The City of La Palma announces the 2013 La Palma Pageant contestants, all seniors at John F. Kennedy High School. They are Sarah Ahumada, Sarah Anderson, Jaqueline Atwood, Gabrielle Lin, Mayssa Maring, Christine Munar, Amber Perez, Asia Scott, and Lauren Spor. The contestants will be celebrating the “We Salute You” theme this year with five competitive categories including talent, speech, evening wear, short answer, and an interview component.
The pageant winner will serve as an ambassador for the City of La Palma at various community events throughout the year. The winner and the court will make their debut at the La Palma Days Parade on Nov. 9.
The La Palma Pageant will be on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. at the Walter D. Elhers Community Center in Heritage Hall at 8150 Knott Avenue in Buena Park. Tickets are available at the La Palma Community Services Department for pre-sale at $10 and $12 at the event. For more information, please call the City of La Palma Recreation & Community Services Department at 714-690-3350.
Ranked by Money Magazine in 2007, 2011, and 2013 as one of America’s Best Places to Live, the City of La Palma is a 1.9 square mile general law city in northwest Orange County, consisting of 15,568 residents and 482 commercial and industrial businesses. The city was incorporated in 1955 under the name of Dairyland and has 57 full-time and 35 part-time employees.