2009.06.19
Madison Van Duyne of Fincastle competes for Miss Virginia
The Miss Virginia pageant will be at the Roanoke Civic Center next weekend and one of the contestants is Madison Van Duyne of Botetourt.
She is a 2005 graduate of Lord Botetourt, and the daughter of Dale and Kathryn Beard of Fincastle, and Jon VanDuyne of Atlanta, Georgia.
She's competed in the past as Miss Roanoke Valley and Miss Apple Blossom Festival; this year, she's competing as Miss Central Virginia.
Bob Henderson with the pageant shares these photo of Madison, which you can view in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.
Want to help Madison? The Miss Virginia pageant has introduced Internet voting this year. Each vote costs 99 cents. After the field is narrowed to 10 finalists, the top Internet vote-getter is added as the 11th finalist. (If she's already in the Top 10, then the next highest vote-getter gets in.)
More details here on the Miss Virginia site.
We had a post last year about Madison, as well.
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Maddie,
Good luck!! I am so proud of you. You get more beautiful every year (inside and out).
Comment by Lori Hall Sibley — June 22, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
Hi Maddie:
We're wishing you all the best from the fjords of Norway!
Comment by David & Cynthia Wheat — August 15, 2009 @ 1:05 pm