Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine is an official local preliminary competition for young women ages 14-28 under the Miss America Opportunity.
Left to right: Tenaya Cherrick, Miss Klamath County’s Teen 2025; Payton Idrogo, Miss Klamath County 2025; Melanie Potter, Miss City of Sunshine 2025; Jaden Riley Miss City of Sunshine’s Teen 2025
About Us
The Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine Organization is a local preliminary competition to Miss Oregon under the Miss America Opportunity, and offers scholarships to every young woman who competes in our program.
Since 2022 alone, we’ve given away over $100,000 in scholarships and in-kind donations to local delegates. Additionally, every competing delegate in our local program receives a guaranteed scholarship, whether she places or not!
Our program consists of a purely volunteer group of Board of Directors. These are not paid roles. Because of these passionate and committed individuals, and through the generous support of our community and sponsors, the Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine Organization has remained a beacon of opportunity for young women in the region for decades.
Click on the Miss and Teen links above to meet our 2025 titleholders!
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.
Left to right: Melanie Potter, Miss City of Sunshine 2025; Payton Idrogo, Miss Klamath County 2025; Jaden Riley Miss City of Sunshine’s Teen 2025; Tenaya Cherrick, Miss Klamath County’s Teen 2025
1+
MILLION DOLLARS AWARDED
Miss Klamath County-Miss City of Sunshine Scholarship Organization has been fortunate to award more than one million dollars in scholarships and awards to local participants.
55+
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, Early Childhood Education 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.
500+
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.