November 23, 2022

TITLEHOLDERS CROWNED FOR 2023 DURING "MISS GASTONIA CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR"

The 2023 Miss Gastonia/Miss Gaston County/Miss Mount Holly and Outstanding Teen competition was held on November 20, 2022 at Stuart W. Cramer High School.  Six young women emerged as winners and will represent the greater Gaston region in the 2023 Miss North Carolina and Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen competition in High Point.

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July 7, 2022

ABILITY TO SING OPERA RESULTS IN TALENT AWARDS FOR MISS GASTON COUNTY

Her ability to sing opera and do it well resulted in Miss Gaston County Bailey Beam winning two talent-related awards at the 2022 Miss North Carolina competition.  Beam, a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University with a degree in voice performance and sacred music, sang the “Queen of the Night” aria from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” for the talent competition.


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February 23, 2022

GASTON PAGEANT WINNERS ARE CROWNED FOR 2022

Six young women have been crowned to represent the Gaston region in the 2022 Miss North Carolina and Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen competitions.  The Miss Gastonia/Miss Gaston County/Miss Mount Holly competition was held on January 8 at Stuart W. Cramer High School.  At the end of the program, six young women emerged from a field of 15 contestants as winners.

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 October 25, 2021

PAGEANT GETS BACK ON TRACK FOR 2022

After being derailed last year because of the pandemic, the annual Miss Gastonia/Miss Gaston County/Miss Mount Holly competition is back on track and scheduled for Saturday, January 8.  The show will culminate with the crowning of Miss Gastonia, Miss Gaston County, and Miss Mount Holly for 2022 as well as the Outstanding Teen winners for Gastonia, Gaston County, and Mount Holly.  The six young women will go on to the Miss North Carolina/Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen competition.


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July 8, 2021

MISS MOUNT HOLLY IS FIRST RUNNER-UP AT MISS N.C. PAGEANT

She got as close as a contestant can to winning without coming home wearing the crown.  Anne Marie Hagerty, 25, the current Miss Mount Holly, finished as the first runner-up in the 2021 Miss North Carolina competition.  But, not all was lost. Hagerty walked away from the pageant experience with a total of $16,000 in scholarship money.

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December 6, 2020

EVEN WITH NO MISS N.C. PAGEANT, GASTON'S REPRESENTATIVES STILL WIN SCHOLARSHIPS 

Even though this year’s Miss North Carolina pageant was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gaston’s three representatives still managed to win more than $11,000 in scholarships.  Recently, the Miss North Carolina organization awarded benefactor scholarships to the young women in the pageant’s Class of 2020.

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February 21, 2020

YOUNG WOMEN CAPTURE MISS MOUNT HOLLY CROWNS FOR 2020

Anne Marie Hagerty and Micah Eustache will reign as Miss Mount Holly and Miss Mount Holly's Outstanding Teen for 2020.  They won the annual scholarship competition that was held on Saturday, February 8 and featured nine young women vying for the Mount Holly crowns.

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November 27, 2019

MISS GASTONIA, MISS GASTON COUNTY, AND OUTSTANDING TEENS CROWNED FOR 2020


It’s not the new year quite yet, but Gastonia and Gaston County already have their beauty queens for 2020.  The winners were crowned on Saturday, November 23 during the annual Miss Gastonia/Miss Gaston County scholarship competition.  Fourteen young women competed for scholarships, prizes, and the chance to advance to Miss North Carolina.

 

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November 20, 2019

MISS GASTONIA COMPETITION INCLUDES 14 YOUNG WOMEN VYING FOR THE CROWN

 

Fourteen young women will take the stage Saturday for the annual Miss Gastonia competition.  The show begins at 6:00 p.m. at Stuart W. Cramer High School, 101 Lakewood Road, Belmont.  The public is invited.

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