Jay Senter
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Prairie Village kid among nation’s cutest, says Parenting magazine

Prairie Village toddler Sam Komenda featured in Parenting magazine.
Komenda, on the right, on page 133 of the December/January issue of Parenting.

So Prairie Village toddler Sam Komenda might not be the most beautiful baby in the country. But being in the top sixty isn’t bad…

LIVE! with Regis and Kelly recently held a nationwide Beautiful Baby contest in conjunction with Parenting magazine, and the December/January issue features the winner, Maggie Sue Romeo of Braselton, Ga., on its cover.

Komenda and two other Kansas City-area kids were selected as three of the 54 runners up.

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About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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