The Miss Finger Lakes pageant held its 18th pageant, and crowned four new queens to compete at Miss New York and Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen. The competition was fierce, and any of them would have made a wonderful representative of the area, and made the local organization proud.

The outgoing titleholders gave beautiful farewell speeches, and many tears were shed. It is truly special that so many of the 2015 titleholders had earned new titles. For the past two tears, most if not all, of the the runners up went on to compete at Miss New York. It will be interesting to see how many of this year’s contestants go on to join the Miss New York Class of 2016.

Awards:

• Community Service: Emma Silen

• Miss Congeniality: Emma Silen

• People’s Choice: Kerri Gulkis

• Talent Award: Allison Carlos and Shelley Jain

Crowning:

• 4th Runner Up: Diana Cotrone
  

• 3rd Runner Up: Neetu Chandak
  

• 2nd Runner Up: Alexandra Harvey-Sprague
  

• 1st Runner Up: Emma Silen
  

• Outstanding Teen Runner Up: Clara Tyrel

  

  Allison

  

  Shelley

  

  Colleen

  

  Lauryn

  Miss Upstate New York: Shelley Jain
  Miss Upstate New York’s Outstanding Teen: Lauryn Whitfield
  Miss Finger Lakes: Allison Carlos
  Miss Finger Lakes’ Outstanding Teen: Colleen Denmon

Shelley

Allison

Lauryn

Colleen

There they are! Four Dancers headed to Miss New York!

Post Script: Following the Miss Finger Lakes Pageant, Clara Tyrel accepted the at-large title of Miss Niagara Frontier’s Outstanding Teen!