Miss Food City has become one of the most sought-after titles for young women across the region. The winner will represent Food City at events throughout the coming year, including the Food City 500 and Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. 

This year’s pageant will take place on Saturday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. at The McGlothlin Center for the Arts at Emory & Henry University in Emory, VA. Miss Food City will receive $5,000 cash, $1,200 scholarship from Sodalis, a Mani/Pedi and Massage from Dragonfly Spa, and other prizes.

Pageant tickets are $10 each. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance by visiting https://www.foodcity.com/MissFoodCity. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the night of the event. A number of exciting door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, including Food City Gift Cards, tickets to the Food City 500, Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Wonder Works, Titanic, Skyland Ranch, and The Comedy Barn Theatre, as well as gift baskets from SGX/NYC and a night’s stay at Jackson Mountain Rentals. 

The pageant is sponsored by WXBQ-96.9 FM 24 Carrot Country and directed by the Twin City Woman’s Club, with event proceeds benefitting Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.

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, Azlinn Alder – 2016, Callie Corum – 2017, Hannah Everhart – 2018, Megan Stanley – 2019, Alexandria Alder – 2020 & 2021, Elizabeth McReynolds – 2022, Alexis Ramsey – 2023, Addison Smith – 2024.

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 158 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and Alabama.