Reporter staff

Two new queens. One new stage.

The Miss Auburn and Miss Auburn Outstanding Teen Scholarship Program returns Friday and Saturday at a different location – Green River Community College’s Lindbloom Center, 12401 SE 320th St.

The college is an interim stage until the Auburn Performing Arts Center, the pageant’s longtime home, is fully renovated.

The community-based scholarship competition begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 and concludes with the coronation the next evening, Jan. 24, beginning at 6.

The Miss Auburn field includes 14 contestants. The teen field has five contestants.

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.

Jacque Guyette who studies at the University of Washington and is a graduate of Auburn Riverside High School, earned the Miss Auburn 2014 crown. Vivian Dao is the reigning Miss Auburn’s Outstanding Teen.

Ticket prices are $40 two-night ticket (online only), $25 at the door each night. To order, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1108988

For more program information, visit www.missauburn.org.