Miss Ludington Area Scholarship Pageant accepting applications. 

Maddie Shamel, current Miss Ludington Area

Miss Ludington Area Scholarship Pageant accepting applications. 

LUDINGTON — The Miss Ludington Area Scholarship Pageant board of directors is accepting applications to compete for the title of Miss Ludington Area 2021, which will take place on Monday, August 16 at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts at 6:30pm. Women ages 17 – 25, or a senior in high school, from Manistee, Mason or Oceana counties are eligible to compete. 

Contestants will take the stage to compete in talent, evening wear, on-stage interview and pitch their social impact initiative for a chance to win the title of Miss Ludington Area 2021 as well as earn scholarship money and awards. 

“The Miss America Organization has a long standing tradition of being the largest scholarship provider to young women in the world,” said Shelby Soberalski, executive director. “The Miss America 2.0 format exemplifies empowering young women to be the very best they can be through leadership, talent, communication skills and intelligence. This extends to no more swimsuit competition and more opportunities for voices to be heard. Each young woman chooses a Social Impact Initiative that they care about to highlight to a broader audience and I couldn’t be more excited to see the organization move into this direction.”

The Miss Ludington Area Scholarship Pageant is an official Miss Michigan and Miss America preliminary. Miss Ludington Area represents Mason, Manistee and Oceana counties. 

Women wishing to compete can email missludington@gmail.com , visit https://www.missludingtonarea.org/ and follow their Facebook page, Miss Ludington Area Scholarship Program for more information.