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Subject: Onalaska/Holmen Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:56:27 07/28/14 Mon In reply to: Any info.... 's message, "Any results from Miss Onalaska??" on 20:50:18 07/26/14 Sat This is about Miss Onalaska...not Holmen. But, rumor this weekend was that Miss Holmen is not coming back but the directors are looking at holding a regionalize pageant open to all of La Crosse County. Could just be another rumor... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Interesting ... wonder what the new name would be being that we already have a Miss Coulee Region and Seven Rivers. (NT) No name 17:16:43 07/28/14 Mon So as not to be confused with Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest, they could call it "Miss County of La Crosse." (NT) -- Minnesotan, 23:00:25 07/29/14 Tue Why not just call it Miss La Crosse County then? Elligibility for La Crosse/Oktoberfest is only the city of La Crosse, plus there would still be a clear distinction there because Miss LaX/Octfest also reigns over Oktoberfest. I think they would be wiser just to bring back Miss Western Wi and that way they can include additional counties within the franchise area. (NT) -- No name, 00:29:41 07/30/14 Wed So the Miss Holmen franchise is available? I hope someone will take it up again soon. Who could you see doing it? (NT) No name 09:19:00 07/30/14 Wed I think it's hard to sustain a local when you're only drawing contestants from one geographical area such as Holmen. At least with Onalaska, they also include girls that live in West Salem and also can tap into the Luther High School, where girls may not live in Onalaska, but are elligible because they attend a school in Onalaska. (NT) -- No name, 11:03:58 07/30/14 Wed In its defense it did perfectly fine for 29 years and did not end because the lack of interest. (NT) -- No name, 12:48:26 07/30/14 Wed This is very true, and back in it's heyday the Miss Holmen was always a topnotch local pageant. Nowadays, if you look at the trend across the board with locals in the Miss America program, you find that many of them struggle with finding enough contestants to hold a pageant. Although this may not be the case with the Holmen pageant, (although it was this year) I think it helps to have a larger radius to draw contestants from. I am all for regional locals, where the girl actually lives in that region. I've always thought it was strange to have an open pageant when the girl that wins lives on the opposite side of the state. (NT) -- No name, 15:30:50 07/30/14 Wed