husband and three children.

Ms. USA 2022

Stephanie Griffin competed as our Ms. Utah to win our national title. She was crowned right as we rebranded, as such she was the first to hold our Ms. USA title.

The following titleholders were crowned under our previous brand, prior to Loreen sending the national pageant to Florida to be run by the East Coast directors due to health issues. We're so glad to be back in Utah and under Loreen's leadership. As you can see, a lot has changed in the last two years! We are still sifting through our archive photos to add more of our previous titleholders to our new site!