The 14th annual Miss Starr’s Mill High School Scholarship Pageant will be held Jan. 8, 9 and 10, 2015, in the Willie Duke Auditorium.
29 young ladies will compete for more than $7,000 in scholarship money and the title of Miss Starr’s Mill 2015.
Starr’s Mill graduate and Miss Georgia USA 2015 Brooke Fletcher along with the reigning Miss America Outstanding Teen Olivia McMillan will make special guest appearances at the pageant.
The pageant, which is the annual fundraiser for the SMHS drama department, is now the largest high school pageant of its kind in the nation.
The pageant will be emceed by drama teacher and pageant director David Spearman and the current Miss Starr’s Mill and reigning Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen Abigail Feltner.
On the two preliminary nights, the contestants will be divided into two groups. On Thursday, Group A will compete in talent, while Group B will compete in casual and evening wear. On Friday, the groups will swap events. Preliminary winners will be named for each category each night.
Saturday afternoon, all 29 contestants will meet with the judges’ panel for a 7-minute interview.
Then, Saturday evening, the top ten semifinalists will be announced, and they will once again compete in talent, casual wear and evening gown.
After the three onstage events, the top five will be announced, and each of those finalists will answer a question live on stage. The judges will then cast their final ballots, and the new Miss Starr’s Mill will be crowned.
This year’s contestants are Allessandra Harms, Morgan Evans, Alexa Echevarria, Sydney Golden, Erica Lantz, Sydney Johnson, Hollyn Shadinger, Jenna Gay, Michaela Hillman, Catherine Dorr, Lauren Scott, Ginni Gray, Sara Kuehn, Chandler Cummings-McBride, Dominique Dawson, Kelly O’Shaughnessy, Olivia Crew, Alyssa Falla, Danielle Ajayi, Anna Hall, Mariah Blanks, Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Lauren Bachkosky, Olivia Perry, Kailee Martin, Cara Clements, Jaclyn Liberg, Lydia Powell and Paxton Hayes.
The pageant begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Tickets are $8 each for Thursday and Friday nights, $10 for Saturday night or $20 for a three-night pass. Tickets are available at the front office of the school, beginning Jan. 5, or at the door the night of the show.
For more information, call SMHS at 770-486-2710.
