DOWNEY - Applications for the 2010 Miss Downey Pageant are now available.Interested contestants can pick up applications at Downey and Warren high schools; East, West, Griffiths and Sussman middle schools; the Downey Chamber of Commerce, the Downey City Library; Downey Rent-A-Tux; and online at www.downeyrose.org. This year's pageant will include a new age category of Junior Miss. Contestants must be between the ages of 10-12 (Junior Miss); 13-15 (Miss Teen Downey); or 16-23 (Miss Downey), and live, work or attend school in Downey. An $18 application fee is due with all entries. Applications may be mailed to P.O. Box 765, Downey, CA 90241. Applications must be postmarked by Jan. 4, 2010. An orientation will be held on Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. inside the library. For more information, call pageant director Susan Domen at (562) 824-7172.

********** Published: November 27, 2009 - Volume 8 - Issue 32