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Sparrow, Keith advance to Miss Pennsylvania pageant Nick Malawskey Sentinel reporter LEWISTOWN — After a night of singing and dancing, a new Miss Central Pennsylvania and a Miss Greater Juniata Valley were crowned Saturday night at the Lewistown Area High School. Thirteen women competed for the two titles, but at the end of the night it was Brittny Lynne Sparrow and Mallory Keith who earned the crowns. The night began amid the firing of flash bulbs as the the 13 contestants strolled across the stage introducing themselves and modeling their evening wear. The talent competition was split into two halves around the casual-wear competition and the on-stage question. The young women performed a variety of talents including singing, dancing and piano playing. The pageant was co-hosted by MERF radio personality Rocco Pallotto and reigning Miss Pennsylvania Nicole Brewer, who introduced each portion of the competition. The 13 competitors were judged in six separate events: interview; lifestyle and fitness in swimsuit; talent; evening wear; casual wear; and an on-stage question. The interview was not conducted during the pageant, but held earlier at the high school. Sparrow and Keith were crowned by the 2005 Miss Central Pennsylvania Shannon Doyle and Miss Greater Juniata Valley, Mary Kay Jacono, who gave heartfelt goodbye speeches thanking everyone who helped them before surrendering their crowns. The two competed in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant in July, and while neither was crowned Miss Pennsylvania, the two did very well. Both placed in the top 10 with Jacono named third runner-up in the overall competition and also named one of two winners chosen in the preliminary swimsuit competition. Sparrow and Keith will compete in the Miss Central Pennsylvania Pageant in June and July in Nazareth for the chance to then compete in the national Miss U.S.A. pageant. There were three runner-ups in the pageant, third runner-up Melanie Hilderbrant, second runner-up Lauren Zumpino and first runner-up Megan Robinson. In addition to winning the position of Miss Greater Juniata Valley, Keith also won the talent competition with her vocal number “Hold On” and the newcomer award, which is given to a woman who is participating for the first time a Miss American preliminary. Other individual winners were: in the evening-wear competition Melanie Hilderbrant; interview, Megan Robinson; Shannon Lloyd Dance award, Megan Robinson; piano award, Allyn Michelle Susko; swimsuit, Lauren Zumpino; non-finalist interview, Rachel Henry and non-finalist talent award, Rachel Henry. Each of the individual winners received cash scholarships ranging from $50 to $150. Miss Central Pennsylvania and Miss Juniata Valley each won $1,000 scholarships and other prizes. |
| Section: Features Date Posted: 11/21/2005 |
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As appearing in Monday - November 21, 2005 edition of The Sentinel |
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