The New Miss Stanley Court was crowned on Thursday evening at the Stanley Theater to the cheers of family, friends, and community members. On behalf of the Stanley Chamber of Commerce, Nicole Witt presented former 2022 Miss Stanley Clarissa Witt, who is taking a course to be a flight attendant, with a $500 scholarship to be applied to her future studies. The Clark County Fairest of the Fair Kyra Rakovec and Clark County Fairest of the Fair 1^st Attendanct Malana Gurney were in attendance to show their support for the Stanley Royalty Program.

Jan Mickelson, retired Stanley Boyd Choir Director, and an active member of the Stanley community was named as the Grand Marshall of the Stanley Rodeo Parade held on Saturday, June 17^th. Former Grand Marshals Marthamae Kottschade and Bruce Wozniak welcomed Mickelson and presented her with a plaque.

Tension was in the air as the girls waited expectantly for the evening to begin. Those nerves are all too familiar to 2022 Miss Stanley Queen Clarissa Witt, as she reminisces on her own time as Miss Stanley. “It was a great opportunity. I got to go to Minnesota for a Winter Carnival, and I had a lot of fun there.”  Clarissa had the honor of crowning each member of the court as her last duty as Miss Stanley.

Emma Acker was crowned Little Miss Stanley, with Ella Dahm and Carolina Stefanakos as Princesses and Aubrey Wilbur was crowned Jr. Miss Stanley with Nevada Stefanakos and Montana Stefanakos as Princesses. Arizona Bergeron was crowned the 2023 Miss Stanley and Brenda Witt was crowned the Princess.

The 2023 Miss Stanley Court will take on many tasks in the upcoming year from riding in floats during local community parades to participating in community services tasks.  Their first appearance as Stanley Royalty was being presented at the Stanley Rodeo where they were driven around the arena in the Ram Rodeo Truck. Miss Stanley Arizona Bergeron will represent the City of Stanley at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in 2024.