The 2014 Little Miss Bureau County contestants pose for their first official photograph this week at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton. The Little Miss pageant will begin at 4 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Princeton High School auditorium with the doors opening at 3:30 p.m. Following the Little Miss pageant will be the Junior Miss and the Miss Bureau County Fair Queen pageants. Watch for photos of those contestants in Tuesday’s and Thursday’s BCR.
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This year’s contestants are (front row, from left) Amelia Richards, 7, of Putnam; Faith Hanson, 7, of Wyanet; Katie Pyszka, 7, of Dalzell; the 2013 Little Miss Bureau County Queen MaKenna Maupin, 8, of Wyanet; Savannah Mistarz, 8, of Princeton; McKenzie Borys, 7, of Dover; Karsyn Brucker, 7, of Princeton; (second row, from left) Olivia Funderberg, 7, of Tiskilwa; Lexie Butler, 6, Walnut; Katie Davis, 7, of Ohio; Aubree Acuncius, 8, of Spring Valley; Kelsea Klingenberg, 7, of Wyanet; Mercii Porter, 6, of Princeton; and (third row, from left) Cadience Bickett, 6, of Princeton; Emilee Merkel, 7, of Princeton; Mila Sanderson, 6, of Princeton; Takoda Dhesse, 8, Spring Valley; Melissa Heber, 6, of Walnut; Lesleigh Maynard, 7, of Walnut, and Gracelynn Hansen, 6, of Princeton. (BCR photo)