The Miss Crookston Pageant Committee met Thursday and decided to move forward with hosting the pageant this summer. Committee Chair Jean Ann Bienek said Miss Crookston may end up looking different but will happen. “We met as a committee last night and decided, yes, we are going to go forward with the pageant,” said Bienek. “We have sent out donation letters at the beginning of the year and we have received donations from our wonderful community. And we really just wanted to do this for the gals and the community, so we’re excited. We’re tentatively planning it at the High School. Obviously, as things change and move forward, we may have to look at a different venue, but we have some ideas and things we could do in place of that. And of course, we’ll be following all the CDC guidelines.”
The pageant is scheduled for Friday, August 21. This summer will be the 30th Miss Crookston Pageant. Bienek said they had been planning a big celebration but just having it will be great. “This is going to be our 30th year, so we were planning a big celebration and now it’s going to be different, but it will be great and we’re excited,” said Bienek. “I have not been with it for 30 years, so this is our fourth year going into it having the pageant. It’s so much fun to get to know all the ladies in the community and what they have to offer. We always get a great group of girls.”
The Miss Crookston Pageant takes all the donations and money raised and puts it into scholarships for the ladies in the pageant said Bienek. “Our pageant is strictly all scholarships, so all the money we raise and donations we put back in scholarships for the ladies,” said Bienek. “That’s one of the reasons we wanted to still do it this year and not postpone. We just appreciate the community’s support and the donations. And while the pageant may look a little bit different this year, we’re still doing it and we’re proud to say that.”
Normally the Miss Crookston Pageant works closely with the Little Miss and Junior Miss Crookston Pageant. However, the committee for the Little Miss and Junior Miss Crookston Pageants announced Thursday their pageant would be canceled for 2020.
