GRAVETTE -- Nine separate pageants, including the Miss Gravette and Miss Teen Gravette pageants, will be held during the afternoon on Gravette Day, Saturday, August 13.
The pageants are Pretty Baby, 0-11 months; Tiny Tot, 12-23 months; Little Miss Toddler, 2-3 years; Little Miss Petite, 4-5 years; Little Miss, 6-7 years; Miss Tween, 8-10 years; Miss Preteen, 11-13 years; Miss Teen Gravette, 14-16 years; and Miss Gravette, 17-21 years.
Pageants will begin at 3 p.m. and continue through 7 p.m. on the main stage in Kindley Park.
Miss Gravette contestants must live in the Gravette School District and either be enrolled at Gravette Public Schools or be home schooled the prior semester. GHS graduates may compete as long as they are under 21. Contestants must have never been married. They are required to ride in the Gravette Day parade at noon. They will be featured at two separate competitions on the afternoon program. They will be introduced at 4 p.m. and will compete in the street-wear division of the pageant and will appear again at 6:20 p.m. for the evening-wear competition, judging and crowning. Winners will be chosen by a panel of three out-of-town judges.
Each Miss Gravette and Miss Teen Gravette contestant will receive a goody bag. The Miss Gravette winner will receive a $250 cash prize, the first runner-up a $100 cash prize, second runner-up $75 cash and third runner-up $50. Miss Teen Gravette winner will receive a $100 cash prize, with the first runner-up awarded $50 and the second runner-up $25.
DaMayla Cowan is chairman of the Miss Gravette pageant events. Anyone having questions may call her at 479-372-3156 or contact her at [email protected]. Further information about the Miss Gravette pageant is also available on a Miss Gravette Facebook page.
General News on 08/02/2016