Announcement:

Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville has voted to NOT hold the Junior Miss Warren County and Junior Auxiliary Princess Pageants in 2011.

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The past 15 years of pageants have been wonderful and we've had the opportunity to meet many amazing young women through this fundraiser, so the decision to suspend the pageants was not made lightly.

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The more than 11 service projects JA performs during the year are supported by two other fundraisers: The Crown Jewels Art Gala and Christmas Luminaries. We plan to use this opportunity to turn our focus on the two existing fundraisers to raise much needed money for our service in 2011 and into 2012.

Title holders for the 2010 pageants include (above left to right) Junior Miss Katie Haggard and Junior Auxiliary Princess Alyssa Ledbetter, and Junior Auxiliary Little Sister Blair Fisher. The three girls will continue to hold those titles until the pageants are picked up again. We couldn’t have three better girls to leave with these titles for an extended time. They have been wonderful representatives of JA during the past year and will continue to support the club’s efforts in the community as long as they continue to hold their titles.

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Stay tuned to the JA Facebook and blog for information about the future of the pageants. Feel free to email jamcminnville@yahoo.com for more information.

Pageant Applications are available!

Applications are available for two Junior Auxiliary pageants to be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010. They can be picked up at Ashley's Attic, Kathy's of McMinnville, Memories Bridal Boutique , Merle Norman Facial Spa and Tan 4 U.

We will soon have a downloadable version of the application available right here on the blog and, of course, you can call 931-607-6599 or email jamcminnville@yahoo.com to get one.

The pageants are open to girls in Warren County, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren and White Counties. Contact pageant chair Ashley Wright at the above number or email for more information.

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Junior Miss is open to girls who will be 14, 15 or 16 years old on May 22, 2010.

Junior Auxiliary Princess is open to girls who will be 11, 12 or 13 years old on May 22, 2010.

2009 Junior Miss - Caroline Carter

2009 Junior Auxiliary Princess - Leslie Moulton

All proceeds from these pageants go to support Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville's service projects.

Congratulations!

We are very excited that our very own Junior Miss Warren County, Laura Caroline Carter, competed in and won the 2009 Fairest of the Fair Pageant at the Warren County Agriculture and Livestock Fair!

She did a wonderful job in the pageant. She was graceful, beautiful and she totally kicked butt on her top five question! Congratulations Caroline (and thanks for letting me borrow some of these photos)!

Here Caroline is after being crowned by Victoria Woods, 2008 Warren County Fairest of the Fair and 2009 State Fairest of the Fair!

Here is Caroline posing with the Fairest of the Fair Emcee, Miss Emily Hobbs (who just so happens to be a past Junior Miss Warren County).

Here she is with her court - left to right; Megan Boren 1st runner up, Caroline, Victoria, Caitlin McClain 2nd runner up and KayAnn Moore 3rd runner up.

Caitlin just happens to be a former Junior Miss Warren County too. She did an awesome job as well and we love that we had not one, but two Junior Misses represented in the Fairest of the Fair court.

All of the girls did wonderful in the pageant but we're especially proud of all of "our" girls that participated! Congratulations ladies!

Junior Miss Warren County and Junior Auxiliary Princess Pageant

Junior Miss Warren County
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J.A. Princess Pageant

Saturday, May 16
6:00 p.m. at Covenant Academy

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The pageant is open to girls ages 14-16 for Junior Miss Warren County and girls ages 11-13 for J.A. Princess. Contestants must reside in Warren County or surrounding counties; DeKalb, Cannon, Van Buren, Grundy, Sequatchie, Coffee, and White. Applicants must be enrolled in school full time and must never have been married or have had a child.
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Applications may be obtained at Kathy’s Bridal, Dream Maker Bridal, Memories, the Middle School, W.C. High School, and Boyd Christian.
Electronic copies can be obtained by emailing pageant chair Holly Magness.
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Application Deadline: May 2nd
Mailed applications must be postmarked by May 2nd, 2009
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For additional information concerning the pageant, contact
Holly Magness at home 668-3605 or cell 247-2842
Or feel free to email holly.1979@hotmail.com
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Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All proceeds from these pageants support various JA service projects including;
Coats for the Community, Christmas in the Park, Healthy Children, Healthy Futures, Smile, and Hoppin’ into Health Easter Egg Hunt.

Junior Miss Pageant Program

Advertise in the Junior Miss Pageant program!

For parents, friends, family, etc.: Give a shout out to your contestant in our pageant program. This is a great way to send a special message like “Good Luck” or “I love you” to your favorite contestant.

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For businesses and other organizations: Give a shout out to your favorite contestant or say “good luck” to all of the girls. Advertising in the pageant program is an affordable way to gain exposure for your business or group. Hundreds will see your ad!

example:

(All program ads will be black and white.)

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** 1/4 page in program - $25 ** Half page in program - $50 **

** Full page in program – $100 (includes 2 free tickets to the pageant) **

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Please Make Checks Payable to Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville

All donations to Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville are tax-deductible...
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Contact Holly Magness at holly.1979@hotmail.com or (931)668-3605 or (931)247-2842 for more information or to secure your ad space.

Space is very limited, so act fast!

Happy 200th Warren County!

All four of our princesses were in the Bicentennial Parade on Saturday.

Junior Miss Warren County Caitlin McClain, J.A. Little Sister Merissa Chapman, Miss Snow Princess Madison Taylor, and Little Miss Snow Princess Elena Holder all rode in a couple of really cool convertibles - they threw candy to the kids, waved to the crowds and charmed everyone.

President Natalie Miller and Vice President Brooke Totherow also rode along in the passenger seats of the cars making it a complete J.A. event!

Thanks to Jodi McAbee and Jeff Vance for lending us their vehicles to use in the parade.
A BIG thank you goes out also to Seth Wright with the Southern Standard for making the lovely signs for the sides of the convertibles! They really made us 'pop'!

The parade was a lot of fun...here are some pictures from the day:

I loved the sheep and the Australian shepherd! They were popular with the whole crowd!

After the parade we found a Junior Miss fan in the crowd...none other than our very own Jackie Matheney!

J.A. visits Fairview Community

I was recently asked to represent Junior Auxiliary as a judge for Fairview Community's Summer/4th of July Celebration and was asked to suggest a couple of other ladies to help me out. Our Junior Miss Warren County, Caitlin McClain, volunteered to come and so did our Parliamentarian Chair M.A. Higgs. Member Leanne Grissom is a member of Fairview's C.I.C. and she was there to help out with the pageant as well...she was actually one of the pageant's organizers and she did such a great job!

The weather was great...kind of warm, but the pageants were held inside of the community center's air conditioned auditorium...what more could we have asked? All of the kids were ADORABLE and emcee Randy England was really really funny!

Thanks so much to Fairview C.I.C. for inviting us to help out, we really had a good time!