Left to right: Logan Timmerman, Carrie Ann Yonce, Winner Miss Hattie-Grace Summers, and Addy Grace Dukes

The Johnston Peach Blossom Festival began it’s 2018 season by holding the Miss Peach Blossom beauty pageant on Saturday, April 7^th at the Johnston Elementary School Gymnasium.  The Johnston Peach Blossom Festival is sponsored by the Johnston Development Board, along with the pageant directors Gina Logue and Janice Cleveland.

0-11 mo.: 2^nd runner up – Myla Rodgers, 1^st runner up – Hannah Grace Moon – Miss Peach Blossom – Charley Derrick from Ridge Spring; 1 Year – : 1^st runner up – Skylar Shamble, Winner – Tinslee Carter from Granitville; 2 Years -: 1^st runner up – Gracelyn Dominick – Miss Peach Blossom – Emoree-Joy Donlon from Edgefield; 3-4 Years – : 2^nd runner up – Autumn Chapman, 1^st runner up – Jenesis Brown – Miss Peach Blossom – Juliann Edwards; 5-6 Years – Miss Peach Blossom – Lynzie Morgan from Edgefield; 7-8 Years –  : 2^nd runner up – Kinsley Simons, 1^st runner up – Kennedy Moore – Miss Peach Blossom – Sophie Ergle from Saluda; 9-10 Miss Peach Blossom – Madison Brown from Saluda; 11-12 Years -2^nd runner up –Karsyn Newbegin, 1^st runner up – Taylor Rinehart, – Miss Peach Blossom – Addy Grace Dukes from Saluda; 13-14 Years – 2^nd runner up – Madison Harter, 1^st runner up – Logan Gunter – Miss Peach Blossom – Logan Timmerman from Aiken; 15-16 Years – 3^rd runner up – Kaylie Davenport, 2^nd runner up – Lillian Mann, 1^st runner up – Katelyn Powell – Miss Peach Blossom – Carrie Ann Yonce from Ridge Spring;  17-20 Years -2^nd runner up –Sarah-Beth Sheridan, 1^st runner up – Caleigh Woovis; Hattie-Grace Summers from Leesville was crowned Miss Peach Blossom and the recipient of a $500 scholarship.

The winners of each division will be riding on a float in the Johnston Peach Blossom parade on May 5^th at 10:00 a.m.