Articles On The Pageant

2006

• 30 Contestants will compete for pageant title (11-26-05)

• 30 Contestants will compete for pageant title (11-26-05) with photos

• Starke teens take 2 of 4 'Miss' pageant crowns  (12-14-05)

2005

• Press Release On Local Top Five Finalists in Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Pageant 2005 (May 2005)

• Miss America to hold pageant for teenage girls (3-23-05)

• The 2005 Miss Jacksonville and Miss First Coast Teen pageants were held on Jan. 8-9 in Jacksonville and two Bradford County ladies came out of the competitions with crowns on their heads (2/3/05, Bradford Telegraph)

• 5 Questions For Candace Cragg by Owen Holmes - Folio Weekly (2/3/05)

• Locals Take To the Runway To Vie for Coveted Crown - Clay Today (1/13/05)

• Turn For The Judges: Celebrating 50 years of pageantry, the Golden Anniversary of the Miss Jacksonville Pageant was phenomenal! (1/2005) (scroll down a little bit to get to the Jax/FC Pageant story)

• Pageants Crown The Finest Misses Around (1/15/05)

• Jacksonville Pageants Place Crowns On 4 (1/15/05)

• 32 contestants to face off during scholarship pageants (1/8/05)

• There She Is ... Miss Jacksonville and Miss First Coast (1/7/05)

• Golden year for Miss Jacksonville Pageant (1-2-05)

2005 - Candace Cragg (Miss Jacksonville) Wins Miss Florida

• Miss Jacksonville Candace Cragg named Miss Florida 2005 (7-3-05)

• Miss Jacksonville crowned Miss Florida (7-8-05)

• Starke's Miss Florida reaches for Miss America Crown (7-2005)

• Congressman Cliff Stearns Congratulates Candace Cragg of Jacksonville on Being Named Miss Florida 2005 (7-6-2005)

• Miss Jacksonville Wins the Title of Miss Florida (First Coast News, 7-6-2005)

• Miss Jacksonville crowned Miss Florida (Pageantry News, 7-7-2005)

• Miss Jacksonville Candace Cragg won the Miss Florida 2005 pageant... (Turn For The Judges, 7-2-2005)

• Former Miss St. Augustine is Miss Florida (St. Augustine Record, 7-8-2005)

• UNF student takes Miss Florida crown (UCF News, 7-6-2005)

• Miss Jacksonville Candace Cragg named Miss Florida 2005 (Herald Today, Bradenton, 7-2-2005)

• Miss Jacksonville Candace Cragg Named Miss Florida 2005 (Associated Press, AP News, 7-2-2005)

2004

• Amy:  Bloomingdale High Grad Will Compete In Pageant

• Erin: Pageant winner also conquered eating disorder (4/21/04)

• Kylie:  Meet Miss FSU, Kylie Williams (6/2004), (Kylie is a former Miss Jax '03)

• FSUs own crowning glory; FSU sophomore wins Miss Jacksonville 2004 title

• 4 win titles in area's weekend pageants (3/17/04)

• 12 women, 10 teens compete this weekend in pageants (3/10/04)

• Ladies gear up for pageant (3/10/04)

2003

• Miss Jacksonville, First Coast crowned (3/01/03)

• Pageant winners: A Jasper woman was crowned Miss Jacksonville 2003 and a Westside woman was named Miss First Coast (2/26/03)

• Young women, teens compete for regional titles (2/19/03)

2002

• 3 to represent Jacksonville area in state pageants soon (5/22/02)

• Miss Jacksonville 2002 is student Mandy Taylor (2/16/02)

• 24 vie for Miss Jacksonville crown ; 7 compete for teen title (2/6/02)

2001

• 13 compete for contest title; Miss Jacksonville pageant Saturday (1/31/01)
   

2000

• 14 ladies poised for annual pageant (2/02/00)

 2000 - Candace Rodatz (Miss First Coast) Wins Miss Florida

• 24-year-old raised in Orange Park named Miss Florida (6/26/00)

• First state crown for Clay ; Rodatz made twirling a goal (7/08/00)

• Miss America contestant from First Coast toasted by her fans (8/16/00)

• Clay roots important to Miss Florida (9/30/00)

• Clay woman to give Miss America contest a twirl (10/14/00)

• Rodatz wins big in hearts of students (10/18/00)