Hope Foster is a Southern Utah mother, wife, construction and design professional, and the founder of Reclaiming You, an impact initiative that helps women find their voices again after seasons that shook their confidence. She was recognized among the Top 20 Women of Impact in the October 2026 edition of She Means Business Magazine.
Through her own experiences with hard seasons, rebuilding her identity, and living with alopecia, Hope knows how much courage it takes to speak up when you’re still learning to trust yourself again. As a former NAM Utah Elite Queen and national Elite Runway winner, she uses her platform to speak openly about that part of the journey and support nonprofits serving women in her community.
At the heart of her work is a belief that one honest story can change what another woman sees as possible for herself. When a woman hears someone put words to what she’s been carrying in silence, she can begin to imagine a future beyond that season. That’s the impact Hope works for: one woman finding the courage to use her voice, go after the dream she set aside, and shatter the glass ceiling she once thought was out of reach.
Some seasons leave you questioning things you used to know about yourself. You second-guess your own voice. You shrink your dreams to fit what you think you can handle. And sometimes, the first step in getting back up is simply hearing yourself say, “I still want more for my life.”
That’s why I created Reclaiming You. I want women to know that what they’ve lived through is part of their story, and they still get to decide what comes next. Every time you speak up for yourself, trust your own judgment, or go after something you’d given up on, you reclaim a little more of your power.
And when you’re ready to share your story, it can become a personal testimony. Maybe it reaches one woman who’s been carrying her pain quietly. Maybe hearing you say, “I know what it feels like to start over,” gives her the courage to take her first step. One woman is enough.
The season that shook your confidence doesn’t get to decide how high you can go. You can get back up, find your voice, and shatter the glass ceiling you once thought was out of reach. And when another woman sees you do it, she might finally ask herself, “What if I can, too?”
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Still She Rose is a wellness program for leaders, women and teens in the pageant industry. Funded by the B4ACUSA Foundation, wellness program initiatives are open to all pageant community members.
The ROSE is symbolic of the spirit that grows within each of us when proper care and attention is applied.
Together, we can encourage wellness through self care, positive body image, renewed self esteem and affirmation of one's identity beyond pageantry. We aim to engage in a conversation of support, honesty, reflection and awareness, in order to promote wellness as the foundation of the pageant industry.
Because each of us can say, She Struggled; and Still She Rose.
