Valentine Sweetheart Pageant coming soon

WINFIELD — Winfield Park and Recreation is proud to present the 19th annual Mr. and Miss Northwest Alabama Valentine Sweetheart Pageant on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Winfield Elementary School auditorium.
The deadline to register is Jan. 31, 2025, at 5 p.m. There is an entry fee of $50 for beauty and all side events.
Attire will be mother’s choice of Sunday dress, semi-formal or formal. Queens and kings in each group will receive a large crown and banner for females and a banner and medallion for males.
Side awards will include most beautiful/handsome, best fashion, prettiest hair, smile, eyes and most photogenic. Winners of these events will receive a banner.
Photogenic entry includes one unframed photo no larger than 8x10. You may enter additional pictures for $10 each or 3 for $25.
Pictures must be turned in on or before the Jan. 31, 2025, deadline.
The overall winner will be the contestant with the highest total beauty score. The winner will receive a very large crown, banner and with 40 or more entries, a very nice gift. Overall side event winners will receive a banner.
Everyone is a winner! All female contestants not placing will be named future queens and receive a nice crown. All male contestants not placing will receive a nice medallion. No child will leave empty-handed.
All pictures for the photogenic competition must be turned in prior to the pageant deadline—not the day of the pageant. Please bring your pictures when you bring your entry form to the community center.
Absolutely no entries will be accepted after the deadline. The strict deadline is to ensure that all prizes can be ordered with sufficient time.
Registration will be from 1-1:45 on Feb. 9, with the pageant beginning at 2 p.m. Doors will not open until 1. Crowning will be immediately after the pageant.
Unsportsmanlike conduct of any sort will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification without refund and further disqualification from future pageants.
The Winfield Park and Recreation Board reserves the right to combine divisions, and to cancel the pageant due to lack of participation.
For information, call the park office at 205-487-6710, or sign into winfieldparkandrec.recdesk.com to enter. WPRD nor the Winfield City Schools System are responsible for stolen or lost articles or accidents.
Admission at the door will be $5, but children ages 5 and under are free.