In absence of a Miss Wisconsin preliminary pageant in the area, the annual Miss Fox River Valley and Miss Heart of the Valley pageants are seeking entrants from the East Troy area for the 2013 pageant.
The double pageant event will be held on Saturday, April 6 at the Thompson Community Center in Appleton.
The two combined pageants are “open” at-large competitions for any qualified woman from anywhere in Wisconsin, ages 18 to 24, who lives, works full-time or attends school in Wisconsin. College students in Wisconsin are also eligible to compete.
Contestants will be judged on the basis of a personal interview, platform issue, swimsuit, a 90-second talent routine, and evening gown. The deadline is March 25 and there are no entry fees to compete.
The winners of both pageant titles will advance to the 2013 Miss Wisconsin pageant, June 22, in Oshkosh. The winner there will win additional scholarships and represent the state in the 2013 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. this September.
Interested entrants from the East Troy area are asked to contact pageant director Joel Andelman by calling him at (715) 258-2762 or by email at jmandelman@charter.net.
The reigning Miss Fox River Valley, Mary Martha O’Connell, of Bristol, and current Miss Heart of the Valley, Desiree Sue Geffers, of Oshkosh, will crown each of their successors at the conclusion of the fist ever combined pageant program next month.
The reigning Miss Wisconsin is Kathryn Bess Gorman, 23, of Onalaska who won her state title on her second attempt last June in Oshkosh.
