Each year, the annual Miss Food City Pageant showcases young women from across the region. Presented by WXBQ 96.9 FM - 24 Carrot Country and the Twin City Woman’s Club, this year’s pageant will take place on Saturday, March 8th at 7 p.m. at The McGlothlin Center for the Arts at Emory & Henry University in Emory, VA. 

Miss Food City 2025 will represent the company during store grand openings and other special events, including the Food City 300 and Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Pageant tickets will be available at the door the day of the event for $10.00. Children five and under are admitted free. Proceeds benefit Hurricane Helene relief efforts.

“It has been our extreme pleasure to have Addison Smith of Abingdon, VA represent our company during her reign as Miss Food City 2024; and we certainly look forward to crowning Miss Food City 2025,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.

Contestants are being sought throughout the region. The pageant entry fee is $110. Applications are now available online . Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Entrants will be limited to the first twenty-five applications received. Miss Food City will receive $5,000 cash, $1,200 scholarship from Sodalis, and other prizes.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 157 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama