New Albany’s Miss Hospitality Pageant Feb. 23

Designed for ladies ages 18-24, the program continues the tradition of beauty and grace while celebrating intelligent and sincere qualities of the modern woman.  New Albany’s Miss Hospitality will serve a full year as their community’s spokesperson, promoting visitation and development in their hometown.

The state’s Miss Hospitality pageant will celebrate its 71^styear as a champion of the state’s tourism and economic development sectors while supporting Mississippi’s best and brightest young women through a scholarship program.

New Albany’s competition will be on Sunday, Feb. 23, starting at 2 p.m.  The format of the local pageant will be a Tea Competition. Contestants will be judged in a personal interview with the judges and present a 20-second community commercial about what is great about New Albany. This competition is opened to all young women in New Albany and Union County that are within the ages of 18-24.

The Miss Hospitality program supports talented and intelligent women through a scholarship and prize program.  Contestants are eligible for more than $100,000 in scholarships and prizes, including cash and college-granted funds.  The next Mississippi Miss Hospitality will receive a $25,000 prize package.

Interested candidates may obtain an application along with the rules and regulations for participating at the New Albany Main Street Office or by emailing a request for an application to billyejeanstroud@newalbanymainstreet.com.

Deadline for entry will be Feb. 19.