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Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Pageant

January 11, 2025
7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Pageant will celebrate 84 years of pageantry in 2025, as well as growing into a program that mentors young women in the development of communication skills and community service.  The pageant committe will once again welcome contestants to the stage and  award scholarships to the next Miss Dowagiac and her Court of Honor.  This event is a production of the Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce and its Pageant Committee.

Doors will open at 6 pm.  The show starts at 7 pm.  Please arrive early enough to find your seats so the production can start on time. 

Donate to the Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Fund HERE.

Buy a Happy Messge for a  Contestant.  Happy Messages will be printed and gifted to the contestants.  Each message costs $5, and funds raised benefit the Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Fund

CLICK HERE TO SEND A HAPPY MESSAGE

  

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