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2025 Vidalia Onion Festival Royalty

2025 Vidalia Onion Festival Royalty
VIDALIA ONION REPRESENTATIVES – The annual Vidalia Onion Pageant was held in March to select the girls who will represent the Sweet Onion City during the Vidalia Onion Festival. These queens will be partaking in events throughout the festival and welcome patrons to speak or meet them. Front Row, L to R: Wee Miss Vidalia Onion Karter Paige Thomas, Young Miss Vidalia Onion Brynlee Thompson, Tiny Miss Vidalia Onion Ryleigh Gray Hitchcock, Little Miss Vidalia Onion Billee Claire Boatright. Back Row, L to R: Miss Vidalia Onion Pageant Director KeriLynn Nester, Junior Miss Vidalia Onion Anniston Hartley, Teeny Miss Vidalia Onion Reeselynn Hitchcock, Miss Vidalia Onion Ava Brooke Johnson, Teen Miss Vidalia Onion Amelia Jeffery, Baby Miss Vidalia Onion Makayla Fondren.
2025 Vidalia Onion Festival Royalty
VIDALIA ONION REPRESENTATIVES – The annual Vidalia Onion Pageant was held in March to select the girls who will represent the Sweet Onion City during the Vidalia Onion Festival. These queens will be partaking in events throughout the festival and welcome patrons to speak or meet them. Front Row, L to R: Wee Miss Vidalia Onion Karter Paige Thomas, Young Miss Vidalia Onion Brynlee Thompson, Tiny Miss Vidalia Onion Ryleigh Gray Hitchcock, Little Miss Vidalia Onion Billee Claire Boatright. Back Row, L to R: Miss Vidalia Onion Pageant Director KeriLynn Nester, Junior Miss Vidalia Onion Anniston Hartley, Teeny Miss Vidalia Onion Reeselynn Hitchcock, Miss Vidalia Onion Ava Brooke Johnson, Teen Miss Vidalia Onion Amelia Jeffery, Baby Miss Vidalia Onion Makayla Fondren.

Photos by Evan Riekhof

BABY MISS VIDALIA ONION DIVISION WINNERS – L to R: Jenna Kate Moore (Peoples Choice), Avery Prickett (3rd Runner Up), Ivy Lynn Saunders (1st Runner Up, Most Beautiful, Prettiest Hair), Makayla Fondren (Baby Miss Vidalia Onion, Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Dress), Ellie Jade Ellenbass (2nd Runner Up, Photogenic), Wrenlee Kate Dunford (4th Runner Up).

WEE MISS VIDALIA ONION DIVISION WINNERS – L to R: Madalyn Claxton (3rd Runner Up), Davie Dean Ellington (1st Runner Up), Karter Paige Thomas (Wee Miss Vidalia Onion, Prettiest Dress/Hair/Smile, Most Beautiful), Athen Darley (2nd Runner Up), Findley Parker Lawrence (Peoples Choice) Not Pictured: Lakeleigh Pickle, 5th Runner Up & Lorraine Ables, 4th Runner Up.

CROWNING THE NEW QUEEN – 2024 Miss Vidalia Onion Kylin Miller (back) crowns 2025 Miss Vidalia Onion Ava Brooke Johnson (front) as the pageant’s new queen.

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