Applications are available at Rae-Tay’s, Tickled Pink, The Little Things Boutique, and the Hope Chamber of Commerce. Online applications are available at the link on the Little Miss & Mister Watermelon Pageant event page on FB. Entries should be postmarked on or before July 19. No entries accepted after July 27. 

We will host the Hope Community Coffee on Wednesday, July 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for all 2025 contestants. Contestants are also invited to participate in the Watermelon Parade on Monday, August 4th. Registration for the parade is made through the Hope Chamber of Commerce.  Everyone is invited to come see this years’ contestants for the Hope Watermelon Pageant. Sponsored by Gigi Bradshaw