(from left to right) Back row:  Lindy Kelso, Ella Carr, Ellery Hill, Clair Brown, Mikayla Williams.  Front row:  Paige Avery, Emily Mast, Julia Duffrin Miss Jackson County Teen USA 2015, Chloe Stowell and Jordyn DuPuis (Not pictured: Emily Downs) Courtesy photo

The Jackson County Rose Festival has announced the names of candidates selected to compete for the title of Miss Jackson County Teen USA in August.  The Teen pageant is a division of the Jackson County Rose Festival and is the little sister program to the RoseQueen Pageant.  Last year over $11,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded at the Teen Pageant.  Young ladies ages 13-17 were invited to compete.  The first ten qualified applications were selected and the candidates are:   Lindy Kelso, Ella Carr, Ellery Hill, Clair Brown, Mikayla Williams, Paige Avery, Emily Mast,  Chloe Stowell, Jordyn DuPuis and Emily Downs.

The Miss Jackson County Teen USA Pageant will be held Friday, August 12 at Western High School’s Performing Arts Center.  The RoseQueen Pageant follows on Saturday.