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5/25/2009
Miss Sun Fun, Miss Sun Fun Teen Tradition Continues at Sun Fun Festival
Thirty-seven contestants will be competing for the titles of 2010 Miss Sun Fun® and 2010 Miss Sun Fun Teen® in conjunction with the 58th annual Sun Fun Festival. The pageant will be held 6:30 p.m. June 6 at the Myrtle Beach High School auditorium. Doors open 6 p.m. The public can purchase tickets at the door for $15 (cash only). This year’s theme is “Jewels of the Sea.” All contestants will be judged in three equally weighted categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview. Important qualities include poise, personality, beauty of face and figure and the ability to speak articulately about the Grand Strand area. Pageant winners will compete, expenses paid, in the Miss South Carolina USA and Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageants. Miss Sun Fun and Miss Sun Fun Teen also will represent the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, its member businesses and the Grand Strand throughout their reigns, participating in festivals, promotional trips and local events. “The Miss Sun Fun pageant offers an exciting and unique opportunity for two young women from South Carolina. The Sun Fun Festival and the Miss Sun Fun pageants are long-running traditions that provide an incredible year for the winners,” said Paula Miles, Miss South Carolina USA/Teen USA director and producer of the Miss Sun Fun pageants. Hosting the pageants will be Miss SC USA 2009 Stephanie Smith (emcee) and reigning queens Miss Sun Fun 2009 Leah Hickman and Miss Sun Fun Teen 2009 Courtney Sellers. Miss SC Teen USA 2009 Mary Helen Caver will attend as visiting queen. The Sun Fun Festival began modestly in June 1951, when a handful of regional beauty queens, riding in Nash Ramblers, arrived in Myrtle Beach to add some luster to the 14 events that comprised the inaugural festival. Fifty-eight years later, the festival has earned the distinction of being one of the largest annual festivals in the Carolinas. For more information about the pageants, visit SunFunFestival.com or call Paula Miles, RPM Productions Inc., at (803) 648-6220. For more information about the Sun Fun Festival, visit SunFunFestival.com or call (843) 626-7444/(800) 356-3016. The Grand Strand’s Celebration of Summer begins with the Sun Fun Festival June 5-6 and ends with the Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival Sept. 4-5. The free, family-friendly festivities offer a great lineup of live entertainment, national acts, events and much more in Myrtle Beach, S.C., America’s top beach and family destination.