# @Miss Austin Peay Volunteer 2024, Kara Short on Facebook

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/965090826440677/posts/453787624237669
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65400344-Miss-Austin-Peay-Volunteer-2024-Kara-Short-facebook
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b61b4d5f48.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-07-18T13:39:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kara Short | Sports Photographer 📸✨ (@shotsbykshort) — https://gondola.cc/shotsbykshort

## Caption

Day five of the Miss Tennessee Volunteer social media challenge is throwback Thursday and for this one I’m throwing it wayyyyyyy back!
•
I did competition karate for over ten year so I have never been shy to compete or be on a stage! This is a picture from one of my very first karate tournaments. Little did I know at that time that I’d end up being a nationally ranked martial artist competing in tournaments across the country, training with the best athletes in the world, and then one day end up competing in pageants. 
•
Any opportunity I get to talk about the impact karate had on my life, I promise I will talk your ear off about it. The coaches I had from a very young age up until I retired from the sport instilled disciple, respect, and confidence in me that has changed the trajectory of my life for the better. I learned the value of true, hard work and the rewards that come from it. My coaches often referred to me as “work horse” because I always showed up ready to work, no matter what anyone else was doing. 
•
Last night in my final mock interview, I was asked “what is one phrase or quote that best describes your life?” The answer to that question was a phrase my coach drilled into myself and his other students time and time again, “train hard, win easy.” Karate is such a technical sport so that phrase is 100% accurate. You could easily tell the people who would train four plus hours a day, like I did. However, with pageants, it’s a little bit different. You can train more than anyone else, but it doesn’t always mean you’re going to win the pageant. However, as long as you do better than you did the last time you were out on the stage and know that you left it all out on the floor, that’s a win that no one can take from you.

#visitjacksontn #jacksontn #volunteer #serve #volunteerspirit #misstennesseevolunteer #missvolunteeramerica #misstennesseevolunteerpageant #missvolunteeramericapageant

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 4
- **Shares:** 1
- **Comments:** 0

## Tags

missvolunteeramerica, missvolunteeramericapageant, misstennesseevolunteerpageant, visitjacksontn, serve, volunteerspirit, volunteer, jacksontn, misstennesseevolunteer

---
Copyright (c) Gondola