Miss Arkansas to combine with Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen

The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant announced Tuesday that for the first time in pageant history it will combine pageant weeks with its sister program, the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen Pageant. The Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen 2017 competition will be held in conjunction with the Miss Arkansas 2017 pageant.

Previously the Outstanding Teen Pageant had been held during a separate week in Russellville and Hot Springs.

“This is a great opportunity to combine our Miss Arkansas Pageant with the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen program into a beautiful celebration of our contestants and their academic and community achievements. It will be an incredible move forward for both of our programs,” said Jessie Ward Bennett, Miss Arkansas Pageant executive director. “We are excited to grow our programs in new ways at our new home in Little Rock.”

Both state pageants will be held June 11-17, 2017, in Little Rock at the newly renovated Robinson Auditorium.

The Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen program is a part of the America’s Outstanding Teen program. It is the sister program to Miss America and promotes scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America’s teens.

Thomas Collins, executive director for Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen, said, “the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen Board of Directors looks forward to a partnership with Miss Arkansas.” The 80th anniversary of the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant will be celebrated in June 2017.

Contact the pageant business manager at 3213506 or info@missarkansas.org for more information or to book an appearance by Miss Arkansas.