March 24, 2008
Monday

Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska Junior Miss for 2008 is Johanna Soderlund of Fairbanks. Soderlund won the pageant held Saturday at Ketchikan High School. This was the first year the annual pageant was held in Ketchikan.

Caitlyn Lewis of Ketchikan was first runner-up.

The ten high school students participating in the pageant were Johanna Soderlund, Stacy Chiu, Kezia Mandregan, Katie Connor, Billie Rae Parrish, Mara Burley, Melissa Rawson and Caitlyn Lewis. Participants were eligible for cash scholarships and scholarships from approximately 200 participating universities.

The annual pageant has been hosted by Soldotna for the past 40 years. Ketchikan's Aimee McClory was last year's Alaska Junior Miss. This year, her father, Bob McClory, was the 2008 Alaska Junior Miss coordinator.

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Photographs by Krystle Gomez
http://carlsphotos.com/alaskajuniormiss

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