Press Release: January 14, 2010

 

MISS GASTON COUNTY ORGANIZES PARTY FOR CHILDREN

 

Miss Gaston County Shaina Anderson organized a party for 34 children at the

West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club.

 

The event was held Wednesday, December 16.  The children enjoyed snacks, games and storytelling.  Anderson led the activities and talked about the importance of reading, setting goals and staying in school.  Each child received

a bookmark, goody bag and teddy bear.

 

Anderson coordinated the event with Chad Melvin, director of the West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club.  The Wal-Mart stores in Gastonia and Belmont provided

funding to help sponsor the party.

 

A 2008 graduate of North Gaston High School, Anderson is the 19-year-old daughter of Detta Hoyle of Mount Holly.  She attends Cleveland Community

College where she is pursuing a degree in business and marketing. 

 

Anderson was crowned Miss Gaston County in August and will compete in the

Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant June 22-26 in Raleigh.  For more information, visit www.missgastoniapageant.com.

 

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PRESS RELEASE: December 24, 2009

 

PAGEANT QUEENS ENJOY CHRISTMAS PARTY; COLLECT ITEMS FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

 

Eleven of the Little Miss Gastonia and Little Miss Gaston County queens attended

a Christmas party on Sunday, December 13 at the Pizza Hut in Belmont. The Miss Gastonia Scholarship Association sponsored the event.

 

The girls enjoyed pizza, cupcakes and a surprise visit with Santa.  Attending

the party were Bitsy Miss Gaston County Ashtyn Lane, Baby Doll Miss Gastonia Alexanndria Willis, Wee Miss Gaston County Olivia Swaim, Wee Miss Gastonia

Megan Tyler, Tiny Miss Gastonia Alexandria Bowen, Young Miss Gaston County Elizabeth Simmons, Young Miss Gastonia Kaitryana Leinbach, Petite Miss Gastonia Lindsey Alsip, Junior Miss Gastonia Abigail Young, Junior Miss Gaston County

Lauren Farris, and Majestic Miss Gastonia Erica Whittaker.  Miss Gaston County Shaina Anderson and Miss Gastonia’s Outstanding Teen Hannah Baldwin were special guests.

 

As part of the pageant program’s “Beauty Queens Can” community service campaign, the girls collected more than 80 canned food items and teddy bears for needy families and children. 

 

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PRESS RELEASE: December 16, 2009

 

GIRLS WIN MISS MERRY CHRISTMAS CROWNS DURING CHERRYVILLE PAGEANT

 

Nine girls won crowns during the Miss Merry Christmas Pageant held on Thursday, December 10 at the Cherryville Community Building. 

 

The Miss Gastonia Scholarship Association sponsored the pageant, which was an official event of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” celebration presented by the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce.

 

The winners were Grace Shook, Bitsy Miss; Grace Houser, Baby Doll Miss; Zoe Hodge, Miniature Miss; Olivia Swaim, Wee Miss; Grace Jones, Little Miss; Carley Huffman, Young Miss; Anna Colvin, Petite Miss; Leanna Hager, Junior Miss; and Fallon Huffman, Majestic Miss.

 

Other contestants were Ashtyn Lane, Jazlee Bridges, Rya Hull, Elizabeth Sellers, Skylar Witherspoon, Samantha Saltiel, Savanna Mayes, Courtney Cureton, Kaitryana Leinbach, Samantha Everhart, Karigan McCurry and Carly Cureton.

 

The signature award winners were Skyler Witherspoon, Jazlee Bridges, Grace Jones, Anna Colvin and Samantha Everhart.  Zoe Hodge won the first application award.  The photogenic award winners were Jazlee Bridges, Grace Houser, Zoe Hodge, Olivia Swaim, Savanna Mayes, Kaitryana Leinbach, Fallon Huffman and Leanna Hager.

 

The pageant featured several guests, including Miss Gaston County Shaina Anderson, Miss Gastonia’s Outstanding Teen Hannah Baldwin, Teen Miss Gaston County Ashlee Keller, Tiny Miss Gastonia Alexandria Bowen, and Little Miss Christmastown Taylor Payne.

 

The next youth pageants are the Miss Valentine Queen Pageant on Saturday, February 13 and the Miss Easter on Parade Pageant on Saturday, March 20. 

The pageants will be held in Cherryville.  More information is available by calling (704) 827-7277 or visiting www.missgastoniapageant.com.

 

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