Seven girls will compete Friday for the title of Miss Jacksonville, with 19 others vying for Junior Miss and Little Miss crowns in the Jacksonville Mainstreet Pageant.
Winners will represent the community in parades and other events and will volunteer at Jacksonville Main Street activities.
Competition will begin at 4 p.m. on the downtown square. Participants will take part in an interview, on-stage questions and evening gown modeling in three age divisions: Little Miss for ages 5-7; Junior Miss for ages 9-12; and Miss Jacksonville for ages 15-18.
Miss Jacksonville contestants are Hannah Beckmann, Chatym Besterfeldt, Clarissa Emerick, Chloe Harney, Lydia Keefe, Maci Lovekamp and Kaidynce McGillicuddy. Mia Frye is the 2025 Miss Jacksonville.
Vying for the Junior Miss title are T’Liyah Browning, Meg Davis, Zaria Fore, Eliza Jane Gilbert, Jensyn Handy, Arabella Howell, Maddy Klendworth, London Mitchell, Mia Peterson and Anley Radliff. Addie Hudson is last year’s Junior Miss.
Contestants in the Little Miss division are Ada Jane Aring, Reign Browning, Audrey Coop, Aryia Gardner, Harper Haley, Graycen Heneisen, Maizee Jackson, Kyndall Kight and Adalynn Massey. Caroline Bruce is 2025 Little Miss.