Seeing her sisters as part of the Ripon Christian prom court was enough to pique Lauren Van Till’s interest. What, she wondered, would it be like to be one of the handful of young women in the annual Almond Blossom Queen pageant?She already knew the past two Miss Almond Blossom winners – Joie Darretta and Ashley Bloemhof – from school. She looked up to both of them for their poise and their confidence and the way that they made the one person they were talking to feel like they were the only person in the room.