The winners of the Pembroke Pines 2026 Royal Court Pageant were recently announced.
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Dearest gentle reader: Wondering who’s been dubbed Pembroke Pines royalty this year?
City officials announced the winners of the 2026 Royal Court Pageant at the City Hall coronation ceremony on Thursday, April 23.
The annual pageant drew in girls ages 3 to 16 for one of two contests: Little Miss Sweetheart (ages 3 to 5) and Miss Pembroke Pines, split into three categories of ages 6-8, 9-12 and 13-16.
All had to be Pembroke Pines residents to qualify, were judged on their “poise and personality,” and donned their “Sunday best,” according to the city’s website.
Only contestants in the Miss Pembroke Pines pageant were required to answer one onstage question.
Here are the queens and princesses who made the 2026 Royal Court:
Little Miss Sweetheart (ages 3-5)
Luna Bahamonde – Little Miss Sweetheart QueenSybelle Kaufman – Little Miss Sweetheart Princess
Young Junior Miss Pembroke Pines (ages 6-8)
Giulahnna DiCarlo – Young Junior Miss Pembroke Pines QueenMahima Rayaprolu – Young Junior Miss Pembroke Pines Princess
Junior Miss Pembroke Pines (ages 9-12)
Janiah Etienne – Junior Miss Pembroke Pines QueenMicaela Rivas – Junior Miss Pembroke Pines Princess
Miss Pembroke Pines (ages 13-16)
Angelina Lemus – Miss Pembroke Pines QueenMaria Fernandez – Miss Pembroke Pines PrincessBriana Brewster – Miss Pembroke Pines Ambassador
Keeping with tradition, this year’s queens and princesses made their first public appearances on Pines Day — April 25 — at the city’s 66th birthday celebration.
Missed their debut? Pembroke Pines’ Royal Court is slated for showings at “several city-wide special events through the year,” according to the southwest Broward city.
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Isabel Rivera covers the city of Pembroke Pines for the Pembroke Pines News, a sister publication of the Miami Herald. She graduated from Florida International University (go Panthers!), speaks Spanish and was born and raised in Miami-Dade. Her last meal on death row would include a cortadito.