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Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine is an official local preliminary competition for young women ages 14-28 under the Miss America Opportunity.


About Us


The Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine Scholarship Program is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization provided to Klamath, Lake, Jackson and Deschutes counties by the Women’s Scholarship Foundation of Klamath County. We offer scholarships to every young woman who competes in our program, and since 2022 alone, we’ve given away over $100,000 in scholarships and in-kind donations. Every participating delegate in our local program also receives a guaranteed scholarship, whether she places or not!

Our program is led by a volunteer Board of Directors—these are unpaid roles—but because of these passionate and committed individuals, and through the generous support of our community and sponsors, the Miss Klamath County Organization has remained a beacon of opportunity for local young women for decades. Through our program, each delegate also becomes an active volunteer in her community through local fundraising and charity events, her personal Community Service Initiative (CSI), and numerous other appearances she gets to attend through additional partnerships/collaborations we’re so grateful to have here locally.

Click on the Miss and Teen links in the menu to meet our current titleholders!

 

Newly crowned titleholders on The Ross Ragland stage from left to right: Angela Lee, Miss City of Sunshine’s Teen 2026; Alyse Perez, Miss City of Sunshine 2026; Makina Start, Miss Klamath County’s Teen 2026; Emily Kaelani Redling, Miss Klamath County 2026

 
 

Our Impact


The Miss America Opportunity is the leading provider of scholarships for young women in the world. Each year, millions of dollars in cash and tuition scholarship assistance are made available to the thousands of young women who compete in the system across the country on the local, state and national levels.

Class of 2026 Delegates from left to right: Carter Carlson; Gabriella Felder; Emily Edwards; Reese Pantle, 1st Runner-Up (Miss); Angela Lee, Miss City of Sunshine’s Teen 2026; Alyse Perez, Miss City of Sunshine 2026; Makina Start, Miss Klamath County’s Teen 2026; Emily Kaelani Redling, Miss Klamath County 2026; Addison Garriot 1st Runner-Up (Teen); Isabelle Spriggs; Penelope Crawford; Sophia Meyer; Jennifer Ibarra-Barajas: Taytum Harmon; Elly Amos.

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MILLION DOLLARS AWARDED

Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine Scholarship Organization has been fortunate to award more than one million dollars in scholarships, awards and in-kind donations to local participants since our inception.

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YEARS SERVING YOUNG WOMEN OF KLAMATH COUNTY

Founded in 1966, over the course of our existence, local delegates have promoted and advocated for such platforms as Literacy, Character Education, Cancer Awareness, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education, Food and Housing Insecurity and a host of other issues highly relevant to our community, our state and our nation. Delegates have given thousands of hours in volunteer service to a myriad of organizations in our community alone.

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THOUSAND SERVICE HOURS

The dedicated young women who compete for the coveted Miss America title donate more than 500,000 hours each year to make Miss America one of the largest community service organizations in the country.

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors & Supporters


 

Special Thank You To:

Hope Lutheran Church and WaFd Bank (South 6th St.) for providing us with weekly practice locations

Rachel Glenn of Rachel’s School of Dance for providing our Shining Stars with their choreography and practice location

Miss America 2002, Katie Harman Ebner, for leading our class on etiquette and legacy

Devin Walden, our Technical Director for running sound and lighting during our show

Diana Hargraves & Cindy Oden for being our competition auditors

McKenzie Langford & Mackenzie Wilkenson for being a part of our dressing room support team

Ryley Steidle, Emily Brown & Teresita Wright-Jackson for being our Shining Stars support team

Starv’n Marv’n Family Restaurant for sponsoring our judges’ lunch

Basin Martini Bar for hosting our judges’ dinner

Kelly Minty, Jennifer Little, Amanda Blyleven, Stephanie Brown, Frederiche Grey, Dixie Kuhlman, Jessie Oates, Vickie Noel, Ashley Dearing, Bekah Mathis, Karri Mirande, Payton Idrogo, Heidi Gaither, Debbie Greeenleaf, Wendy Steidle, Cheryl Olguin, Savannah Wieting and Ksandra Bowers for their role in being our community mock interviewers

Crown Patrons Donating $1,000+

Main St. Jewelers

Klamath Community College

Tom & Lynn Greenleaf

Lithia & Driveway

Alison Cook

Cheryl Olguin

Cook Family

Discover Klamath

The Ross Ragland Theater

5H Cattle (Henslee Family)

Platinum Patrons Donating $500 - $999

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Soroptimist International of Klamath Falls

Klamath Snowflake Festival

Holliday Jewelry

Mike & Patti Johnson

Stephen & Heidi Gaither

Kruise of Klamath

Margot Durand

Webb Wilson Insurance

Tucker and Gailis Dental

SJS Awareness of Oregon

Holly Stork of Ignited Ideas

Abbys Legendary Pizza

Running Y Resort

Gold Patrons Donating $300 - $499

Dr. Lam of Advanced Eyecare

Manzanita Photography

Nana’s Tea Room

Silver Patrons Donating $50 - $299

Bailey McKinnon & Kathi Damrow

AirLink Critical Care Transport

Valerie Hedrick, PC

Derrick Fuller of Ducky Design and Sign

Adrian Briones of Adrian’s Garage

Miss Klamath County Board

Starv’n Marv’n Family Restaurant

Pacific Ridge Insurance

Nicole Meyer

Savannah Wieting

Amanda Blodgett

Kristen Cerri

Jessica Picker

Tamara Emard

Allie Vannarath

Megan Warren

Monica Burns

Shelby Leslie

Danijela Krstic

Tracey Struble

Jennifer Ketterman

Leslie Maxfield

Grace Sherrill

Leslie Maxfield

Ksandra Bowers

Tracey Struble

Jennifer Ketterman