Zion Community Pageant

Your Zion Queens started the day with a morning breakfast and prayers at the Mayor's prayer breakfast! Then it was off to the Zion Labor Day Parade! 🇺🇸👑

We came prepared with masks, pencils, pens, slap bracelets, crayons, bookmarks, and—of course—LOTS of candy to throw and hand out along the route! 🍬🎨✏️

We also had special pens just for the teachers we spotted in the crowd because Teachers are Superheroes! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️📚

The Queens had an absolute blast spreading smiles, cheering on our community, and representing Zion. And to top it all off…

🏆 WE WON BEST THEME PARADE ENTRY!
👑What a way to kick off their year!

What a DAY! ❤️ Yesterday was filled with so many wonderful feelings — excitement, happy tears, laughter, and so much pride for our Zion Community Pageant family!

Our day started bright and early with our 9 AM interviews, giving each contestant a chance to meet the judges and let their personalities shine. Then it was time for the pageant, and our contestants absolutely did just that!

Of course, we had to take a moment to say goodbye to our amazing 2025 Queens. And yes… our farewell speech may have gotten a little long! 😂 But how could we possibly say goodbye without sharing just how special these young women are?

👑 Little Miss Bailey
👑 Junior Miss Scarlett
👑 Teen Miss Makayla
👑 Miss Cici

We are incredibly proud of all they accomplished during their year as Zion Queens. Thank you for representing our community with so much heart, grace, and enthusiasm. ❤️

And then came the moment we had all been waiting for…

Our 2026 contestants were AMAZING! Each one brought something special to the stage, and we truly would have been proud to have any of them represent Zion as a Queen. Choosing just one in each category was no easy task — our judges definitely had a tough job! 👑

With that, we are so excited to introduce our 2026 Zion Community Queens!

👑Little Miss Zion — Gabriella
👑Junior Miss Zion — Nia
👑Teen Miss Zion — Emily
👑Miss Zion — Julisa

We are SO excited for another amazing year! We can’t wait to watch these young ladies grow, serve, make memories, and proudly represent our community. 💕👑

We also want to give a very special THANK YOU to all of our Queen families, past and present! ❤️ Your support, encouragement, time, and love are such an important part of this program. We are truly grateful for each and every one of you!

And to the incredible people who worked behind the scenes to make yesterday possible — THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts! ❤️ So much time, effort, and care goes into creating a day like this, and we are incredibly thankful for everyone who stepped in, helped out, and gave their time to make it such a wonderful experience for our queens, contestants, and families.

It truly takes a village, and we are so lucky to have the best one! 👑❤️

Congratulations to all of our contestants and our 2025 Queens! Yesterday was such a beautiful reminder of just how special the Zion Community Pageant family truly is. ❤️👑

✨ Meet the 2026 Zion Community Pageant Contestants! ✨

The countdown is on! 👑💙 We are so excited to introduce the incredible young ladies who will be taking the stage for the Zion Community Pageant on September 5, 2026, at the Christian Arts Auditorium!

👑 Miss Contestants
#1 Natalie Salgado
#2 Harmony Coleman
#3 Julisa Cardenas

🌟 Teen Miss Contestants
#1 Chanel Turcios
#2 Emily Hryniewycz

🌸 Junior Miss Contestants
#1 Nia Abella Arias
#2 Penelope Fourkiller

🎀 Little Miss Contestants
#1 Beaudi Roberson
#2 Gabriella Benitez

These young ladies represent so much more than a crown—they represent community, confidence, kindness, leadership, and service. 💙

Please join us in cheering them on and wishing ALL of our contestants the very best! We can't wait to see who will be crowned our 2026 Zion Community Queens! 👑✨

September 5, 2026 | Christian Arts Auditorium
💙 Come support your community and these amazing young women! 💙

Welcome to Lake County Community Pageant !

Community 365, Inc. is proud to announce exciting changes to our pageant program.

Our Miss Cornerstone of Illinois Org was a festival affiliate of the Miss Illinois Scholarship Org and the Miss America Orgrnaization. Miss Cornerstone of Illinois will now be known as the Miss Great Lakes Organization and will be an official local to Miss Illinois! We are so excited to watch this program grow to a new level and venture out on their own!

This growth leaves an opportunity for our Miss Cornerstone Community Pageant to become an official affiliate of the Lake County Community Pageant (LCCP). We will serve as the At Large pageant for LCCP with all four of our titleholders competing at the LCCP county pageant in January 2027.

Our Lake County Princess Program will continue to serve girls ages 3-12 as a non-competitive, peer-mentoring program. This program will partner with the Miss Great Lakes Org to allow our princesses the opportunity of attending the Miss Illinois' Jewels Program.

Lots of exciting changes as our programs continue to grow with new opportunities to serve our community. Watch for our new page launching in the next week, and be sure to save the date of our pageant: Saturday, Septemeber 12 - 1 pm - ZBTHS Performing Arts Center. Lake County Princesses

We are so excited for this upcoming year and can't wait to add to our pageant family. For anyone interested in signing up, here's our form. Or send us a message to any questions you may have.

https://forms.gle/p3aDYftEfmZ21mrRA

Are you ready to grow in confidence, serve your community, and make lifelong friends? We are looking for contestants in the following divisions:
👑 **Miss**
👑 **Teen Miss**
👑 **Junior Miss**
👑 **Little Miss**

Don’t miss your chance to represent Zion as a Queen!

Know someone who would be perfect for this? Tag them in the comments.

🔗 Registration forms can be found at:
https://forms.gle/p3aDYftEfmZ21mrRA
Deadline to register: July 23, 2026

Our Miss Zion Cici had the honor of delivering Valentine’s cards to our amazing first responders right here in Zion. Thank you for your bravery, your sacrifice, and for always keeping our community safe. ❤️🚓🚒🚑

A little kindness goes a long way — and Miss Zion was so excited to share smiles, and heartfelt thank-yous with our hometown heroes! 💕

Zion is stronger because of YOU! 💝✨

Our Zion Queens competed in the Lake County Community Pageant yesterday! 👑👸

Miss Michelle and I, Jean are so incredibly proud of our girls. 🥰💖

Miss Cici was 1st runner up! 🥈🎉

They have already done amazing things and can't wait to continue their reign while supporting our newly crowned Lake County Queens! 🌟👑

To our Teen Miss Lake County of Zion 2025 Rachel, you represented Zion and Lake county this year with so much grace and love. We can't wait to see you run for Miss Zion in a few year;).

Here are just a few pics to share!

Not only our Zion Queens competing in the Lake County Community Pageant this sat. They are also hosting a card making event during our BUZ (Building Up Zion) meeting.

Learn more about BUZ as we make cards for our first responders who are working during Valentine's day.