{"id":231958,"date":"2026-04-02T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:23:09","slug":"san-antonio-girl-advances-to-quarterfinals-in-bob-ross-art-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231958\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio girl advances to quarterfinals in Bob Ross art competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOTE NOW! A San Antonio student is now a quarterfinalist and ranked in the top 1% nationwide in a major art competition.<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A San Antonio girl is continuing her run in a national art competition, now advancing to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Mia is competing in the Bob Ross America\u2019s Most Artistic Kid competition and is currently ranked second in her group, placing her in the top 1% of young artists nationwide.<\/p>\n

The competition describes Mia as a creative artist who loves bright, happy colors and dreams of becoming a fashion designer.<\/p>\n

If she wins, her artwork will be displayed in a museum, she will appear on \u201cThe Joy of Painting,\u201d and take home a $20,000 prize.<\/p>\n

Voting remains open through April 9\u00a0<\/a>at 7 p.m. PDT, with supporters able to vote once per day. Organizers say some voting periods include opportunities for votes to count double.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR MIA<\/a><\/p>\n

Mia\u2019s father, Joshua Candelaria, says he\u2019s doing everything he can to support his daughter\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just a single dad trying to help my daughter\u2019s dreams come true,\u201d he shared, encouraging the community to continue supporting her journey.<\/p>\n

Mia is also a military child, and her experiences traveling and exploring new places help inspire her colorful and imaginative artwork.<\/p>\n

Supporters can vote for Mia online as she competes to move on to the next round.<\/p>\n

RELATED: San Antonio girl competing to become ‘America\u2019s Most Artistic Kid;’ voting ends Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOTE NOW! A San Antonio student is now a quarterfinalist and ranked in the top 1% nationwide in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-231958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}