Pageant raises thousands for teens in need

2 weeks ago

Presque Isle royalty recently hosted their second Miss Harvest Moon Pageant fundraiser.  

For this year’s event, the Presque Isle queens chose Northern Lighthouse’s Safe Harbor Emergency Shelter and Transitional Living Program in Mars Hill as the beneficiary. The decision was based on the queens’ mission to support their peers. 

Contestants collectively gathered approximately $13,000 in wish list items, cash and gift cards. At the conclusion of the event, 10 young ladies were crowned, with the support and direction of Teen Miss Presque Isle Sara Cassidy, Junior Miss Natalie Putnam, Miss Maggee Currie, Little Miss Rosie and Mini Miss Alaina. 

Miss Harvest Moon titles were awarded to Tiny Gabby Boulier, Sweetheart Macie Cavalli, Junior Princess Madalynn Kilcollins, Princess Jordyn Leblanc, Tween Aliyah Saucier, Junior Teen Bailey Cochran, Miss Sophia Gordon, Ms. Alayzia Johnson, Mrs. Tanya Harris, and the overall pageant winner was Mattison Davis, who was awarded the title of Miss Harvest Moon Royal. 

The overall pageant winner was decided by combining the overall highest pageant score plus the number of wish list items collected.

Also placing were first runners-up: Tiny Avery Dorsey, Junior Princess Haidyn Madore, Princess Ava Shaw and Tween True Cholewa. Second runners-up were Princess Mallery Michaud and Tween Carrigan King.

Special Awards went to the following: Junior Ambassador, Mattison Davis; Senior Ambassador, Bailey Cochran; Mommy and Me, Paisley and Juliet Fulton and their mom Jessi Lunney; Junior Talent, Madalynn Kilcollins; Senior Talent, Ellie Powers; Junior Photogenic, Macie Cavalli; Senior Photogenic, Sophia Gordon, and Shining Star, Mattison Davis.