The 2026 Christmas Festival Jr Royalty Pageant was held Sunday, November 8, 2026 at the WV Interstate Fairgrounds. Meet your winners below. 👑
Ten crowns awarded on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Thank you to every contestant who took that stage, and to every family in the room cheering them on.
| Baby Miss | Makari Jarvis |
| Baby Mister | Thaddeus Moran |
| Tiny Miss | Leighani Malone |
| Tiny Mister | Maddox Mitchell |
| Toddler Miss | Kinsley Whitt |
| Little Mister | Joseph Butcher |
| Little Miss | Emmy Hitt |
| Petite Mister | Warren Tanner |
| Jr. Miss | Greylyn Durnell |
| Teen Miss | Kylie Snyder |
Judges: Beondra Tanner, Mrs. West Virginia 2026–2027, and Gina Moore, former director of the Parkersburg Homecoming Jr. Royalty Pageant.
🎄 When: Sunday, November 8, 2026
🚪 Doors open: 1:00 PM · Pageant begins 2:00 PM
⏰ Contestants arrive by 1:30 PM
📍 Where: WV Interstate Fairgrounds, 2230 Butcher Bend Road, Mineral Wells, WV 26150
💳 Contestant entry fee: $25 — pay via PayPal to [email protected] or Cash App $kyleevent
🎟️ Admission: $5 · Children 3 & under free
✉️ Fill out the application and email it back to [email protected]. Questions? Email us at [email protected]. Director: Kyle Pierce.
Beondra Tanner is the reigning Mrs. West Virginia 2026–2027 in the Agents of Change Pageant System, where her platform is dedicated to mental health awareness across the Mountain State. Known for “serving with purpose and leading with heart,” she speaks openly about mental health and uses her crown to help others and raise awareness wherever she goes — a mission that pairs perfectly with the You Are Not Alone mental health project.
A wife and proud mom, Beondra is also an RN student working toward a career of caring for her fellow West Virginians. She is a graduate of Mountaineer Challenge Academy South’s very first class (Class 2-20), and six years later she returned to the Academy as Mrs. West Virginia to give back to the program that helped shape her. She has been featured in More Than a Crown magazine and travels the state supporting festivals, fundraisers and community causes.
Come meet her and watch her help crown our 2026 Christmas Royalty!
Gina Moore brings over three decades of pageant experience to the judge's table. She is the former director of the Parkersburg Homecoming Jr. Royalty Pageant and a longtime member of the Homecoming board, where she dedicated years of service to the community and its young royalty.
Though her board days are behind her, her heart for serving hasn't slowed — Gina continues to volunteer all across West Virginia, lending a hand to countless organizations over the years: running bingos, working pageants, selling tickets, and doing whatever needs done.
Come meet her and watch her help crown our 2026 Christmas Royalty!
Alexis Bland is a Parkersburg native and our hometown judge! Crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2021, she represented the Mountain State on the national stage at Miss USA 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma — after years of climbing the pageant ladder, including 1st runner-up at Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2018.
A Business Administration graduate of WVU at Parkersburg, Alexis now works as a pharmaceutical sales representative. Her pageant mission: “to empower young women to be ambitious, educated, and their most confident selves.”
Come meet her and watch her help crown our 2026 Christmas Royalty!
The voice that has introduced hundreds of queens across West Virginia now takes our stage! Phyllis Parsons Nutter of Roane County spent 7 years directing Miss Roane County Coming Home to Reedy and 5 years directing the Miss Parkersburg Homecoming Festival Pageant, and she’s a familiar face at fairs and festivals pageants across the state — a WV state cheer judge, a 4-H Style Review judge, and a pageant coach and emcee who traveled the state for years with her title-holding daughters.
Phyllis recently retired after 35 years of teaching — 4 years in Boone County, 27 in Roane County and 5 in Calhoun County, including 19 years as Athletic Director at Spencer Middle. She was named Calhoun County High School Teacher of the Year in 2024, and she’s volunteered with Roane County 4-H for over 50 years.
Wife of Kevin for 36 years, mom to Muriah and Karlee, “Grams” to three grandkids, and collector of turtles and snow globes — come hear her crown our 2026 Christmas Royalty!
👶 Baby (birth–11 months) · 👶 Tiny (12–23 months) · 🧒 Toddler (2–3) · 🎀 Little (4–5) · 🌟 Petite (6–7) · 👑 Jr. (8–9) · 💫 Teen (10–13)
Every division crowns a Miss and a Mister Christmas.
📸 Bring a 5x7 photo for the Photogenic award.
💰 Fan Favorite contest decided by $1.00 votes.
🎄 Dress attire: Colors of Christmas theme outfit.
The fall pageant was held Sunday, September 27 at the fairgrounds. Thank you to every contestant and family who came out — you made it a wonderful afternoon. Photos and winners are on our Facebook page.
