The Miss America Organization (“MAO”) and the Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant, Inc. announced today that, following participation in the MAO License review appeal process, the Florida Organization license was reinstated for one year with Keith Williams as Executive Director. As part of the renewal process, the Miss Florida Organization will seek out three to five new board members each of whom will be new to the MAO and the Miss Florida Organization in an effort to drive bro

The Miss Orlando, Miss City Beautiful and Outstanding Teen scholarship pageant, an official program of the Miss America Organization, will return this January to a new venue in Downtown Orlando. The 2019 pageant will be held at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. and will be emceed by Joshua Vickery and Mary Thompson Hunt. “Miss Orlando began in 1933 and we are excited to continue this Orlando

We are excited to have Joshua Vickery, Executive Director of Central Florida Community Arts, return to host and emcee the pageant the evening of January 19th, in Downtown Orlando at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (To purchase tickets, drphillipscenter.org) About Joshua Vickery: Joshua Vickery is a vocalist, actor, teacher, producer, musical director, arts administrator and conductor. Joshua’s love of music and the arts has allowed him to have an incredible c

Mary Thompson Hunt joins Joshua Vickery as co-host of the pageant the evening of January 19th, in Downtown Orlando at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (To purchase tickets, drphillipscenter.org) Mary and Joshua are co-hosts of 'From the HeArt' that airs Sunday nights on Magic 107.7 FM. The show features conversations with Central Florida leaders of arts organizations and leading artists of our shared community. About Mary Thompson Hunt Mary Thompson Hunt as a