Goshen Theater hosts Miss Elkhart County Pageant

Jan. 22—GOSHEN — The Goshen Theater was the location of the 2023 Miss Elkhart County Scholarship Pageant Sunday afternoon.

After efficiency competitions and appearances from former pageant winners, Hannah Stombaugh was voted by a panel of judges as Miss Elkhart County for 2023, and Lillian Weaver as Miss Elkhart County Excellent Teen for 2023.

With about 50 to 75 folks in attendance, performances by contestants included dance, singing, gymnastics and different areas. The occasion was sponsored by the Miss Elkhart County Scholarhsip Program in addition to plenty of native companies.

Kimberly Giles, a former contestant, served as coordinator for the occasion for the primary time.

“To this point, so good,” she stated through the occasion’s intermission shortly after 4 p.m. “I keep in mind seeing my administrators and I am attempting to stay as much as what they did.”

Stombaugh will obtain a $750 scholarship, and Weaver a $400 money award.

Neighborhood volunteers assistant contestants backstage on the occasion, which additionally included a silent public sale and folks’s selection award, for which a desk was arrange within the foyer.

The Miss Elkhart County Scholarship Program is for younger ladies between the ages of 17 and 24, and the Miss Elkhart County’s Excellent Teen Program is for younger ladies between the ages of 13 and 17 (who should nonetheless be in highschool), in keeping with their web site.

To be taught extra, go to misselkhart.org.

Steve Wilson is information editor for The Goshen Information. You possibly can attain him at [email protected].