Pageant time: Miss Auburn, Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen titles up for grabs

Two queens, one night. The Miss Auburn Scholarship Pageant and Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Pageant (MAOT) unfold at the Performing Arts Center this weekend.

Two queens, one night.

The Miss Auburn Scholarship Pageant and Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Pageant (MAOT) unfold at the Performing Arts Center this weekend.

Competition begins tonight at 7 and concludes with the coronation Saturday for the Miss Auburn field of 22 contestants.

Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Pageant, postponed during the January storm, has been added to the Saturday card. The competition will go off from 1-4 p.m.

The program – produced by the Miss Auburn Scholarship Program Inc. and sponsored by the Auburn Noon Lions Club – is an official preliminary to the Miss Washington and Miss America Scholarship Pageants.

A People’s Choice Award benefits the Auburn Food Bank.

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Showtime

• Event: Miss Auburn Scholarship Pageant and Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Pageant (MAOT).

• Schedule: 7 p.m. today, Saturday (finals); 1-4 p.m. Saturday (MAOT only)

• Stage: Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.

• Fields: 22 for Miss Auburn; 13 for Miss Auburn Teen

• Tickets: $15-20 range, www.brownpapertickets.com. Individual Friday/Saturday tickets will be sold only at the door. MOAT tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Festival seating only.

• Donations: Donations to the Miss Auburn Scholarship Program can be sent to: Miss Auburn Scholarship Program, PMB #152, 1402 Auburn Way N., Auburn, WA 98002-3309. Individual donations can be made by visiting a contestant’s Web page to make a donation directly to the contestant of your choice. (PayPal)

• Information: www.missauburn.org