There will be a send-off ceremony for Michelle Page of Downey, Calif., and Bonny Boultinghouse of Great Bend from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Jack Kilby Square in downtown Great Bend. The two will be on their way to represent the area in the Miss Kansas Pageant June 7 at Pratt Community College.
The actual send-off will take place at around 3 p.m., said Great Bend Community Coordinator Christina Hayes. The event is taking place in conjunction with Mid-America Mopar’s Shine & Show.
Page, a student at Kansas State University, was crowned Miss Golden Belt and Boultinghouse, also a student at KSU, was crowned Miss Barton County during the second-annual Miss Barton County and Miss Golden Belt Scholarship Pageant Saturday, Jan. 11, at Great Bend High School. The winners earned $1,000 scholarships and qualification for the 2014 state competition.
The crowning of Miss Kansas takes place on Saturday, June 7. But, that finals cap an entire week of activities in Pratt that starts Sunday, June 1.
The winner of the Miss Kansas contest goes on to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant Sept. 14 in Atlantic City, N.J.
For information on the Miss Kansas competition visit the website www.misskansas.org. For the Miss America organization information, visit www.missamerica.org.