Presented by WXBQ & Twin City Woman’s Club

The Miss Food City Pageant is slated for Saturday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m.  Downtown Bristol’s Paramount Center for the Arts will again serve as the venue for the gala event. 

Miss Food City has become one of the most sought after titles for young ladies throughout the region. The winner of the pageant will represent Food City during various company related events, including the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 and Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.  Miss Food City 2016 will also have the unique opportunity to represent Food City during the Battle at Bristol on September 10, 2016 at Bristol Motor Speedway, at what promises to be the largest attended college football game in history between the University of Tennessee and Virginia Tech. 

Miss Food City 2016 will receive $1,000 cash, an additional $1,000 scholarship provided by sponsor Rave Hair Styling Product and a Princess for A Day package provided by Mane Street Day Spa & Salon.

Tickets are $8.00 and will be available the night of the event.  Children 5 & under are admitted FREE of charge.  A number of exciting door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, including two tickets to the 2016 Food City 500, tickets to Ripley’s Attractions, Lumberjack Feud, Wonderworks, Titanic, Dixie Stampede, Food City Gift Cards and four two night stays at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 

Reggie Neel of WXBQ 96.9 FM 24 Carrot Country will serve as Master of Ceremonies.  The pageant will be directed by the ladies of the Twin City Woman’s Club, with event proceeds benefitting their sponsored projects and charities.

About the Miss Food City Pageant
The first pageant was held in the Bristol Mall in 1992.  Former winners include Janet Barton - 1992 & 1993, Meredith Blankenship – 1994, Tracy Wilson – 1995, April Elswick – 1996, Lisa Tollett – 1997, Christin Wilson – 1998, Erica Hembree – 1999, Amanda Greene – 2000, Misty Horn – 2001, Ronna Compton – 2002, April Owens – 2003, Kimberly Coen – 2004, Megan Ashe – 2005, Mally Gent – 2006, Britney Hagy – 2007, Jennifer Whittington – 2008, Lindsey Blevins – 2009, Melissa O’Neal – 2010, Elizabeth Robinette – 2011, Ginny Cole – 2012, Alex Honeycutt – 2013, Kayla Neikirk – 2014, Kassie Perkins - 2015.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City’s parent company) operates 104 retail food outlets throughout the tri-state regions of Southeast Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.  The company just recently purchased 29 BI-LO supermarkets in Chattanooga, Tennessee and North Georgia.  They are currently in the process of converting the new locations to the Food City format.