Nineteen area high school seniors will compete in the 70th annual Miss Cinderella pageant during Homecoming weekend at Northwestern this year. Shown are (back row, left to right) Brooke Whittet, Liz Marlatt, Skyler Range, Ryan Oliver, Nora Scarbrough, Kyanne Randolph, Presley Pruett, Lexie Robinson, Presley Brown; (front row, left to right) Jazzmin Binning, Emma Curry, Riley Hensley, Kaydence Bergdall, Zoe Walker, Ellery Woods, Jaxy Cloud, Celia Gibson and Jessica Sarabia. Not pictured is Jessica Goucher.

By Northwestern Staff Reports

Nineteen area high school women will compete during the 70th annual Miss Cinderella pageant at Northwestern on Thursday and Friday nights.


Each contestant who participates in the Miss Cinderella Pageant will receive a $2,000 tuition scholarship to be used their freshman year at Northwestern-Alva.

Nineteen area high school seniors will compete in the 70th annual Miss Cinderella pageant during Homecoming weekend at Northwestern this year. Shown are (back row, left to right) Brooke Whittet, Liz Marlatt, Skyler Range, Ryan Oliver, Nora Scarbrough, Kyanne Randolph, Presley Pruett, Lexie Robinson, Presley Brown; (front row, left to right) Jazzmin Binning, Emma Curry, Riley Hensley, Kaydence Bergdall, Zoe Walker, Ellery Woods, Jaxy Cloud, Celia Gibson and Jessica Sarabia. Not pictured is Jessica Goucher.


The winner of Miss Cinderella will receive eight semesters of tuition and a one-year room waiver scholarship at Northwestern-Alva.


The first and second runners-up will receive six and four semesters of tuition, respectively.


Third and fourth runners-up will receive a one-year room waiver in addition to the tuition scholarship each contestant receives.


All Miss Cinderella contestants also are a part of the annual homecoming parade that takes place Saturday at 10 a.m. downtown.


Admission to either the Miss Cinderella Talent Show on Nov. 3 or the Miss Cinderella Pageant on Nov. 4 is $10 each night for adults, $5 for students with a student ID or $10 total with the purchase of a Homecoming button. Buttons will be available at the door on Talent Show night. Both events will be held in Herod Hall Auditorium.


To purchase buttons, contact Karen Koehn, sales chair, at 580-327-7273 or kkoehn@nwtech.edu.


Anyone who wants to purchase buttons and is not contacted by one of the salespersons can buy them at the Northwestern Foundation office in the Student Center, 580-327-8593; or the Northwestern business office in Herod Hall, 580-327-8536.


Buttons also will be available at the Alva Chamber of Commerce, 580-327-1647; Alva Vision Clinic, 580-327-2393; Holder Drug, 580-327-3332; La DEE Da’s, 580-327-0382; Shepherd Oil Convenience Store, 580-327-8055; Sights and Sounds/Radio Shack, 580-327-0409; and Rialto Cinema, 580-327-0535.