The Miss Juneteenth Pageant comes with the usual trappings of sashes and crowns, bouquets, and evening gown and talent competitions — but it emphasizes individuality and empowerment for young ...

“Miss Juneteenth,” proclaimed her yellow sash. Since 2008, Houstonians ages 3 to 25 have competed in the Mildred Johnson Juneteenth Pageant. In addition to the Mr. and Miss ...

Miss Juneteenth ICT will be crowned during the fifth annual scholarship pageant to be held on Sun. June 8 at Wichita State ...

A new pageant made history Saturday in Minnesota. The first Miss Juneteenth Minnesota State Pageant took place at Hamline University in St. Paul. It was founded by Angel Jones, whose daughter ...

Juneteenth is celebrated nationwide with parades, barbecues, competitions for "Miss Juneteenth," rodeos, races and block parties, according to Juneteenth.com, a resource website. A reading of the ...

A line of five Mr and Miss Juneteenth winners is driving down King Drive in Corvettes, queuing up for the parade. Each young person is waving to the crowd, wearing a crown and sash, as their ...

Milwaukee's annual Juneteenth celebration included the crowning of Miss and Mr. Juneteenth, as well as Little Miss and Little Mr. Juneteenth. The pageant winners shared their thoughts on the ...

“I never in a million years thought I would be Miss Juneteenth,” said Simon, a seventh-grader at White Pine Middle School who will celebrate her 13th birthday next month. “Never doubt ...

Five queens were crowned for the first-ever Miss Juneteenth Minnesota State Pageant on Saturday in St. Paul. Contestants, pageant officials and more than 300 family and community members ...

The Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Gala has been a Galveston staple since 1992. Donned in gowns and armed with a choreographed dance routine, teens in Galveston, Texas prepare each year to compete ...

SALE FRIDAY. THE NORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IS CELEBRATING THE WINNERS OF MILWAUKEE’S 31ST ANNUAL JUNETEENTH SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT. THEY RECOGNIZED MISS JUNETEENTH, ALONG WITH SOME MEMBERS OF ...

When Blessyn Elliott was offered the chance to apply for the Miss Juneteenth of Cayuga County pageant, she turned it down. Blessyn, 17, initially decided to not take part in the pageant.