The 22nd annual Miss Chadron/Miss Northwest Scholarship Pageant is this Sunday afternoon at 2:00 in the Chadron High auditorium, the first time it hasn’t been held on a Saturday night.
Co-director Marleta Hastings says the change should be more convenient for contestants, judges, and audience members alike…just one reason she’s excited about the event, which has the theme Glitz and Glam as well as having Miss Nebraska Mariah Cook as co-MC
Hastings’ co-director is Renae Noble, who says this year’s pageant…their second…has even more of a family feel for her and Hastings because their daughters are the choreographers for the dance numbers featuring the contestants.
The winners of the two titles…Miss Chadron and Miss Northwest…not only advance to the Miss Nebraska Pageant and a possible shot at becoming Miss America, they receive one-year tuition waiver scholarships to Chadron State College. Contestant Chelsea Riggs of Bridgeport says that’s the primary reason she entered.
Allison Hooper, a CSC junior, is an example of another major reason for entering the pageant…getting encouraged to do so, in her case by a former contestant. Hooper says she tried the same tactic this year to get some of her friends to enter, but got a good-natured turn down from them.
The most successful of this year’s Miss Chadron and Miss Northwest contestants is Megan Dimmitt of Alliance, who already has two titles under her belt and is a former Box Butte County Fair Queen.
Again, the Miss Chadron/Miss Northwest Pageant moves this year to Sunday afternoon at 2:00, still at the Chadron High School Auditorium. Tickets are still $5 and will be available at the door.
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