Contestant applications available for Antioch pageants

Applications are now available at the Antioch Parks office for the 2019 Miss, Jr. Miss and Little Miss pageants. The deadline to enter the pageant will be at 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, The pageant will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at the Antioch High School Auditorium.

This year, the winner of the Miss Antioch title will receive a prize package from area businesses and scholarship money to the college of her choice. She will be awarded the scholarship money at the end of her reign.

Recently, $3,000 in scholarship money was collected to be awarded to Miss Antioch 2017 Jessica Lamberty.

Anyone interested in donating toward this year's scholarship fund or to the prize package can call Toni Galster at the parks office, at (847) 395-2160.

Miss Antioch applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 21. The Jr. Miss Pageant is for girls ages 10-15. Little Miss Antioch is offered for girls ages 6-9.

For information on the pageants, call the parks office, at (847) 395-2160. Complete rules and qualifications are available in the pageant applications which are available at the parks office at 806 Holbek Drive in Antioch and also online at www.antioch.il.gov.