Buford High School Band presented The 25th Annual Little Miss Buford/ Miss Sweetheart of Georgia Pageant on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Daisy Shadburn Fine Arts Center as one of the years fundraisers. Allisyn Hardee Lambes, best known for her role on Lifetime’s reality show “Kim of Queens” was the Emcee for the event. Judges included Sylvia Sasso, Julie Cunningham, and Jennifer Teague along with Donna Stamper as Tabulator. The pageant was divided into thirteen age divisions from 0-18 years of age. To be eligible for the Little Miss Buford portion of the pageant, the contestant must reside in Buford or attend a Buford City School. While to compete in for the Sweetheart title, the contestant must only reside in Georgia. A total of 117 contestants competed for both titles, A queen was crowned for each Little Miss Buford and Miss Sweetheart of Georgia as well as 4 runners up to complete the Queen’s court. Queens are as follows:
DIVISION MISS BUFORD QUEEN MISS SWEETHEART OF GA QUEEN
BABY MISS (0-18 MONTHS) BRYXTON HANSARD KAYLEE DAVIS
TODDLER MISS ( 19 – 35 MONTHS) WRENNA ACE HENDERSON EMMERSON LEIGH MCMINN
WEE MISS (3 – 4 YRS OLD) SOLARA KING MAISLEY HARPER HASTINGS
TINY MISS (5 – 6 YRS OLD) HAVEN HILL LORELEI DALTON
JR. PRINCESS MISS (7 YRS OLD) GIANNA BACON MORGANN RICE
PRINCESS MISS (8 YRS OLD) JOSELYN PORTILLO SARAH PATTERSON
JR. YOUNG MISS (9 YRS OLD) ABIGAIL YURTKURAN EMMA PITMAN
YOUNG MISS (10 YRS OLD) GRACIE BRUCE KAYLEE RETTENMEYER
JR. MISS (10 YRS OLD) ANSLEIGH KNIGHT JORDAN BUSH
JR. PRETEEN (11 YRS OLD) JAYLA KING AUDREY GETZ
PRETEEN ( 12 YRS OLD) GRACIE CARTER MARA EVA CLINE
JR. TEEN ( 13 – 14 YRS OLD) SUMMER KLEMENC LEAH ELIZABETH MADSEN
TEEN (15 – 18 YRS OLD) AMELIA GRACE CLAYBORN KIMBERLY GRACE THOMAS
By Jennifer Elskamp
