The miss and junior miss pageant kicked off the Black Diamond Days weekend on Friday night in the Ben-Gil Elementary School. Six beautiful ladies competed for miss title and another six girls competed for the junior miss crown. Emily Harszy, 2015 Miss Black Diamond Days, and 2015 junior miss Madison Hedrick retired their reign.
MISS AWARDS:
2016 Miss Black Diamond Days: Nina Moutrie
1st Runner Up: Kaitlyn Scott
2nd Runner Up: Kennedy Whitworth
Miss Congeniality: Kaitlyn Scott
JUNIOR MISS AWARDS:
2016 Junior Miss Black Diamond Days: Megan Hatlee
1st Runner Up: Chloe Hedrick
2nd Runner Up: Callie Reynolds
Junior Miss Congeniality: Chloe Hedrick
LITTLE MISS & MISTER:
2016 Mini Miner: Brody Gray
2016 Little Miss: Alyssa Hamilton
2016 Miss Black Diamond Days Nina Moutrie (sitting, center) with 2016 Junior Miss Megan Hatlee (right) and 2015 royalty Emily Harszy and Madison Hedrick.
Teran Schlecte (left) and Nina Moutrie (right) greet each other center stage with a hip bump.
Chloe Hedrick (left) admits she would wear her older sister’s (Madison, right) clothes while answering the question, “What would you do if you had no rules for the day?”
2016 Mini Miner Brody Gray.
Joe Harszy (left) escorts his daughter and 2015 Miss Black Diamond Days, Emily Harszy, to the stage to give her farewell speech.
Kaitlyn Scott, pictured with Emily Harszy, is awarded first runner up and miss congeniality.
The prizes of the 2016 Black Diamond Days pageant rest on a table on stage during the event.
2016 Little Miss Alyssa Hamilton.
2015 Junior Miss Black Diamond Days Madison Hedrick flashes a smile to the crowd before beginning her farewell speech.
The junior miss candidates pose in their party dresses. (L-R): Megan Hatlee, Lorelai Wilson, Callie Reynolds, Ambrosia Redmon, Quincy Peterson and Chloe Hedrick.
Emily Harszy greets 2016 Miss Black Diamond Days Nina Moutrie with her new sash.
2015 Mini Miner Bryce Stoecker helps Emily Harszy open the sealed on-stage questions for the miss candidates.
The 2016 queen candidates stand center stage in their evening gowns. (L-R): Kennedy Whitworth, Teran Schlecte, Kaitlyn Scott, Maya Marcacci, Nina Moutrie and Makayla Coss.