The pageant will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022, in the Ford Theater at the
Honeywell Center. A call out informational meeting will be held at Wabash City Hall, 202 S
Wabash Street on Tuesday, May 3, at 6:00 p.m.
Any Wabash County young woman ages 17 and not yet 22, by the date of the pageant
and plans to further her education is eligible to participate in the pageant. All college age girls
need to be enrolled in the college for the 2022-2023 school year.
Organizers will award over $4,000 in scholarships.
Contestants will participate in a get acquainted fun night, a fundraising project,
rehearsal and the pageant. The queen and her court will represent Wabash County at various
festivals and events.
On November 12, 2022, the newly crowned queen will compete in the Indiana State
Festival Scholarship Pageant in Greenfield, Indiana, where she will have a chance to win even
more scholarship money.
This year the pageant has a new director. Joining directors who call themselves “The
Queen Team” consisting of Kara Fulmer, Makayla Ridgeway, Patty Meagher, Teresa Ridgeway
and Bev Vanderpool is the 2020 Wabash County Festivals Queen and the Indiana State Festivals
Pageant First Runner-up, Katie Jones.
Applications for the pageant are available any of the directors, at Wabash City Hall, all
Wabash County High Schools or contact Bev Vanderpool@ vanderpob@yahoo.com.
Anyone wishing to donate toward the scholarships may do so by sending a check to
Wabash County Scholarship Pageant, 73 W Sheridan St, Wabash, In 46992. Please mark your
check “Scholarship Pageant”. The Wabash County Festivals Pageant is a 501c3. All donations
are tax deductible.
Pageant Entry Deadline is May 23.