Winners in six categories were crowned recently in the Little Miss and Pre Teen Brainerd Pageant.
The winners were:
• Baby Miss Brainerd United States - Brooklynn Whirley, age 1, parents: Alycia Robinson.
• Toddler Miss Brainerd United States - Nora O'Reilly, age 3, parents: Nick and Jenny O'Reilly.
• Mini Miss Brainerd United States - Eliana Gildart, age 4, parents: Aimee Gildart and Nick Gildart.
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• Petite Miss Brainerd United States - Kennedy Christenson, age 6, parents: Bethany Christenson.
• Little Miss Brainerd United States - Gabriella Miller, age 9, parents: Terina Miller.
• Pre Teen Miss Brainerd United States 8 Mallory Headley, age 10, parents: Clint and Staci Headley.
Additional awards were Eliana Gildart, Pinkalicious Runway Show Award; Gabriella Miller, Boo-Ti-Ful Costume Winner; Kennedy Christenson, Photogenic Winner, Prettiest Eyes and Smile; and Raegen Roberts, Prettiest Hair. Roberts, age 8, is the daughter of Kari and Derrick Roberts.
The pageant was held on a Saturday and Sunday, with the Pinkalicious Runway Show and the Pinkalicious Dance Party being held on Saturday and the pageant being held on Sunday. All winning queens will go on to compete in the Little Miss and Pre Teen Minnesota United States Pageant in the spring of 2016. Both the Brainerd and Minnesota Pageants are preliminary pageant divisions of the Miss United States National Pageants, Inc.