VERO BEACH — A very special part of the 2010 Hibiscus Festival is the Continental Group’s Miss Hibiscus Pageant, which will be held Friday evening, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Heritage Center in downtown Vero Beach. The 2010 Miss Hibiscus Queen will preside over the Hibiscus Festival activities on Saturday, April 17 and will represent historic downtown Vero Beach throughout the year.
Single girls, who are Indian River County residents and between the ages of 16 and 21 years old, were invited to compete for the coveted title of 2010 Miss Hibiscus. At deadline on March 26, the largest group of candidates in the history of the event, twenty-three girls, representing every school in the county had applied.
The winner of the Continental Group’s Miss Hibiscus Pageant will win a grand prize of $1,000 cash and an array of gift certificates from local businesses. Second place winner will earn $500 cash plus prizes and third place will win $300 cash plus prizes. Again this year will be a “Miss Congeniality” and “Miss Photogenic” prize categories.
This year’s contestants include: Ganga Braun, age 17, Indian River Charter High School; Lindsey Fleisher, age 17, Indian River Charter High School; Savannah Gross, age 16, Indian River Charter High School; Nora Kane, age 17, Vero Beach High School; Kayla Muzio, age 16, Vero Beach High School; Jennifer Penny, age 18, Indian River Charter High School Casey Seese, age 17, Sebastian River High School; Melissa Simons, age 20, Tallahassee Community College and Indian River State College; Alex Taylor, age 18, Vero Beach High School and Indian River State College, Brittany Miller, age 20, Indian River State College, Danielle Thomas, age 17, Indian River Charter High School, Ebony Gunn, age17, St. Edward’s, Liz Diaz, age 21, Indian River State College, Julie Manganelli, age 18, Indian River Charter School, Beth Olsen, age 16, Indian River Charter High School; Kelsey Grabach, age17, Vero Beach High School; Alex Bradshaw, age 17, Vero Beach High School and Indian River State College; Ann Hanks, age 18, Vero Beach High School; Lisa Lindenfeld, age 16, Vero Beach High School; Kaleigh Nesbit, age 16, Vero Beach High School; Lindsay Tedesco, age 16, IRCHS, Adrianne Poteat, age 17, Vero Beach High School and Kelsey Laverack, age 19, Indian River State College..
Come and join the fun to root for your favorite contestant. A minimal donation of $1.00 from all attending would be appreciated.
