PRINCESS OF TIDE WOULD BE A GOOD TITLE FOR 9-YEAR-OLD.Byline: Carol Bidwell Staff Writer It's a kid's dream: Get as dirty as you like - and have your parents cheering you on to get even dirtier. That's the challenge for 9-year-old Megan LaRose, who'll compete with 11 other kids from around the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. on Saturday in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to be named Tide's Dirtiest Kid in America. ``I'm usually not allowed to get dirty, so I'm really excited to come to New York, because I'm supposed to get dirty - and my mom can't get upset,'' said Megan, a third-grader at Visitation School in Westchester, as she prepared to leave for the competition. A photo of Megan, barefoot and dressed in mud-smeared overalls in the garden of her Westchester home, has already won her the title of Tide's Dirtiest Kid in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . That comes with an all-expenses-paid trip for Megan and her mom, Nancy, for three days and two nights in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to compete in the final event (dad Larry, a recreational therapist at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, and identical twin Tessa are coming, too). The family also gets a dinner/theater package for two and $100 spending money while in New York, plus a new Maytag Atlantis washer and dryer and a year's supply of - what else? - Tide detergent. The winner of the top prize will also get a three-day, two-night, all-expenses-paid trip for four to Orlando, Fla.; tickets to Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World ; a behind-the-scenes tour of the Radio Disney This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since August 2007. studio; and $500 spending money. Megan can already taste victory, which the dirtiest kid will earn by running through a Wild West-themed obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. in Grand Central Station loaded with stain-causing goop, from ketchup and chocolate pudding to mud and whipped cream. The grimy grim·y adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty. grim  i·ly adv. group will be rated on ``stain coverage, stain composition and artistic merit'' by a panel of celebrity judges that includes NBC NBCin full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. sportscaster Len Berman, ABC-TV's ``The View'' host Meredith Viera, Olympic swimming gold medalist and Nickelodeon ``Figure It Out'' host Summer Sanders, and ``Maytag repairman'' Gordon Jump. ``They give you a jumpsuit, so you don't have to worry about getting your own clothes dirty,'' Megan said excitedly. ``They're going to have a river of Jell-O that you have to run through, and I hear they have a mountain made of chocolate syrup and whipped cream. I'm going to run up it and do somersaults all the way down.'' The photo that made Megan a finalist in the Dirtiest Kid competition was taken while Megan and Tessa were helping their father dig a trench to install wiring for a fountain. ``Tessa was just as dirty as Megan, but when we took the pictures, she was in the background,'' said Nancy LaRose, assistant office manager for a law firm. ``We had the best picture of Megan.'' Tessa's not feeling left out, though, Megan said. ``She's just as excited as I am because she gets to come along,'' Megan said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Megan LaRose, 9, is Tide's Dirtiest Kid in Los Angeles, and she's aiming for the national title Saturday at New York's Grand Central Station. |
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